Kagame luego sugirió que se diera a cada país una cuota per cápita anual de emisiones de CO2 y se permitiera a los países en desarrollo que estuvieran debajo de esa cuota comerciar su cuota excedente con países que ya hubieran rebasado las suyas.
At the United Nations Summit on Climate Change in September, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda pointed out that, while developed nations outside Africa are almost entirely responsible for the problem, its greatest impact will probably be on Africa, which has few resources to cope with the challenge.