Or a first step.

I read somewhere that as it stands, the effect of Kyoto (which extends only to 2012) will be to delay the rise in temperature by something like 7 days in 2100. Consider how hard it was to get Kyoto. Politically, anything calling for even more drastic cuts in CO2 emissions will be nearly impossible to get into effect.

Kyoto asks for lower CO2 emissions. Wouldn't a better alternative be to invest the money directly in low-carbon power technologies?