J.D. Not a single developed country has ratified the Kyoto Protocol in the three years since it was cobbled together. The legally binding treaty on global warming has gone begging. Lack of endorsement is because issues are broad and complex. Perhaps climate change issues are too broad and too complex for treaties. Goals are unclear.
Science is uncertain, despite rhetoric to the contrary.
This treaty is not just about technology. As with most treaties, it is about politics. Americans, especially, are keenly aware this week of just how uncertain politics can be. However, fewer and fewer people around the globe seek dependence upon politicians as the core to their existences, anyway. More and more seek the creativity and dignity of responsibility and self-governance.