Kyoto Quotes
49 quotes by 42 authors
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Kyoto was a flawed process. There isn't one industrialized country around the world that has ratified that treaty, and so that is a non-starter.
— Andrew Card
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...the Kyoto Protocol...the first component of an authentic global governance...
— Jacques Chirac
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Kyoto protocol is not a simple environmental issue, where you can say scientists are not unanimous. This is about international relations, this is about the…
— Margot Wallstrom
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For the first time, humanity is instituting a genuine instrument Kyoto Protocol of global governance,"..."By acting together, by building this unprecedented instrument, the first component…
— Jacques Chirac
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In fact, the life of all mankind is in danger because of global warming resulting to a large degree from the emissions of the factories…
— Osama bin Laden
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Ideology on which the Kyoto Protocol is based, is a new form of totalitarian ideology, along with Marxism, Communism and socialism.
— Andrey Illarionov
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This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is…
— Frederick Seitz
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The Kyoto theorists have put the cart before the horse. It is global warming that triggers higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, not…
— Andrey Kapitsa
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Not only is the Kyoto approach to global warming wrong-headed, the climate change establishment's suppression of dissent and criticism is little short of a scandal.…
— Nigel Lawson
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You have destroyed nature with your industrial waste and gases more than any other nation in history. Despite this, you refuse to sign the Kyoto…
— Osama bin Laden
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The Kyoto treaty ... has no scientific foundation
— Andrey Illarionov
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The majority of humankind does not accept this system, despite claims of worldwide support. Even with Russia's ratification, 75% of the world's CO2 is emitted…
— Andrey Illarionov
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On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the…
— Hans Blix
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When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live…
— John F. Kerry
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The Administration should never have walked away from the Kyoto Treaty. Global warming is real and it is here today. The facts aren't the issue.…
— Ted Kulongoski
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Globally, emissions may have to be reduced, the scientists are telling us, by as much as 60% or 70%, with developed countries likely to have…
— Michael Meacher
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But we are almost certainly going to miss our [global warming] deadline. We cannot get the 10 lost years back, and by the time a…
— Gwynne Dyer
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The laws of physics are not about to change. Set your agenda by what’s happening in the atmosphere, not by what is happening in the…
— Ross McKitrick
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The danger is that the compromises and special interests inherent in Kyoto-style targets and cap-and-trade will be accepted because of bureaucratic momentum.
— James Hansen
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We are close to a consensus that the Kyoto Protocol does huge economic, political, social and ecological damage to the Russian Federation. In addition, it…
— Andrey Illarionov
Who Wrote These Kyoto Quotes
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