Global Warming: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 |
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... green- house emissions . Due to our reliance on hydropower we have been below the national emissions average , but our levels are , unfortu- nately , increasing rather rapidly . This trend is of particular con- cern because Washington ...
... green- house emissions . Due to our reliance on hydropower we have been below the national emissions average , but our levels are , unfortu- nately , increasing rather rapidly . This trend is of particular con- cern because Washington ...
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... green- house gases . What is dangerously absent , however , is a consensus on whether these emissions have brought on a warming of our at- mosphere or whether they can be expected to do so in the future . In my own State of Illinois ...
... green- house gases . What is dangerously absent , however , is a consensus on whether these emissions have brought on a warming of our at- mosphere or whether they can be expected to do so in the future . In my own State of Illinois ...
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... green- house gas abundances . Based on those simulations , most scientists believe that for a doubling of greenhouse gases measured in carbon dioxide equivalents , an eventual global average warming in the range of 1.5-4.5 degrees ...
... green- house gas abundances . Based on those simulations , most scientists believe that for a doubling of greenhouse gases measured in carbon dioxide equivalents , an eventual global average warming in the range of 1.5-4.5 degrees ...
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... green- house warming . Resolving these shortcomings will require collaborative research among several disciplines , including atmospheric and biological sciences . Some of the highest - priority needs are the following : -Better ...
... green- house warming . Resolving these shortcomings will require collaborative research among several disciplines , including atmospheric and biological sciences . Some of the highest - priority needs are the following : -Better ...
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... green- house gases , but there are also related gases . Greenhouse gases are the ones which are themselves transparent to incoming sunlight and yet trap and re - emit in the infrared spectrum , warming the surface of the Earth . Related ...
... green- house gases , but there are also related gases . Greenhouse gases are the ones which are themselves transparent to incoming sunlight and yet trap and re - emit in the infrared spectrum , warming the surface of the Earth . Related ...
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Page 82 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 12 - IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
Page 35 - Convention, recognizing that the return by the end of the present decade to earlier levels of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol...
Page 37 - These Parties may implement such policies and measures jointly with other Parties and may assist other Parties in contributing to the achievement of the objective of the Convention and.
Page 14 - I would be pleased to answer any questions that you or the members of the subcommittee may have. Mr.
Page 82 - Protocol for the period referred to in subparagraph (a), with the aim of returning individually or jointly to their 1990 levels these anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
Page 37 - ... subparagraphs (a) and (b) above. The Conference of the Parties, at its first session, shall also take decisions regarding criteria for joint implementation as indicated in subparagraph (a) above. A second review of subparagraphs (a) and (b) shall take place not later than 31 December 1998, and thereafter at regular intervals determined by the Conference of the Parties, until the objective of the Convention is met...
Page 36 - Each developed country Party and each other Party included in annex I shall incorporate in its communication the following elements of information: (a) A detailed description of the policies and measures that it has adopted to implement...
Page 134 - Today, I reaffirm my personal, and announce our nation's commitment, to reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases to their 1990 levels by the year 2000.
Page 82 - Parties shall adopt national' policies and take corresponding measures on the mitigation of climate change, by limiting its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and protecting and enhancing its greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs.