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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 99
Page 12
... gases have grown by some 30 percent and , particularly , since 1960. You can see the increasing slope of these concentrations in the orange from 1960 to the present . That slope will continue and increase dramatically . Records of past ...
... gases have grown by some 30 percent and , particularly , since 1960. You can see the increasing slope of these concentrations in the orange from 1960 to the present . That slope will continue and increase dramatically . Records of past ...
Page 18
... gases such as carbon dioxide , methane and nitrous oxide . Burning coal , oil and natural gas to heat our homes , power our cars and illuminate our cities produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as by - products - more than 6 ...
... gases such as carbon dioxide , methane and nitrous oxide . Burning coal , oil and natural gas to heat our homes , power our cars and illuminate our cities produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as by - products - more than 6 ...
Page 20
... gases in the atmosphere continue to rise each year , and because these gases will persist for many decades to centuries , this problem is only slowly reversed . The earth will continue to warm and the seas continue to rise as long as we ...
... gases in the atmosphere continue to rise each year , and because these gases will persist for many decades to centuries , this problem is only slowly reversed . The earth will continue to warm and the seas continue to rise as long as we ...
Page 22
... gas emissions , with the United States agreeing to a 7 % reduction . When changes in the accounting rules for certain gases and offsets for activities that absorb carbon dioxide are factored in , the level of effort required of the ...
... gas emissions , with the United States agreeing to a 7 % reduction . When changes in the accounting rules for certain gases and offsets for activities that absorb carbon dioxide are factored in , the level of effort required of the ...
Page 23
... gases attributable to human activities are the result of emissions by the industrialized world . At the same time , it is also true that by around 2015 China will be the largest 7 greenhouse gases in total than the developed world ...
... gases attributable to human activities are the result of emissions by the industrialized world . At the same time , it is also true that by around 2015 China will be the largest 7 greenhouse gases in total than the developed world ...
Contents
597 | |
626 | |
681 | |
739 | |
748 | |
754 | |
763 | |
779 | |
55 | |
62 | |
81 | |
119 | |
132 | |
354 | |
412 | |
502 | |
507 | |
513 | |
520 | |
530 | |
537 | |
539 | |
553 | |
785 | |
818 | |
831 | |
838 | |
859 | |
876 | |
891 | |
893 | |
914 | |
922 | |
929 | |
943 | |
952 | |
Common terms and phrases
Administration's agencies analysis Annex I countries Article assumptions average baseline benefits billion business as usual capacity carbon dioxide emissions carbon sinks Chairman SENSENBRENNER Clean Development Mechanism climate change CO₂ Competitive Scenario Convention on Climate developing countries developing country participation Director Zero Zero diseases domestic economic effects EIZENSTAT Electricity Modeling System emissions reductions emissions targets emissions trading energy efficiency energy efficiency improvement Energy Information Administration energy prices environmental estimates European Union Federal forest fossil fuel Framework Convention funding gases global warming greenhouse gas emissions health impacts implementation increase infection investment IPCC joint implementation key developing countries Kyoto Protocol land malaria mitigation MMTCE Modeling System POEMS Office Electricity Modeling Parties percent plants Policy Office Electricity pollutants potential projected reduce greenhouse gas regions Resource Costs result Second Generation Model sector Synthesis Report technologies temperature Total transmission treaty United Zero Zero Zero Zero Zero
Popular passages
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.