Montreal Protocol shows how its done
September 27th, 2007Thanks for Celsias for this post on the updating of the Montreal Protocol. It seems obvious that this successful treaty should be the starting point for any treaty on greenhouse gases but many of the lessons derived from those intense negotiations haven’t fully be absorbed into the Kyoto process.
It’s not too late to have another look. Many Kyoto advocates have told me there is too much time and money invested in it to change tack now. Well that’s not good enough. If Kyoto is not going to work then it should be set aside. It doesn’t mean a step back but a step forward.
So i’m dusting off my proposal based around Montreal. I think it’s time to realise that major reductions can only come from the supply side.
See Climate Control and also have a look at Oliver Tickell’s proposal Kyoto 2.
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