In the Commentary 'Dangerous assumptions' (Nature 452, 531

In their Commentary 'Dangerous assumptions' (Nature 452, 531

Pielke et al. correctly point out in their Commentary 'Dangerous assumptions' (Nature 452, 531

I largely agree with the overall conclusion of Pielke et al. in their Commentary 'Dangerous assumptions' (Nature 452, 531

Meeting in Bangkok in early April, climate change negotiators started grappling with key trade related issues, such as intellectual property rights and competitiveness concerns. Delegates also considered the responsibilities that countries could take on in the post-Kyoto climate regime they hope agree on by 2009. India proposed basing future commitments on per capita emissions, which could potentially

Rich nations, including the US and UK, are planning to push rapidly industrialising nations like China and India into accepting "back door" limits on their greenhouse gas emissions. They want climate negotiators to agree global technical standards on "dirty" manufacturing industries like aluminium, iron and steel, cement and chemicals - standards that would apply equally to factories in the US, Italy or India, for example. This strategy emerged last week in meetings at the Royal Society in London to discuss the successor to the Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012.