Road from Kyoto: Kyoto and the administration's fiscal year 1999 budget requestU.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 |
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... rates of change , both of which are relevant to the decisions the world must make about long term emissions trajectories beyond 2010 . The USGCRP , along with the global change research efforts supported by other countries such as Japan ...
... rates of change , both of which are relevant to the decisions the world must make about long term emissions trajectories beyond 2010 . The USGCRP , along with the global change research efforts supported by other countries such as Japan ...
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... rate at which atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are now increasing is unprecedented . The increased ... rates of precipitation . In addition , because storms feed on energy and atmospheric moisture , storm duration and ...
... rate at which atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are now increasing is unprecedented . The increased ... rates of precipitation . In addition , because storms feed on energy and atmospheric moisture , storm duration and ...
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... rate of change is slow . " The sooner we reduce emissions , the slower the rate of climate change we can expect . The Framework Convention on Climate Change , to which the United States is a party , seeks to stabilize atmospheric ...
... rate of change is slow . " The sooner we reduce emissions , the slower the rate of climate change we can expect . The Framework Convention on Climate Change , to which the United States is a party , seeks to stabilize atmospheric ...
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... rates of change are very fast . We have received similar letters urging action from the economic community . They point out that paced actions can reduce costs and buy insurance against climate change . It is important to point out that ...
... rates of change are very fast . We have received similar letters urging action from the economic community . They point out that paced actions can reduce costs and buy insurance against climate change . It is important to point out that ...
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... rates of coastal and riverbank erosion , slope instability , landslides and erosion . Pacific Northwest : The dependence of the Northwest on reliable water supplies provides this region's most significant vulnerability to climate change ...
... rates of coastal and riverbank erosion , slope instability , landslides and erosion . Pacific Northwest : The dependence of the Northwest on reliable water supplies provides this region's most significant vulnerability to climate change ...
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Page 208 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Page 208 - In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
Page 931 - The text of any proposed amendment to this Convention or to any protocol, except as may otherwise be provided in such protocol, shall be communicated to the Parties by the secretariat at least six months before the meeting at which it is proposed for adoption.
Page 920 - The Parties included in Annex I shall, individually or jointly, ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A do not exceed their assigned amounts, calculated pursuant to their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments inscribed in Annex...
Page 930 - Parties as an observer, may be so admitted unless at least one third of the Parties present object. The admission and participation of observers shall be subject to the rules of procedure adopted by the Conference of the Parties.
Page 933 - Protocol shall be open for accession from the day after the date on which it is closed for signature. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Depositary.
Page 932 - Convention 1 . Any Party may propose amendments to the Convention. 2. Amendments to the Convention shall be adopted at an ordinary session of the Conference of the Parties. The text of any proposed amendment...
Page 932 - Parties present and voting at the meeting. The adopted amendment shall be communicated by the secretariat to the Depositary, who shall circulate it to all Parties for their acceptance. 4. Instruments of acceptance in respect of an amendment shall be deposited with the Depositary. An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 3 above shall enter into force for those Parties having accepted it on the ninetieth day after the date of receipt by the Depositary of an instrument of acceptance by at...
Page 924 - A national inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, to the extent its capacities permit, using comparable methodologies to be promoted and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties...
Page 913 - The Conference of the Parties shall define the relevant principles, modalities, rules and guidelines, in particular for verification, reporting and accountability for emissions trading. The Parties included in annex B may participate in emissions trading for the purposes of fulfilling their commitments under article 3. Any such trading shall be supplemental to domestic actions for the purpose of meeting quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments...