We're a bunch of suicidal penguins frightened of seals | The Australian

"This round of negotiations is likely to be our last chance as a species to deal with the problem. These negotiations are not going as smoothly as we would hope. I think that I'd like to see Australia be a bit more ambitious, quite frankly. There is very little gain with going with the herd if that results in a treaty that costs us the Great Barrier Reef and costs us most of our biodiversity." Flannery said the UN talks, which are supposed to achieve progress on a post-Kyoto deal for reducing emissions, were plagued. "The negotiators at the moment are a bit like penguins on the ice floe, scared to be the first one into the water for fear of the seal lurking below."

EU tables Poznan pledge to cut emissions 95 per cent - 10 Dec 2008 - BusinessGreen

European commissioner for the environment Stavros Dimas told the paper that the commitment had "already been put on the table" and that it had not yet received a response from emerging economies such as China and India.

He said that the suggested cut of up to 95 per cent would be based on 1990 emission levels and would cover all sectors of the economy, including shipping and aviation, adding that it was in line with the latest climate science.

"We follow up what the scientists tell us and we select [our target] accordingly, to not put our world at risk of irreversible damage," he said. " This is the reason we are changing the long-term target."

Again, if you're going to make up ridiculous numbers, I suggest using "eleventy-zillion" for consistency's sake.