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Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.

Developed countries should support developing countries in tackling climate change. This not only is their responsibility, but also serves their long-term interests.

If we want to implement climate protection worldwide, countries like Germany, which are capable of developing new technologies, will have to hand over some of their knowledge. We can't expect to have our cake and eat it too.

Kyoto was a flawed process. There isn't one industrialized country around the world that has ratified that treaty, and so that is a non-starter.

Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.

Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.

I think developed countries - so-called developed countries - should reflect upon the way of living and the waste of energy.

Nonetheless, the developing countries must be able to reap the benefits of international trade.

The seas need their own Kyoto Protocol.

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.