Road from Kyoto: Hearing Before the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 |
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... Economic Impact of the Kyoto Protocol on Illinois Importance of Dealing with Climate Issues Factually Administration's Intent With Respect to Implementation of the Pro- tocol Prior to Senate Ratification and Impact of Delays on Meeting ...
... Economic Impact of the Kyoto Protocol on Illinois Importance of Dealing with Climate Issues Factually Administration's Intent With Respect to Implementation of the Pro- tocol Prior to Senate Ratification and Impact of Delays on Meeting ...
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... Economic Advisors ( CEA ) , before the House Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power on the Economics of the Kyoto Protocol " The Kyoto Protocol and the President's Policies to Address Climate Change , " Administration Economic ...
... Economic Advisors ( CEA ) , before the House Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power on the Economics of the Kyoto Protocol " The Kyoto Protocol and the President's Policies to Address Climate Change , " Administration Economic ...
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... Economic , Business and Agricultural Affairs— Continued Cutting Greenhouse Gases through Energy Savings Performance Contracts ( ESPCs ) Potential Conflicts Between the Kyoto and Montreal Protocols IPCC Proposed Rules Changes Line - By ...
... Economic , Business and Agricultural Affairs— Continued Cutting Greenhouse Gases through Energy Savings Performance Contracts ( ESPCs ) Potential Conflicts Between the Kyoto and Montreal Protocols IPCC Proposed Rules Changes Line - By ...
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... Economics of the Kyoto Protocol , October 6 , 1998 Stuart E. Eizenstat , Under Secretary of State for Economic , Busi- ness , and Agricultural Affairs , " Fighting Global Warming : From Kyoto to Buenos Aires and Beyond , " Speech at the ...
... Economics of the Kyoto Protocol , October 6 , 1998 Stuart E. Eizenstat , Under Secretary of State for Economic , Busi- ness , and Agricultural Affairs , " Fighting Global Warming : From Kyoto to Buenos Aires and Beyond , " Speech at the ...
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... Economic Advisors , to present the Administration's economic anal- ysis of the Protocol . We readily accepted that request with the ca- veat that Mr. Eizenstat and Ms. Yellen appear on a panel of out- side witnesses which could provide ...
... Economic Advisors , to present the Administration's economic anal- ysis of the Protocol . We readily accepted that request with the ca- veat that Mr. Eizenstat and Ms. Yellen appear on a panel of out- side witnesses which could provide ...
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Page 750 - A State is obliged to refrain from acts which would defeat the object and purpose of a treaty...
Page 630 - States should cooperate to promote a supportive and open international economic system that would lead to economic growth and sustainable development in all countries, to better address the problems of environmental degradation.
Page 141 - 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 646 - AUTHENTIC TEXTS The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Page 405 - Forest land: Land at least 10 percent occupied by forest trees of any size or formerly having had such tree cover and not currently developed for nonforest use. Lands developed for nonforest use...
Page 646 - ... 2. For each State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts or approves the Convention or accedes thereto after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession...
Page 126 - A State may, when signing, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to a treaty, formulate a reservation unless : (a) the reservation is prohibited by the treaty; (b) the treaty provides that only specified reservations, which do not include the reservation in question, may be made; or (c) in cases not falling under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), the reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of the treaty.
Page 588 - 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 634 - Parties with economies that are highly dependent on income generated from the production, processing and export, and/or consumption of fossil fuels and associated energy-intensive products and/or the use of fossil fuels for which such Parties have serious difficulties in switching to alternatives.
Page 17 - ... the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.