What defines the Kyoto approach, of course, is a single-minded focus on cutting carbon-dioxide emissions. “The Hartwell Paper” argues that the Kyoto approach, based as it is on past experience with relatively simple environmental problems like acid rain, was always doomed to failure.
而所谓“京都模式”，当然就是指那种把所有心思都放在二氧化碳减排上的做法。对此《哈特维尔报告》认为，从以前在处理酸雨这种相对简单的气候问题所得到的经验上看，“京都模式”往往都注定以失败告终。