Kyoto Protocol
from the
Montreal Gazette
bq. The Kyoto Protocol's short and unhappy life has come to an end, though some of its die-hard supporters refuse to admit it. From the outset, it was flawed in principle. It has proven unworkable in practice. No one should mourn its passing.
bq. The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement designed to stave off the threat of perceived human-induced global warming, was born out of fear in 1997.
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bq. For example, assuming all the parties to Kyoto met their greenhouse gas reduction goals, global temperature would be an insignificant one-half of one degree cooler than it would have been without the treaty.
bq. Indeed, if greenhouse-gas emissions from developed countries fell to zero - a goal no one has seriously proposed - atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations would continue to increase because fast-growing countries such as China, India, South Korea and Indonesia are exempt from emissions cuts. According to the International Energy Agency, as much as 85 per cent of the projected increase in the next two decades in carbon-dioxide emissions will come from countries and regions exempt from the proposed treaty.
Posted by DaveH at November 19, 2003 11:24 AM