The Kyoto Protocol, the 'only show in town,' is a poor one Every
long journey begins with a small step. In that sense, the small
step that the nations of the world took in Kyoto by agreeing to
a protocol was a development that most will welcome. But while
every journey is made up of small steps, it is important that
the first step is in the right direction. Otherwise, we could
easily end up being nowhere near our destination. The problem
with the Kyoto Protocol is that it is likely to lead us in the
wrong direction. Especially as the wise negotiators in Kyoto
never told us what is the right direction to take to prevent a
high order of global warming. In that sense the Kyoto Protocol
was a very bad piece of law. First step, yes, but dear
governments of the world, in which direction? The big reason for
our fear that the Kyoto Protocol could take us in a wrong
direction is the insistence of the US to look for least-cost
options in the South through the so-called Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM), which we believ