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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... gas emis- sions by 2010 to a rate 15 percent below 1990 rates . The State of Oregon has a proactive , industry - supported program to help reduce its share of greenhouse gases by requiring new energy facilities to meet stringent carbon ...
... gas emis- sions by 2010 to a rate 15 percent below 1990 rates . The State of Oregon has a proactive , industry - supported program to help reduce its share of greenhouse gases by requiring new energy facilities to meet stringent carbon ...
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... gas . Only yesterday , members of the energy community and major oil company executives , themselves , joined in indicating that consensus . Over the last century , greenhouse gases have been released to the atmosphere far faster than ...
... gas . Only yesterday , members of the energy community and major oil company executives , themselves , joined in indicating that consensus . Over the last century , greenhouse gases have been released to the atmosphere far faster than ...
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... gases and offsets , or so - called sinks , which I'll describe in a moment , are factored in , the level of effort required is very close to the President's original pro- posal to return emissions to 1990 levels by 2008 to 2012 ...
... gases and offsets , or so - called sinks , which I'll describe in a moment , are factored in , the level of effort required is very close to the President's original pro- posal to return emissions to 1990 levels by 2008 to 2012 ...
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... gases such as carbon dioxide , methane and nitrous oxide . Burning coal , oil and natural gas to heat our homes , power our cars and illuminate our cities produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as by - products - more than 6 ...
... gases such as carbon dioxide , methane and nitrous oxide . Burning coal , oil and natural gas to heat our homes , power our cars and illuminate our cities produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as by - products - more than 6 ...
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... gases could exceed 700 ppm by 2100 under " busi- ness as usual " -levels not seen on the planet for 50 million years ... gases in the atmosphere con- tinue to rise each year , and because these gases will persist for many decades to ...
... gases could exceed 700 ppm by 2100 under " busi- ness as usual " -levels not seen on the planet for 50 million years ... gases in the atmosphere con- tinue to rise each year , and because these gases will persist for many decades to ...
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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.