And given that when Canada broke its internationally legally binding commitment to
meet its QELRC under the Kyoto
Protocol, or when Russia and Japan
walked away from the commitment to negotiate a second and subsequent commitment period of the Kyoto
Protocol they suffered no consequence I can see why the South might be worried — because it's easier to punish them.
At a major international
meeting convened in Montreal that December to discuss how to advance beyond the Kyoto
Protocol, the American representatives angered everyone by refusing to cooperate, and
walked out at the eleventh hour.