| Nicholas A. Robinson - 2016 - 576 pages
...trees. Witt v. Kulongoski, 319 Ore. 7, 872 P.2d 14 (Ore. 1994). CLIMATE CHANGE: A change of climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...alters the composition of the global atmosphere and that is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods; UN Framework... | |
| Günter Hoog, Angela Steinmetz - 1993 - 660 pages
...on the operation of socio-economic systems or on human health and welfare. 2. 'Climate change' means a change of climate which is attributed directly or...variability observed over comparable time periods. 3. "Climate system" means the totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere and... | |
| Irving M. Mintzer, J. Amber Leonard - 1994 - 412 pages
...on the operation of socio-economic systems or on human health and welfare. 2. "Climate change" means a change of climate which is attributed directly or...variability observed over comparable time periods. 3. "Climate system" means the totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere and... | |
| United Nations Environment Programme - 1995 - 252 pages
...change: The slow variations of climatic characteristics over time at a given place. Usually refers to the change of climate which is attributed directly or...natural climate variability, observed over comparable periods. Climate system: The totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, andgeosphere and their... | |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - 1996 - 594 pages
...for the purposes of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, the definition of climate change is: "a change of climate which is attributed directly...variability observed over comparable time periods." Further, the Convention considers, for purposes of mitigation measures, only those greenhouse gases... | |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - 1996 - 594 pages
...differs from the usage in the Framework Convention on Climate Change where climate change refers to a change of climate which is attributed directly or...variability observed over comparable time periods. 2 A simple measure of the importance of a potential climate change mechanism. Radiative forcing is the... | |
| Hoe-sŏng Yi, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group III. - 1996 - 462 pages
...or communities. Endnotes 1. The Framework Convention on Climate Change defines "climate change" as a change of climate which is attributed directly or...variability observed over comparable time periods. The question as to whether such changes are potential or can already be identified is analyzed in Volume... | |
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