Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on the Role of the U.S. Government in the United Nations Negotiations on Global Warming Climate Change, March 3, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 192 pages |
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... going on , because we feel that is the appropriate starting point . In the clean air debate , it was very difficult to set a baseline retroac- tively ; there was a lot of unfairness in the setting of that baseline . Our goal is to ...
... going on , because we feel that is the appropriate starting point . In the clean air debate , it was very difficult to set a baseline retroac- tively ; there was a lot of unfairness in the setting of that baseline . Our goal is to ...
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... going to be lower because the tree planting options , at least for some period of time , do look like pretty attrac- tive options . So I don't think there is any disagreement there . Mr. COOPER . That is our goal of our legislation ...
... going to be lower because the tree planting options , at least for some period of time , do look like pretty attrac- tive options . So I don't think there is any disagreement there . Mr. COOPER . That is our goal of our legislation ...
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... going to be pursuing that , and while some of our crit- ics think we haven't done anything on global warming in our bill— and I admit it is not a lot in terms of the direct title of global warming ; I think Mr. Cooper's provisions are going ...
... going to be pursuing that , and while some of our crit- ics think we haven't done anything on global warming in our bill— and I admit it is not a lot in terms of the direct title of global warming ; I think Mr. Cooper's provisions are going ...
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... going on along those lines within the negoti- ating context . The Norwegian proposal is still evolving . It basically stems from the fact that Norway has done estimates of the cost of achieving a target within its own borders and found ...
... going on along those lines within the negoti- ating context . The Norwegian proposal is still evolving . It basically stems from the fact that Norway has done estimates of the cost of achieving a target within its own borders and found ...
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... going to commit what I understand to be a sin and use the " t " word . I have spent a great deal of time looking at different ways of inducing change in behavior when the amount of change which is required is unclear and the ...
... going to commit what I understand to be a sin and use the " t " word . I have spent a great deal of time looking at different ways of inducing change in behavior when the amount of change which is required is unclear and the ...
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Page 28 - States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
Page 34 - In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
Page 159 - Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequences could be second only to a global nuclear war.
Page 31 - Climate change' means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
Page 160 - Convention ... is to achieve . . . stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 63 - Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit by such State or regional economic integration organization of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Page 60 - Thereafter the amendments shall enter into force for any other Party on the ninetieth day after that Party deposits its instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance of the amendments. 6. For the purposes of this article, "Parties present and voting" means Parties present and casting an affirmative or negative vote.
Page 100 - Emissions resulting from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the earth's surface.
Page 64 - WITHDRAWAL 1 . At any time after three years from the date on which this Convention has entered into force for a Party, that Party may withdraw from the Convention by giving written notification to the depositary. 2. Any such withdrawal shall take effect...
Page 61 - ... above. 3. The proposal, adoption and entry into force of amendments to annexes to this Convention or to any protocol shall be subject to the same procedure as for the proposal, adoption and entry into force of annexes to the Convention or annexes to any protocol.