Rob Stavins Makes a Little Joke

rob stavins writes, at http://www.env-econ.net/stavins/column_5.pdf: [w]hen president bush withdrew the united states [from kyoto] in 2001... he missed an opportunity to propose a sound alternative, but his opposition was hardly new or unique. in 1997, senator John Kerry joined with his senate colleagues in... warning [against] reliance on targets for industrialized countries alone.... [t]he kyoto protocol is too little, too fast.... [but a] credible international approach is required... [that should have] three key elements. first, both industrialized and developing countries must have serious responsibilities.... there needs to be a mechanism for developing countries to take on commitments once their per capita gdp has reached agreed levels. in the short run, developing nat...