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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... implementation . The Rio treaty provides for it , but in subsequent negotiations , the promise that it held for significantly reducing costs of compliance proved hollow when it was limited to develop countries only . Similarly , Ms ...
... implementation . The Rio treaty provides for it , but in subsequent negotiations , the promise that it held for significantly reducing costs of compliance proved hollow when it was limited to develop countries only . Similarly , Ms ...
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... implement technological changes that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions . In addition , industry and ... implemented in the short run , and continued into the long run , than a wait - and - see approach . And , I have to say , I ...
... implement technological changes that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions . In addition , industry and ... implemented in the short run , and continued into the long run , than a wait - and - see approach . And , I have to say , I ...
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... implementation , and a clean development mechanism . However , by the terms of the Kyoto Protocol , the details of these vital pieces have yet to be worked out . And the parties we will have to negotiate these pieces with are already ...
... implementation , and a clean development mechanism . However , by the terms of the Kyoto Protocol , the details of these vital pieces have yet to be worked out . And the parties we will have to negotiate these pieces with are already ...
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... implementation with credits will build a bridge , with incentives in the free market , between developed countries and developing nations . It will allow companies in the United States and elsewhere in the developed world to invest in ...
... implementation with credits will build a bridge , with incentives in the free market , between developed countries and developing nations . It will allow companies in the United States and elsewhere in the developed world to invest in ...
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... implementation , and the clean development mechanism operate smoothly and efficiently , and we will be working , as we're already doing , with our industries to be sure they're satisfied for they are the ones who will have to make this ...
... implementation , and the clean development mechanism operate smoothly and efficiently , and we will be working , as we're already doing , with our industries to be sure they're satisfied for they are the ones who will have to make this ...
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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.