In the end, that scheme was chosen in Kyoto with the hope that the US, which had proposed it, would then ratify it. China and India were absent at the time, and Russia was hostile to the idea.
与会各国最终选择了新方案，因为所有人都希望美国作为这一方案的发起国，也最终能够批准议定书。中国和印度当时都未列席会议，而俄罗斯则对此满怀敌意。然而最终美国却还是不愿意在《京都议定书》上签字。