Countdown to Kyoto, Parts I-III: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, October 7, 9, and November 6, 1997, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 2418 pages |
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... Risks and Damages vs. Benefits of Climate Change 511 Policy Options That Would Slow Climate Change Without Harming American Living Standards 511 Answers to post - hearing questions submitted by Democratic Members : Economic Model ...
... Risks and Damages vs. Benefits of Climate Change 511 Policy Options That Would Slow Climate Change Without Harming American Living Standards 511 Answers to post - hearing questions submitted by Democratic Members : Economic Model ...
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... risks we may face , and the options we may have to deal with this threat . Mr. Chairman , certainly , a few weeks ago we had a hearing on El Nino , and nobody on this panel doubted that there was some kind of impact from El Nino on the ...
... risks we may face , and the options we may have to deal with this threat . Mr. Chairman , certainly , a few weeks ago we had a hearing on El Nino , and nobody on this panel doubted that there was some kind of impact from El Nino on the ...
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... role of energy technology " , Climate Change Policy , Risk Prioritization and U.S. Economic Growth ( ACCF , Washington , 1997 ) , pages 73-94 . Temperature Change from 1990 + Sample Forecasts of Future Temperature 51.
... role of energy technology " , Climate Change Policy , Risk Prioritization and U.S. Economic Growth ( ACCF , Washington , 1997 ) , pages 73-94 . Temperature Change from 1990 + Sample Forecasts of Future Temperature 51.
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... risks , we should do for the Earth just what we are doing for ourselves : consider taking out an insurance policy by reducing CO2 emissions . And , just as with any insurance purchase , a wise buyer first needs to ask the key question ...
... risks , we should do for the Earth just what we are doing for ourselves : consider taking out an insurance policy by reducing CO2 emissions . And , just as with any insurance purchase , a wise buyer first needs to ask the key question ...
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... risk is that costs will be higher than we estimate because of the use of inefficient policies . Technology and ... risks ( particularly important to businesses where a small failure can idle entire production processes ) , or need ...
... risk is that costs will be higher than we estimate because of the use of inefficient policies . Technology and ... risks ( particularly important to businesses where a small failure can idle entire production processes ) , or need ...
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Page 558 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 571 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate...
Page 589 - Affirming that responses to climate change should be coordinated with social and economic development in an integrated manner with a view to avoiding adverse impacts on the latter, taking into full account the legitimate priority needs of developing countries for the achievement of sustained economic growth and the eradication of poverty...
Page 45 - J. Antsaklis received his Diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1972 and his M.Sc and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, Providence, RI in 1974 and 1977, respectively.
Page 595 - Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability, and because there are uncertainties in key factors. These include the magnitude and patterns of...
Page 581 - desertification' means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities...
Page 6 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
Page 596 - IPCC scenario (IS92e) combined with a "high" value of climate sensitivity gives a warming of about 3.5°C. In all cases the average rate of warming would probably be greater than any seen in the last 10,000 years, but the actual annual to decadal changes would include considerable natural variability. Regional temperature changes could differ substantially from the global mean value. Because of the thermal inertia of the oceans, only 50-90% of the eventual equilibrium temperature change would have...
Page 162 - Economic studies have found that there are many potential policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for which the total benefits outweigh the total costs. For the United States in particular, sound economic analysis shows that there are policy options that would slow climate change without...
Page 581 - CO2 equilibrium conditions, a substantial fraction (a global average of one-third, varying by region from one-seventh to twothirds) of the existing forested area of the world will undergo major changes in broad vegetation types — with...