Hello Kyoto

Some of us might be aware that the Kyoto Protocol comes into force today. About 141 countries (not including the USA, China, and India), which makes up about 55% of greenhouse gas emissions have signed up for this treaty and promised to cut these emissions by 5.2% by 2012.

I do believe that pollution is a big problem and we should be doing something about it and fast. Question is, will this Kyoto Protocol make a difference?
My answer is no.

This event has me suddenly think of the song Changes by David Bowie:

I still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time

More about Kyoto and related links:
UNEP
BBC Climate Change
Climate Change: Menace or Myth?