Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on the Role of the U.S. Government in the United Nations Negotiations on Global Warming Climate Change, March 3, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 192 pages |
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... atmosphere and is clearly a greenhouse gas . We seek to achieve - in perhaps the most impor- tant section - a significant improvement in energy efficiency on many fronts from various products to buildings to the Federal es- tablishments ...
... atmosphere and is clearly a greenhouse gas . We seek to achieve - in perhaps the most impor- tant section - a significant improvement in energy efficiency on many fronts from various products to buildings to the Federal es- tablishments ...
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... atmosphere and may adversely affect natural ecosystems and humankind , whilst noting that there are many uncertainties in predictions particularly with regard to the timing , magnitude and regional patterns of climate change , 3. Aware ...
... atmosphere and may adversely affect natural ecosystems and humankind , whilst noting that there are many uncertainties in predictions particularly with regard to the timing , magnitude and regional patterns of climate change , 3. Aware ...
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... . Determined to protect the atmosphere for present and future generations ( on the basis of inter - generational as well as intra - generational equity ) , Have agreed as follows : 7 I. DEFINITIONS ( I. First Set ] " Adverse 30.
... . Determined to protect the atmosphere for present and future generations ( on the basis of inter - generational as well as intra - generational equity ) , Have agreed as follows : 7 I. DEFINITIONS ( I. First Set ] " Adverse 30.
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... atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods . " Climate system " means the totality of the atmosphere , hydrosphere , including cryosphere , oceans and all seas , biosphere ...
... atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods . " Climate system " means the totality of the atmosphere , hydrosphere , including cryosphere , oceans and all seas , biosphere ...
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... atmosphere , both natural and anthropogenic , that absorb and re - emit infrared radiation , ( excluding gases already controlled by other conventions ) . " Net emissions " means the difference between the amount of a greenhouse gas ...
... atmosphere , both natural and anthropogenic , that absorb and re - emit infrared radiation , ( excluding gases already controlled by other conventions ) . " Net emissions " means the difference between the amount of a greenhouse gas ...
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