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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... Lower than What the President Proposed in October ? Significance of U.S. Signing the Kyoto Protocol Developing Country Participation : The Bonn and Buenos Aires Agendas and Processes for Addressing Developing Country Participation ...
... Lower than What the President Proposed in October ? Significance of U.S. Signing the Kyoto Protocol Developing Country Participation : The Bonn and Buenos Aires Agendas and Processes for Addressing Developing Country Participation ...
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... lower carbon technologies . While implementation of this agreement has the commendable purpose of securing a cleaner and more livable environment , several important issues still remain . The economic impact of the agreement to U.S. ...
... lower carbon technologies . While implementation of this agreement has the commendable purpose of securing a cleaner and more livable environment , several important issues still remain . The economic impact of the agreement to U.S. ...
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... lower costs , especially given an uncertain future . The averaging can smooth out the effects of short - term events such as fluctuations in the business cycle and energy demand , or hard winters and hot summers that would increase ...
... lower costs , especially given an uncertain future . The averaging can smooth out the effects of short - term events such as fluctuations in the business cycle and energy demand , or hard winters and hot summers that would increase ...
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... lower costs than they could achieve at home , while countries in the developing world will share in those credits , and receive the kind of technology that can allow them to grow without ruining their environment . The Clean Development ...
... lower costs than they could achieve at home , while countries in the developing world will share in those credits , and receive the kind of technology that can allow them to grow without ruining their environment . The Clean Development ...
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... lower Pennsylvania's wages between 2.8 percent and 1.5 per- cent which is cumulatively a substantial impact . It would mean higher energy costs , and , therefore , higher grocery , housing , and medical costs , and they predict a cost ...
... lower Pennsylvania's wages between 2.8 percent and 1.5 per- cent which is cumulatively a substantial impact . It would mean higher energy costs , and , therefore , higher grocery , housing , and medical costs , and they predict a cost ...
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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.