The Kyoto Protocol and Its Economic Implications: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, March 4, 1998, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 392 pages |
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... average increase is in energy prices at the household level will be approximately $ 70 to $ 110 per year in 10 years . However , you say this would be really offset by electricity price declines through Federal electricity re- structuring ...
... average increase is in energy prices at the household level will be approximately $ 70 to $ 110 per year in 10 years . However , you say this would be really offset by electricity price declines through Federal electricity re- structuring ...
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... average temperature of the earth , the change in tempera- ture in a given region at a given time may differ substantially from this average . Indeed , models predict warming will be greater in high latitudes than in the tropics , and ...
... average temperature of the earth , the change in tempera- ture in a given region at a given time may differ substantially from this average . Indeed , models predict warming will be greater in high latitudes than in the tropics , and ...
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... average emissions of greenhouse gases to about 5 percent below their 1990 lev- els . The President has made clear that he will not submit the Kyoto Protocol to the Senate without meaningful participation from key developing countries ...
... average emissions of greenhouse gases to about 5 percent below their 1990 lev- els . The President has made clear that he will not submit the Kyoto Protocol to the Senate without meaningful participation from key developing countries ...
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... average over a five - year period ( 2008-2012 ) . Averaging over five years , instead of requiring countries to meet a specific target each year , can lower costs , especially given an uncertain future . The averaging can smooth out the ...
... average over a five - year period ( 2008-2012 ) . Averaging over five years , instead of requiring countries to meet a specific target each year , can lower costs , especially given an uncertain future . The averaging can smooth out the ...
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... average cost of SO2 emissions reductions has recently been significantly lower than was originally forecast , in part due to the role of incentives in fostering innovation . Emission permit prices , currently at approxi- mately $ 100 ...
... average cost of SO2 emissions reductions has recently been significantly lower than was originally forecast , in part due to the role of incentives in fostering innovation . Emission permit prices , currently at approxi- mately $ 100 ...
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Page 265 - 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 18 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
Page 270 - ... the development and implementation of education and training programmes, including the strengthening of national institutions and the exchange or secondment of personnel to train...
Page 265 - A shall be those accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties at its third session.
Page 275 - The text of any proposed amendment to this 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.
Page 264 - The Parties included in annex I shall, individually or jointly, ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in annex A do not exceed their assigned amounts, calculated pursuant to their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments inscribed in annex B and...
Page 269 - Formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national and, where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change by addressing anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol...
Page 159 - This heading includes data for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau.
Page 276 - The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement on any proposed amendment to this Convention by consensus. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted, and no agreement reached, the amendment shall as a last resort be adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of the Parties present and voting...
Page 272 - ... the developed country Parties. 4. The developed country Parties and other developed Parties included in annex II shall also assist the. developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting costs of adaptation to those adverse effects.