The Kyoto Protocol: The Undermining of American Prosperity--the Science : Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Washington, DC, July 29, 1998, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 113 pages |
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Page 12 - achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 93 - stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system
Page 30 - limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability and because there are uncertainties in key factors,
Page 104 - can assist in this endeavor-trading can be a win for the environment, reduce costs for developed countries, and provide a transfer of cleaner technologies and a share of the cost-savings to developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity you have provided me to be able to discuss these
Page 99 - in the tropics and subtropics, where some crops are near their maximum temperature tolerance and where dryland, non-irrigated agriculture dominates, yields are likely to decrease,
Page 96 - years, with renewable energy sources (solar, wind and modern biomass) possibly accounting for as much as half of all energy produced by the middle of the next century. Such a future would clearly eliminate the highest projections of greenhouse gases being realized. Based on the range of climate sensitivities (an increase in the equilibrium global mean surface temperature of 1.5
Page 95 - The Earth's Climate System: The Influence of Human Activities The Earth's climate has been relatively stable (global temperature changes of less than
Page 1 - greenhouse gases are responsible for changing the Earth's climate, as projected by all climate models, the time to reverse
Page 35 - first dean of the School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences at the University of Miami; First Director of the
Page 68 - developing a global, precise record of earth's temperature from operational polarorbiting satellites, fundamentally advancing our ability to monitor climate.