 ... life and health, air pollution, and other costs (hurricanes, relocation costs, human amenity, construction, leisure activities, urban infrastructure, and ecological damages such as forest loss and species loss). Although the quantification of these...  The Kyoto Protocol: Is the Clinton-Gore Administration Selling Out Americans ... - Page 512by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs - 1999 - 1229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business - 1998 - 244 pages
...Fahrenheit. While scientists believe that human activities are leading to a gradual warming of the average temperature of the earth, the change in temperature...degrees Fahrenheit would impose annual damages of about 1.1 percent of GDP per year on the US economy. That amounts to $89 billion in today's terms. (Cline's... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business - 1998 - 242 pages
...given region at a given time may differ substantially from this average. Indeed, models predict wanning will be greater in high latitudes than in the tropics,...degrees Fahrenheit would impose annual damages of about 1.1 percent of GDP per year on the US economy. That amounts to $89 billion in today's terms. (Cline's... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations - 1998 - 194 pages
...temperatures, even after netting out the effects of warmer winters and acclimatization. The IPCC also predicts sea level increases of about 20 inches by 2100 with...increases in subsequent years. Despite the difficulties of deriving quantitative assessments of the damages from climate change, researchers have nonetheless... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power - 1998 - 404 pages
...temperatures even after netting out the effects of warmer winters and acclimatization. The IPCC also predicts sea level increases of about 20 inches by 2100 with...increases in subsequent years. Despite the difficulties of deriving quantitative assessments of the damages from climate change, researchers have, nonetheless,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations - 1998 - 204 pages
...temperatures, even after netting out the effects of warmer winters and acclimatization. The IPCC also predicts sea level increases of about 20 inches by 2100 with...greater increases in subsequent years. Despite the faculties of deriving quantitative assessments of the damages from climate change, researchers have... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1999 - 982 pages
...given region at a given time may differ substantially from this average. Indeed, models predict wanning will be greater in high latitudes than in the tropics,...degrees Fahrenheit would impose annual damages of about 1.1 percent of GDP per year on the US economy. That amounts to $89 billion in today's terms. (Cline's... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1999 - 1220 pages
...in the tropics, and greater over land than ocean. Potential consequences associated with this shin in climate include a rise in sea levels, greater frequency...degrees Fahrenheit would impose annual damages of about 1.1 percent of GDP per year on the US economy. That amounts to $89 billion in today's terms. (Cline's... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - 1999 - 180 pages
...following broad areas: agriculture, sea-level rise, air conditioning and heating, water supply, numan life and health, air pollution, and other costs (hurricanes,...degrees Fahrenheit would impose annual damages of about 1.1 percent of GDP per year on the US economy. That amounts to $89 billion in today's terms. (Cline... | |
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