Here, in his own words, is the threat posed by the United Nations. Every time I explored an issue relating to the Kyoto Protocol, it led me back to the original convention document that Kyoto modifies, the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change . Simply put, it creates a global government with unlimited authority to do nasty stuff. The stated objective is to stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gases at a safe level and the COP decides what is safe. In addition to paying for all necessary emissions reduction and giving away our technology, we will also pay for adaptation to climate change by developing countries.
Adaptation includes damages for any adverse effects such as bad weather or drought.
Moreover, we pay for any economic losses due to our own emissions reductions and adaptation, such as OPEC s loss of revenue if we reduce our oil use. The FCCC would require the US and other industrialized nations pick up all the costs of greenhouse gas reduction, as well as to give the Third World nations, the technologies that cost millions to develop. Our Congress simply did not read the details of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. We ve had Congress that paid no attention to giving the Environmental Protection Agency the power to control our economy through the regulations it issues under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. It is the same Congress that never considered the ramifications of the Endangered Species Act to thwart all development anywhere.