Fiscal Year 2000 Climate Change Budget Authorization Request: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, April 14, 1999, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 1457 pages |
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... countries , which had total CO2 emissions of approximately 6 billion metric tonnes in 1996. These countries ' CO2 emissions are estimated to be 10 billion metric tonnes in 2010. EPA's goal is to promote actions that reduce projected ...
... countries , which had total CO2 emissions of approximately 6 billion metric tonnes in 1996. These countries ' CO2 emissions are estimated to be 10 billion metric tonnes in 2010. EPA's goal is to promote actions that reduce projected ...
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... Country Studies Program ( USCSP ) was announced in 1992 , at the ' Earth Summit ' in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The purpose of the program is to provide financial and technical assistance to developing countries and countries with ...
... Country Studies Program ( USCSP ) was announced in 1992 , at the ' Earth Summit ' in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The purpose of the program is to provide financial and technical assistance to developing countries and countries with ...
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... countries . In contrast , by far the largest part of the future growth of world energy use is expected to take place in the currently less developed countries of Asia , Africa , and Latin America . Today , with nearly 80 percent of the ...
... countries . In contrast , by far the largest part of the future growth of world energy use is expected to take place in the currently less developed countries of Asia , Africa , and Latin America . Today , with nearly 80 percent of the ...
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... countries of Asia , Africa , and Latin America that today , with nearly 80 percent of the world's population , still account for only a third of the energy use . Under business as usual , they will pass the industrialized countries in ...
... countries of Asia , Africa , and Latin America that today , with nearly 80 percent of the world's population , still account for only a third of the energy use . Under business as usual , they will pass the industrialized countries in ...
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... countries , which have agreed to seek to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000. The OECD countries , in particular , are also committed to facilitate the transfer of ...
... countries , which have agreed to seek to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000. The OECD countries , in particular , are also committed to facilitate the transfer of ...
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Page 348 - ... (This judgment takes into account the contributions to energy R&D that can reasonably be expected to be made by the private sector under market conditions similar to today's.) The inadequacy of current energy R&D is especially acute in relation to the challenge of responding prudently and cost-effectively to the risk of global climatic change from society's greenhouse-gas emissions, of which the most important is carbon dioxide from combustion of fossil fuels.