The Sky is Falling!!

I can not for the life of me understand how this kind of arrangement is a problem.

"Canada wants the international community to reach a deal by 2009 so that it can be implemented by the time Kyoto expires.

However, Canada is refusing to apply its own binding targets until the big emitters such as the U.S., China and India do so first. "

If Climate Change is such a huge problem that requires this immediate response, why is it such a bad thing to demand that everyone contribute to the solution? If we are really dealing with a global catastrophe, why would we in our right minds allow these kinds of emissions to continue?

We're constantly bombarded with the idea that we're killing our planet, and ourselves, faster than we realize. A problem on this kind of scale would require a global response, period. What's with the wiggle room?

I, for one, am glad to have a government in power that isn't going to sign off on the latest in a series of feel-good-while-doing-nothing accords. It's refreshing to hear the recognition that everyone, and not just the wealthy nations of the world, do its part. No one is arguing that anyone needs to do more than their fair share. But demanding drastic action from one party, while excusing inaction in other more problematic areas of the world, is about one of the most ridiculous things I've heard in my life. That is, next to the whole idea of catastrophic man-made climate change.