National Action Plan for Global Climate Change[Department of State], Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Global Change, 1992 - 129 pages |
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... potential to alter , and be altered by , the climate system . Forests not only act as sinks of greenhouse gases , but also are home to a diversity of biota on which climate change could have a significant impact . U.S. forests vary from ...
... potential to alter , and be altered by , the climate system . Forests not only act as sinks of greenhouse gases , but also are home to a diversity of biota on which climate change could have a significant impact . U.S. forests vary from ...
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... potential climate change . Currently , the United States enjoys a natural abun- dance of productive agricultural lands and a favorable climate for producing food , feed grains , and many other agricultural commodities . The area of U.S. ...
... potential climate change . Currently , the United States enjoys a natural abun- dance of productive agricultural lands and a favorable climate for producing food , feed grains , and many other agricultural commodities . The area of U.S. ...
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... potential climate changes , including changes in pre- cipitation and evaporation , may have significant impacts on water resources , leading to limitations on the availability of fresh water , particularly for agricul- ture , and ...
... potential climate changes , including changes in pre- cipitation and evaporation , may have significant impacts on water resources , leading to limitations on the availability of fresh water , particularly for agricul- ture , and ...
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... potential global cli- mate change . The first step in designing appro- priate measures is to understand ... potential global climate change . An assessment of vulnerability should : • Estimate physical , ecological , and socioeconomic ...
... potential global cli- mate change . The first step in designing appro- priate measures is to understand ... potential global climate change . An assessment of vulnerability should : • Estimate physical , ecological , and socioeconomic ...
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... potential global climate change , the impacts of such change , and vulnerability to global and climate change , measures to facilitate adaptation should be based on the following criteria ( IPCC 1990d ) : • Flexibility . Would the potential ...
... potential global climate change , the impacts of such change , and vulnerability to global and climate change , measures to facilitate adaptation should be based on the following criteria ( IPCC 1990d ) : • Flexibility . Would the potential ...
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Page 10 - 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 9 - Develop, periodically update, publish and make available to the Conference of the Parties, in accordance with Article 12, national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, using comparable methodologies to be agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties...
Page 8 - A national inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, to the extent its capacities permit, using comparable methodologies to be promoted and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties...
Page 8 - Take climate change considerations into account, to the extent feasible, in their relevant social, economic, and environmental policies and actions...
Page 9 - I shall make its initial communication within six months of the entry into force of the Convention for that Party.
Page 10 - The ultimate objective of the Convention is to achieve the 'stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate...
Page 9 - ... economic information. Based on this review, the Conference of the Parties shall take appropriate action, which may include the adoption of amendments to the commitments in 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...
Page 9 - 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 8 - 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 9 - ... above, a certain degree of flexibility shall be allowed by the Conference of the Parties to the Parties included in annex I undergoing the process of transition to a market economy, in order to enhance the ability of these Parties to address climate change, including with regard to the historical level of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol chosen as a reference.