COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE ROBERT S. WALKER, F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Wisconsin SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York KEN CALVERT, California ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina Pennsylvania, Chairman GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California RMM* JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee TIM ROEMER, Indiana ROBERT E. (Bud) CRAMER, JR., Alabama JANE HARMAN, California EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts CONTENTS WITNESSES Page Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, United States Gen- Dr. Jerry D. Mahlman, Director, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, Assistant Professor, Department of Environ- mental Science, University of Virginia Panel II-Potential Impacts of Climate Change Dr. Robert T. Watson, Associate Director of Environment, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President Dr. William A. Nierenberg, Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Dr. Robert W. Corell, Assistant Director for Geosciences, National Science Foundation, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Global Change Research APPENDIX II-RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS Questions submitted by the Honorable Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman, Sub- committee on Energy and Environment to the Honorable Warren M. Chris- topher, Secretary of State, the Honorable Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy, and the Honorable Dr. D. James Baker, Under Secretary of Com- merce, and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Copy of the IPCC procedures for preparation, review, acceptance, approval and publication of reports with Annexes 1 and 2 (IPCC Workshop Policy and Tasks and Responsibilities for Lead Authors, Contributors and Expert Reviewers of IPCC Reports and IPCC Tab D (Question 3) Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the Contribu- Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the Contribu- •Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the Contribu- Tab E (Question 4): Page 344 345 352 370 399 Copy of IPCC guidelines for consulting experts 400 Tab F (Question 5): 401 Copy of the IPCC procedures regarding the production of “Technical •Copy of the IPCC budget for 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 435 Table of contributions to the IPCC, including U.S. contributions Tab J (Question 11): FCCC prepared report on Annex I Party national communications • Text of FCCC Secretariat's in-depth review of U.S. communications Tab K (Question 13): 437 438 439 512 530 •U.S. intervention from AGBM-3: Developing country commitments 537 539 • 1992 scenario tables 563 Tab L (Question 14): 575 Copy of the initial report on an inventory and assessment of technologies to mitigate and adapt to climate change List of measures considered for analysis and for case study development .. List of references of chapter 18 of IPCC (Annex I) Copy of global change and health proposal submitted to CDC and NOAA. Questions submitted by the Honorable Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment to the Honorable Warren M. Christopher, Secretary of State, the Honorable Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy, and Dr. Robert T. Watson, Associate Director of Environment, Office of Science and Technology Policy Tab A: Answers to questions Tab B (Question 3) Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC 599 611 627 677 677 Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the Contribu- Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the Contribu- Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the Contribu tion of Working Group III to the IPCC Second Assessment Report, 370 Tab C (Question 4.c): List of NGOs/USGCRP 705 Tab D (Question 9.b): Figure B4 of IPCC 1992 report 706 Tab F (Question 14.e): Page Chapter 7 of WGIII: A Generic Assessment of Response Options 708 Chapter 8 of WGIII: Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse 804 Chapter 9 of WGIII: A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies 879 Tab G (Question 17.b): Review of Technical Forecasts (DOE) 1039 Tab H (Question 21.a): SBSTA report on IPCC 1043 Tab I (Question 23.d): TAP interventions 1045 Tab J (Question 26.b): U.S. Interventions at AGBM-3 •March 6, 1996, on Quantified Emission Limitation and Reduction • March 7, 1996, on Advancing Article 4.1 Commitments 1054 March 7, 1996, on Possible Features of a Protocol or Another Legal 1056 Questions submitted by the Honorable George E. Brown, Jr., Ranking Democratic Member, Committee on Science to: Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, United States General Accounting Office 1059 Dr. Jerry D. Mahlman, Director, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, 1063 Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia 1083 Dr. Robert T. Watson, Associate Director of Environment, Office of 1111 Dr. William A. Nierenberg, Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of 1128 David Gardiner, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy, Planning and 1137 1147 Dr. Robert W. Corell, Assistant Director for Geosciences, National Science 1153 |
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