Blair is accused of Kyoto U-turn

At first sight a bad thing, but actually not too bad really. The thing to be recalled is that Kyoto is date limited and we need to be looking beyond it anyhow.... "A spokesman from Number 10 Downing Street denied, however, that the Prime Minister's comments signalled the end of Kyoto. 'The point he was making is we can't get into a position of 'it's either targets or science and technology'; we need to start from a position where we incorporate both those points of view,' he said."

The moot point is still about how we move towards lower fossil carbon economies, we should always beware of fetishising partial and temporary steps like Kyoto. Though the symbolic importance should not be underestimated either.

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