Road from Kyoto: Hearing Before the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 |
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... Industry Partnership Metal Finishers Agreement Green Lights and Energy Star Buildings Climate Wise Climate Change Technology Initiative Tax Credits 690 691 693 716 832 Industry Initiatives 833 Transportation Initiatives 834 Buildings ...
... Industry Partnership Metal Finishers Agreement Green Lights and Energy Star Buildings Climate Wise Climate Change Technology Initiative Tax Credits 690 691 693 716 832 Industry Initiatives 833 Transportation Initiatives 834 Buildings ...
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... industrial partnership -- 3D seismic oil exploration software using supercomputers . For the first time , operators ... industry , efficient equipment , materials , and whole building designs that will reduce consumer and business costs ...
... industrial partnership -- 3D seismic oil exploration software using supercomputers . For the first time , operators ... industry , efficient equipment , materials , and whole building designs that will reduce consumer and business costs ...
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... industry to accelerate the deployment of energy efficient buildings technologies . Industrial Technologies . Energy efficient technologies in industry have the potential to decrease energy use , cut waste and emissions , increase ...
... industry to accelerate the deployment of energy efficient buildings technologies . Industrial Technologies . Energy efficient technologies in industry have the potential to decrease energy use , cut waste and emissions , increase ...
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... industry on the Advanced Turbine System program as an example of “ ... helping industry make advances that would have been much slower in coming , or may not have happened at all , without this government - industry collaboration ...
... industry on the Advanced Turbine System program as an example of “ ... helping industry make advances that would have been much slower in coming , or may not have happened at all , without this government - industry collaboration ...
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... Industrial Technologies in a road mapping exercise , the aluminum industry has taken significant steps in planning for its technology needs for the next twenty years . Over the next year , the development of a more detailed aluminum ...
... Industrial Technologies in a road mapping exercise , the aluminum industry has taken significant steps in planning for its technology needs for the next twenty years . Over the next year , the development of a more detailed aluminum ...
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Page 186 - 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 1042 - Convention or to any protocol, except as may otherwise be provided in such protocol, shall be communicated to the Parties by the secretariat at least six months before the meeting at which it is proposed for adoption. The secretariat shall also communicate proposed amendments to the signatories to this Convention for information.
Page 1004 - States should cooperate to promote a supportive and open international economic system that would lead to economic growth and sustainable development in all countries, to better address the problems of environmental degradation.
Page 1014 - Develop, periodically update, publish and make available to the Conference of the Parties, in accordance with Article 12, national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, using comparable methodologies to be agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties...
Page 1000 - Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction...
Page 1042 - The annex shall enter into force for Parties which withdraw their notification of non-acceptance on the ninetieth day after the date on which withdrawal of such notification has been received by the Depositary.
Page 222 - In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
Page 1031 - Provide new and additional financial resources to meet the agreed full costs...
Page 1000 - States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
Page 955 - ... the development and implementation of education and training programmes, including the strengthening of national institutions and the exchange or secondment of personnel to train...