And China is making no bones about it:

China will not make a binding commitment to reduce carbon emissions, putting in jeopardy the prospects for a global pact on climate change.

Officials from Beijing told a UN conference in Bonn yesterday that China would increase its emissions to develop its economy rather than sign up to mandatory cuts.

And Japan - where the Kyoto accord was signed - isn't very enthused about cuts either:

But that's the probem - the US will probably continue to pursue cap and trade because that's been the left's wet dream here for years. You see we use too much energy and we need to be punished - punished I tell you! And we'll commit ourselves to the equivalent of bailing the ocean with a teaspoon while our economy strangles.

Ironic - in the real world "little green shoots" would thrive in increased CO2.