Contraction and Convergence-- the key identifier phrase -
google it and understand this man is in the enemy camp
(whether he knows it or not)
Sir John Houghton, Chair IPCC WG1 - 2000
"Three widely accepted principles will govern the international agreements needed to meet the threat of climate change.The first is the Precautionary Principle, already clearly embedded in the UNFCCC agreed at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. This states that the existence of uncertainty should not preclude the taking an appropriate action. The reason for such action is simply stated as the stabilisation of the concentrations of greenhouse gases (such as CO2) in the atmosphere in ways that allow for necessary economic development.
The second principle is the Polluter Pays Principle, which implies the imposition of measures such as carbon taxes or carbon trading arrangements.
The third is the principle of Equity, both intergenerational and international which is the most difficult to apply. However a proposal by theGlobal Commons Institute that is being widely discussed applies these principles by allowing eventually for the allocation of carbon emissions to nations on an equal per capita basis while also allowing for emissions trading."The GCI Archive (10meg file)Contraction and Convergence__._,_.___
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