Global Climate Change: Adequacy of the National Action Plan : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade, and Environment of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, March 1, 1993, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 - 121 pages |
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... problem is solved . Mr. Chairman , I am somewhat concerned about the makeup of today's panel . Although you have included members from the busi- ness community , I believe that the panel is pretty one - sided in that it does not include ...
... problem is solved . Mr. Chairman , I am somewhat concerned about the makeup of today's panel . Although you have included members from the busi- ness community , I believe that the panel is pretty one - sided in that it does not include ...
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... problem of global warming . But before turning to that , let me say a few words about the scientific basis for taking action on global warming . My written statement quotes at length from a summary of the science prepared by the Bush ...
... problem of global warming . But before turning to that , let me say a few words about the scientific basis for taking action on global warming . My written statement quotes at length from a summary of the science prepared by the Bush ...
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... problems with the existing action plan that are mentioned in my testimony that will be detailed in public comments , but the most important failing of the Bush administra- tion plan is that the mitigation section does not provide a plan ...
... problems with the existing action plan that are mentioned in my testimony that will be detailed in public comments , but the most important failing of the Bush administra- tion plan is that the mitigation section does not provide a plan ...
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... problem . I will conclude by stating that the Business Council stands ready to work with government to achieve this end . Thank you . Mr. GEJDENSON . Thank you . [ The prepared statement of Mr. Hemphill appears in the appen- dix . ] Mr ...
... problem . I will conclude by stating that the Business Council stands ready to work with government to achieve this end . Thank you . Mr. GEJDENSON . Thank you . [ The prepared statement of Mr. Hemphill appears in the appen- dix . ] Mr ...
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... problems of the atmosphere has been an unusual sequence of extreme weather events , of instabilities , of the 100 - year storm occurring twice in a decade in the Caribbean and again in Europe , of hurricanes in Florida , wind storms in ...
... problems of the atmosphere has been an unusual sequence of extreme weather events , of instabilities , of the 100 - year storm occurring twice in a decade in the Caribbean and again in Europe , of hurricanes in Florida , wind storms in ...
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Page 4 - 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 66 - Protocol for the period referred to in subparagraph (a), with the aim of returning individually or jointly to their 1990 levels these anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
Page 54 - Promote and cooperate in the development, application and diffusion, including transfer, of technologies, practices and processes that control, reduce or prevent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol in all relevant sectors, including the energy, transport, industry, agriculture, forestry and waste management sectors...
Page 66 - Article 12, detailed information on its policies and measures referred to in subparagraph (a) above, as well as on its resulting projected anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol for the period referred to in subparagraph (a), with the aim of returning individually or jointly to their 1990 levels these anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases...
Page 66 - Parties' starting points and approaches, economic structures and resource bases, the need to maintain strong and sustainable economic growth, available technologies and other individual circumstances, as well as the need for equitable and appropriate contributions by each of these Parties to the global effort regarding that objective.
Page 44 - I shall incorporate in its annual inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, submitted in accordance with the relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties...
Page 42 - Previously I was an Environmental Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency, where I was the lead author of the Report to Congress Policy Options for Stabilizing Global Climate.
Page 5 - Convention, recognizing that the return by the end of the present decade to earlier levels of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol...
Page 42 - NRDC is a non-profit environmental protection organization, founded in 1970 and supported by 170,000 members. NRDC's Energy Program has more than ten years of experience in promoting energy efficiency and least-cost energy planning. In 1988 NRDC launched its Atmosphere Protection Initiative (API) to provide a coordinated response to the related threats to the integrity of the earth's atmosphere-global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, and urban smog. This effort involves more than a dozen NRDC...
Page 114 - Solar Energy Panel of the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...