It's a double edged razor, that approach. The theory standing is that if we can get these countries to develop as fast as possible, then it would be economically feasible to quickly turn them to environmental management, and in the end, have a net reduction in emissions. The problem with this approach is that this is ideal, and I believe that they will continue in "business-as-usual" policies and the problem will only aggrivate itself. On the other hand, forcing them to work on the same effeciency levels is economically impossible, and if enforcable, will destroy their economies.

I'm a fan of strict emissions guidelines that are porportional to population and life expectancy; as these factors of wellbeing increase, so should the internationally mandated pollution controlls increase... unfortunately, there's too much room for beaucratic error in this, so I don't think it would be a realistically applicable situation.