Major emmitters must sign up

Major emmitters must sign up: Rudd : "In a major backflip, Mr Garrett last night was forced to release a statement saying Labor would require 'binding commitments from both developed and developing countries' in a post-2012 agreement."

Until now we haven't ratified Kyoto and that is something we are judged badly for and set a bad example in. We need to be part of Kyoto to put us on the same page as other countries, so to speak. Signing up to Kyoto would be a positive step forward and an achievement. Then there is the matter of emissions control. It seems daft belonging to a treaty which wouldn't have any real bite in terms of emissions commitments. We are so past the point of talking about it. At this point climate change requires clear action and commitment from all countries. The citizens of the planet are more on the ball than the leaders. So I accept we endorse something "in principle" just to get us into that arena so we can make a contribution, but I also acknowledge we should prefer to sign up to active change rather than change "in principle". We need to be in it to negotiate or it looks like we don't want to be a part of it.