Quotes by Kyoto Protocol In developing countries the situation could be even worse because developing countries do not have to count their emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Private companies from industrialized nations will seek cheap carbon credits for their country in the developing world. Jennifer Morgan kyoto-protocol credit country I was at the table with three Europeans, and we were having lunch. And they were talking about their role as lead authors. And they were talking about how they were trying to make the report so dramatic that the United States would just have to sign that Kyoto Protocol. John Christy kyoto-protocol lunch talking Global warmers predict that global warming is coming, and our emissions are to blame. They do that to keep us worried about our role in the whole thing. If we aren't worried and guilty, we might not pay their salaries. It's that simple. Kary Mullis kyoto-protocol salary simple The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process. Laurent Fabius kyoto-protocol withdrawal process Kyoto protocol is not a simple environmental issue, where you can say scientists are not unanimous. This is about international relations, this is about the economy, about trying to create a level playing field for big businesses throughout the world. You have to understand what is at stake, and that is why it is serious. Margot Wallstrom kyoto-protocol issues simple Globally, emissions may have to be reduced, the scientists are telling us, by as much as 60% or 70%, with developed countries likely to have to make even bigger cuts if we're going to allow the developing world to have their share of growing industrial prosperity...The Kyoto Protocol is only the first rather modest step. Much, much deeper emission reductions will be needed in future. The political implications are mind-blowing. Michael Meacher kyoto-protocol cutting country When the Kyoto Protocol enters into the force tomorrow, the world will take a significant and long-awaited first step towards stemming global warming. Instead of stepping forward as the world leader on climate change, however, the Bush Administration is clinging to the role of world obstructionist. Nancy Pelosi kyoto-protocol leader long It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true. Paul Watson kyoto-protocol believe people Kyoto costs a lot, does nothing to prevent calamity, and pays no compensation in the event of loss. If my insurance broker offered that sort of policy, I would not carry insurance. Instead what my broker offers is a policy that costs a little and pays full compensation in the event of loss. If someone wants to propose that as a policy on global warming, I'm all in favour. Ross McKitrick kyoto-protocol want loss The laws of physics are not about to change. Set your agenda by what’s happening in the atmosphere, not by what is happening in the artificial world of Kyoto. Ross McKitrick kyoto-protocol atmosphere law Carbon dioxide does not cause or contribute to smog, and the Kyoto treaty would do nothing to reduce or prevent smog. Stephen Harper smog kyoto-protocol doe Redirect federal spending aimed at fulfilling the terms of the increasingly irrelevant Kyoto Protocol. Stephen Harper kyoto-protocol spending term Nobody is going to give away the farm in Kyoto. It is not anybody's to give away. And even if the United States Senate would actually ratify a bad treaty, anything called for under the treaty would require legislation passed through both houses. Thomas Schelling kyoto-protocol house giving We've got to ride the global-warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic policy and environmental policy. Tim Wirth kyoto-protocol environmental issues Three scenarios for post-Kyoto emissions reductions indicate that ... the long-term consequences are small... The influence of the Protocol would, furthermore, be undetectable for many decades. Tom Wigley kyoto-protocol three long Sensible policies on global warming should weight the costs of slowing climate change against the benefits of slower climate change. Ironically, recent policy initiatives, such as the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, have been introduced without any attempt to link the emissions controls with the benefits of the lower emissions. William Nordhaus kyoto-protocol benefits weight Attempts to estimate the impacts of climate change continue to be highly speculative. William Nordhaus kyoto-protocol impact climate The strategy behind the Kyoto Protocol has no grounding in economics or environmental policy. William Nordhaus kyoto-protocol environmental strategy The climatically inefficient and economically disastrous Kyoto Protocol, based on IPCC projections, was correctly defined by President George W. Bush as "fatally flawed". This criticism was recently followed by the President of Russia Vladimir V. Putin. I hope that their rational views might save the world from enormous damage that could be induced by implementing recommendations based on distorted science. Zbigniew Jaworowski kyoto-protocol russia views «12
