The Hartwell Paper

It was a response to the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol, a previous international agreement meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The authors are 14 natural and social scientists from Asia, Europe and North America, including Mike Hulme, Roger A. Pielke (Jr), Nico Stehr and Steve Rayner, who met under the Chatham House Rule.

"[2] This principle of human dignity is expanded to three main objectives: Their ultimate goal is "to develop non-carbon energy supplies at unsubsidised costs less than those using fossil fuels.

[6] Because large, rapidly industrializing nations are driven by fossil fuels, the authors claim that slowing this process just isn't politically feasible.

The Economist article argues that Hartwell's "oblique strategies" may be more difficult to turn into policy than a more direct attack on carbon dioxide emissions.