Global Warming: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 |
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... response of the planet is a global warming . For example , the models predict that the eventual warming arising from the time that CO2 will double , which will occur sometime in the next cen- tury , that could be in the range of 3 to 8 ...
... response of the planet is a global warming . For example , the models predict that the eventual warming arising from the time that CO2 will double , which will occur sometime in the next cen- tury , that could be in the range of 3 to 8 ...
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... response of the climate system to that forc- ing is a much more difficult task . Several of the key processes that govern that re- sponse are quite complex ; for example , clouds can both reflect solar radiation and absorb the heat ...
... response of the climate system to that forc- ing is a much more difficult task . Several of the key processes that govern that re- sponse are quite complex ; for example , clouds can both reflect solar radiation and absorb the heat ...
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... responses to climate change . -A special emphasis throughout will be an identification of gaps in the current knowledge and a better quantification of uncertainties . -The full scientific assessment of the state of understanding of ...
... responses to climate change . -A special emphasis throughout will be an identification of gaps in the current knowledge and a better quantification of uncertainties . -The full scientific assessment of the state of understanding of ...
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... response models . " These models are , of course , only as good as the accuracy and completeness with which their components represent the relevant processes of the " real " world . Some of the shortcomings of our understanding of these ...
... response models . " These models are , of course , only as good as the accuracy and completeness with which their components represent the relevant processes of the " real " world . Some of the shortcomings of our understanding of these ...
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... responses and , although it is not explicitly stated in the convention , information about specific policies or measures contained in national re- ports or action plans . This process will have a " ratchet effect " whereby parties will ...
... responses and , although it is not explicitly stated in the convention , information about specific policies or measures contained in national re- ports or action plans . This process will have a " ratchet effect " whereby parties will ...
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Page 82 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 12 - IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
Page 35 - Convention, recognizing that the return by the end of the present decade to earlier levels of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol...
Page 83 - These Parties may implement such policies and measures jointly with other Parties and may assist other Parties in contributing to the achievement of the objective of the Convention and.
Page 14 - I would be pleased to answer any questions that you or the members of the subcommittee may have. Mr.
Page 82 - Protocol for the period referred to in subparagraph (a), with the aim of returning individually or jointly to their 1990 levels these anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
Page 37 - ... subparagraphs (a) and (b) above. The Conference of the Parties, at its first session, shall also take decisions regarding criteria for joint implementation as indicated in subparagraph (a) above. A second review of subparagraphs (a) and (b) shall take place not later than 31 December 1998, and thereafter at regular intervals determined by the Conference of the Parties, until the objective of the Convention is met...
Page 82 - Parties shall adopt national' policies and take corresponding measures on the mitigation of climate change, by limiting its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and protecting and enhancing its greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs. These policies and measures will demonstrate that developed countries are taking the lead in modifying longer-term trends in anthropogenic emissions...
Page 36 - Each developed country Party and each other Party included in annex I shall incorporate in its communication the following elements of information: (a) A detailed description of the policies and measures that it has adopted to implement...
Page 79 - Today, I reaffirm my personal, and announce our nation's commitment, to reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases to their 1990 levels by the year 2000.