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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... scenario , including actions promised by OECD countries to reduce their emissions ( Scenario IRS91b ) , total world carbon dioxide emissions more than triple from the current level by the year 2100. But the share of the OECD drops to 17 ...
... scenario , including actions promised by OECD countries to reduce their emissions ( Scenario IRS91b ) , total world carbon dioxide emissions more than triple from the current level by the year 2100. But the share of the OECD drops to 17 ...
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... scenario assuming no restrictions were in effect . The restrictions did not apply outside the OECD countries . The study found that despite the restrictions , total carbon dioxide emissions in the countries studied would be 17 percent ...
... scenario assuming no restrictions were in effect . The restrictions did not apply outside the OECD countries . The study found that despite the restrictions , total carbon dioxide emissions in the countries studied would be 17 percent ...
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... scenario , the third DRI / McGraw Hill study for the Department will examine the impacts of the carbon taxes imposed in the second study on the various industry groups and by state . The study will determine changes in a host of ...
... scenario , the third DRI / McGraw Hill study for the Department will examine the impacts of the carbon taxes imposed in the second study on the various industry groups and by state . The study will determine changes in a host of ...
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... scenarios to simulate the effects that such a tax would have on the economies of the 12 major OECD countries ( the ... scenario was designed to force the OECD - 12 to stabilize their carbon emis- sions at the 1988 level by 2000 , and ...
... scenarios to simulate the effects that such a tax would have on the economies of the 12 major OECD countries ( the ... scenario was designed to force the OECD - 12 to stabilize their carbon emis- sions at the 1988 level by 2000 , and ...
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... scenario , industrial natu- ral gas prices will become fairly representative of an average industrial energy price . Sharply higher coal prices and moderately higher oil prices will shift the industrial market toward natural gas for ...
... scenario , industrial natu- ral gas prices will become fairly representative of an average industrial energy price . Sharply higher coal prices and moderately higher oil prices will shift the industrial market toward natural gas for ...
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Page 162 - Convention ... is to achieve . . . stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 102 - Emissions resulting from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth's surface.
Page 161 - Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequences could be second only to a global nuclear war.
Page 65 - For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 above, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by States members of the organization.
Page 63 - ... above. 3. The proposal, adoption and entry into force of amendments to annexes to this Convention or to any protocol shall be subject to the same procedure as for the proposal, adoption and entry into force of annexes to the Convention or annexes to any protocol.
Page 65 - Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit by such State or regional economic integration organization of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Page 62 - Thereafter the amendments shall enter into force for any other Party on the ninetieth day after that Party deposits its instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance of the amendments. 6. For the purposes of this article, "Parties present and voting" means Parties present and casting an affirmative or negative vote.
Page 63 - Convention shall have one vote, except as provided for in paragraph 2 below. 2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their competence, shall exercise their right to vote with a number of votes equal to the number of their member States that are Parties to the Convention.
Page 66 - Any such withdrawal shall take place upon expiry of one year after the date of its receipt by the depositary, or on such later date as may be specified in the notification of the withdrawal.
Page 47 - Extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties shall be held at such other times as may be deemed necessary by the Conference...