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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... estimates that precipitation in the United States has increased by about 5 - 10 percent , while the frequency of ... estimated to cost $ 4 billion ; and the Northwest floods of 1996-97 about $ 3 billion . We have yet to learn what the ...
... estimates that precipitation in the United States has increased by about 5 - 10 percent , while the frequency of ... estimated to cost $ 4 billion ; and the Northwest floods of 1996-97 about $ 3 billion . We have yet to learn what the ...
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... estimates would reach roughly only 10 of 1 percent of projected GDP in 2010 , and that as I indicated , I think before you came in - we're talking about emissions prices of $ 14 to $ 23 per ton ; an increase in fuel oil prices over this ...
... estimates would reach roughly only 10 of 1 percent of projected GDP in 2010 , and that as I indicated , I think before you came in - we're talking about emissions prices of $ 14 to $ 23 per ton ; an increase in fuel oil prices over this ...
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... estimates that the demand - and - supply curves were going to cross in 1985 , and instead , we found a lot more ... estimating any of these , whether they do it with scientists or bureaucrats , or whoever . You made the comment that , by ...
... estimates that the demand - and - supply curves were going to cross in 1985 , and instead , we found a lot more ... estimating any of these , whether they do it with scientists or bureaucrats , or whoever . You made the comment that , by ...
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... estimates you made that I suggested in terms of warming and trends is not done by the Federal Government . The most definitive judgment was made by an intergovernmental panel , scientists , private sci- entists generally , 2,000 ...
... estimates you made that I suggested in terms of warming and trends is not done by the Federal Government . The most definitive judgment was made by an intergovernmental panel , scientists , private sci- entists generally , 2,000 ...
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... estimates of numbers of people at risk and infected , and of VBD sensitivity to climate change , are shown in Table 18-3 . While the potential transmission of many such diseases would increase ( geographically or from seasonal to year ...
... estimates of numbers of people at risk and infected , and of VBD sensitivity to climate change , are shown in Table 18-3 . While the potential transmission of many such diseases would increase ( geographically or from seasonal to year ...
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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.