A Quote by Matsuo Basho

Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto

Matsuo Basho

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Cry Cuckoo Even Hearing Kyoto Long

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Matsuo Basho
Japanese - Poet
1644 - November 28, 1694

The impact of the Kyoto Protocol on global temperature is quite modest, especially for the first century. The reduction in global mean temperature in the Annex I case relative to the reference in 2100 is 0.13ºC; this compares with a difference of 0.17ºC from the Kyoto Protocol calculated by Wigley. The temperature reduction in the optimal run is essentially the same as the Kyoto runs by the 22nd century.

Henry Sylvester Jacoby

The bottom line for Canada is that Kyoto will precipitate a recession that will cause a permanent reduction in employment, income and the size of our economy. And if global warming is going to happen Kyoto will do nothing whatsoever to prevent it or even slow it down. Why are we still considering it?

Ross McKitrick

Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve.

David Suzuki

The UK is one of the only nations on earth that has actually met and even exceeded its goals under the Kyoto Protocol.

Al Gore

Ideology on which the Kyoto Protocol is based, is a new form of totalitarian ideology, along with Marxism, Communism and socialism. We had doubts about the Kyoto Protocol, we wanted reasoning from our partners in the European Union, in the IPCC. Formal requests had been sent to these organizations. But we have not received responses yet, which suggests that no coherent answers can be offered. What we hear is 'it is not comprehensive responses that matter, we will not give them anyway; what is important is whether you believe us or not'.

Andrey Illarionov

Three scenarios for post-Kyoto emissions reductions indicate that ... the long-term consequences are small... The influence of the Protocol would, furthermore, be undetectable for many decades.

Tom Wigley

The Kyoto treaty has failed, and it's failed even in Europe, which has had cap and tax since 2005.

Jim Sensenbrenner

The Kyoto treaty ... has no scientific foundation

Andrey Illarionov

Gabrielle was insulted and didn't even bother to hide it. 'Oh, and I suppose you think your dad was alone when he free-climbed the Kyoto Banking Tower on a windy day last September.

Ally Carter

The seas need their own Kyoto Protocol.

Enric Sala

The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.

Laurent Fabius

I'm not one of those to say Kyoto is not worth the paper it's printed on.

Hermann E. Ott

The Kyoto Protocol...the first component of an authentic global governance.

Jacques Chirac

When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo; O, word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear.