Countdown to Kyoto, Parts I-III: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, October 7, 9, and November 6, 1997, Volume 1; Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 |
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... Risks and Damages vs. Benefits of Climate Change 511 Energy - Intensive Industry Trends Policy Options That Would Slow Climate Change Without Harming American Living Standards Answers to post - hearing questions submitted by Democratic ...
... Risks and Damages vs. Benefits of Climate Change 511 Energy - Intensive Industry Trends Policy Options That Would Slow Climate Change Without Harming American Living Standards Answers to post - hearing questions submitted by Democratic ...
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... risks we may face , and the options we may have to deal with this threat . Mr. Chairman , certainly , a few weeks ago we had a hearing on El Nino , and nobody on this panel doubted that there was some kind of impact from El Nino on the ...
... risks we may face , and the options we may have to deal with this threat . Mr. Chairman , certainly , a few weeks ago we had a hearing on El Nino , and nobody on this panel doubted that there was some kind of impact from El Nino on the ...
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... risk , just as it would be irresponsible to do nothing when you smell smoke at home until and unless you see flames . It would also be irresponsible , of course , to call the fire department and hose down all your belongings at the ...
... risk , just as it would be irresponsible to do nothing when you smell smoke at home until and unless you see flames . It would also be irresponsible , of course , to call the fire department and hose down all your belongings at the ...
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... risks , we should do for the Earth just what we are doing for ourselves : consider taking out an insurance policy by reducing CO2 emissions . And , just as with any insurance purchase , a wise buyer first needs to ask the key question ...
... risks , we should do for the Earth just what we are doing for ourselves : consider taking out an insurance policy by reducing CO2 emissions . And , just as with any insurance purchase , a wise buyer first needs to ask the key question ...
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... risks being on the side that we will not address the problem squarely and use visible policies like carbon taxes or tradable permits , but try to get it indirectly through regu- latory programs , which will make it much more expensive ...
... risks being on the side that we will not address the problem squarely and use visible policies like carbon taxes or tradable permits , but try to get it indirectly through regu- latory programs , which will make it much more expensive ...
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Page 635 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Page 604 - The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects, where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures...
Page 630 - Climate change' means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
Page 615 - Affirming that responses to climate change should be coordinated with social and economic development in an integrated manner with a view to avoiding adverse impacts on the latter, taking into full account the legitimate priority needs of developing countries for the achievement of sustained economic growth and the eradication of poverty...
Page 418 - Act of 1964, title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and...
Page 39 - J. Antsaklis received his Diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1972 and his M.Sc and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, Providence, RI in 1974 and 1977, respectively.
Page 631 - Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability, and because there are uncertainties in key factors. These include the magnitude and patterns of...
Page xii - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
Page 39 - Co-Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council and as an ex-officio member of the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
Page 638 - ... conditions, a substantial fraction (a global average of one-third, varying by region from one-seventh to twothirds) of the existing forested area of the world will undergo major changes in broad vegetation types — with the greatest changes occurring in high latitudes and the least in the tropics. Climate change is expected to occur at a rapid rate relative to the speed at which forest species grow, reproduce and re-establish themselves.