Scientists from all over the world on Monday noted that the Paris summit to tackle carbon pollution will lead nowhere if each country pushes their own agenda instead of cooperating with one another to reduce global carbon emissions.

Each country at the Paris summit will make a commitment to lower the amount of carbon it releases into the atmosphere. Afterward, the level could be further lowered or increased depending on future negotiations.

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A number of scientists, however, doubt that this arrangement will make any substantial impact on the reduction of greenhouse gasses in the world. They have pointed out that several signatories of the 2012 Kyoto Protocol reneged on their promise, which angered the other member countries who complied.

The researchers insist that countries should cooperate and enact a single standard for compliance and penalty so that every signatory will be compelled to follow the agreement.

Late last year, countries submitted their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) - which is basically a promise to cut a certain percentage of their their carbon emissions

Former British Department of Energy and Climate Change advisor David MacKay said the current "pledge and review" system of the United Nations is doomed to failure since a country that does not fulfill its promise has no sanctions to fear.

The former advisor said the climate agreement should be one of reciprocity in order to ensure that each country will comply.

Many scientists would like the imposition of a single carbon emission rate for all countries. By imposing a tax on carbon emissions or trading them through a special market, this scheme could be feasible.

However, a single price for carbon emissions is unlikely to be discussed by the participants of the Paris summit. The nature and subjects of the talks at the Paris summit have already been released to the press and a unified carbon price is not on the agenda.

Meanwhile, Grantham Research on Climate Change spokesperson said MacKay and his colleagues are painting a very bleak picture of the Paris and that a single carbon emission rate is still not a guarantee that greenhouse gass emmissions will be lowered any time soon.

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