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" 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. "
Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the ... - Page 31
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power - 1992 - 192 pages
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The Law of Environmental Damage: Liability and Reparation

Marie-Louise Larsson - 1999 - 696 pages
...atmospheric ozone above the planetary boundary layer", Article 1(1). 91. Article 1(2). 92. In turn defined as "a change of climate which is attributed directly...variability observed over comparable time periods" (Article I.1.2). 93. Article I.1.1. 94. This term is usually used with reference to new information...
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Fundamentals of Integrated Coastal Management

A. Vallega - 1999 - 290 pages
...1CSU (1996; 9). "'Climate change'"— the Convention on Climate Change (1992, Article 1.2) states— "means a change of climate which is attributed directly...composition of the global atmosphere and which is an addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods". This motivates considering...
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Climate Change: The State of the Science : Hearing Before the ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 2001 - 176 pages
...Ac Framework Convention on Climate Change. <*nere climate change rtfen to i change of cliualc that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global aCmotpherc and thai is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods...
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International Law and the Environment: Variations on a Theme

Tuomas Kuokkanen - 2002 - 452 pages
...(1998) p. 1 (hereinafter 1998 PIC Convention). 114 See 1992 Climate Change Convention, Article 1(2) ("'Climate change' means a change of climate which...variability observed over comparable time periods."); 1994 Desertification Convention , Article l(a) ("'desertification' means land degradation in arid,...
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Gender, Development, and Climate Change

Rachel Masika - 2002 - 116 pages
...usage differs from that in the Framework Convention on Climate Change where climate change refers to a change of climate which is attributed directly or...global atmosphere, and which is in addition to natural variability observed over comparable time periods. References Boserup, E. (1989) Women's Role in Economic...
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Markt und Staat im Klimaschutz: Ordnungspolitik und Interventionismus in ...

Kim Petrick - 2003 - 276 pages
...ecosystems or on the operation of socio-economic systems or on human health and welfare. 2...."Climate change" means a change of climate which is attributed...variability observed over comparable time periods. 3...."Climate system" means the totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere and...
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Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses

A. J. McMichael, D. H. Campbell-Lendrum, C. F. Corvalan, K. L. Ebi, A. Githeko, J. D. Scheraga, A. Woodward - 2003 - 340 pages
...persistent anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere. The UNFCC defines climate change as "a change of climate which is attributed directly...variability observed over comparable time periods". See also climate variability. climate models: A numerical representation of the climate system based...
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Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Development

Joel B. Smith, Saleemul Huq, Richard J. T. Klein - 2003 - 402 pages
...and Kyoto Protocol apply to only anthropogenic climate change as defined in Article 1.2 of the FCCC: "a change of climate which is attributed directly...variability observed over comparable time periods". This definition does not, however, apply to other legal systems. In a national setting, the law will...
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Climate Changes the Water Rules: How Water Managers Can Cope with Today's ...

Pavel Kabat, Henk Van Schaik - 2003 - 122 pages
...2001). The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) defines climate change as a change of climate which is attributed directly or...variability observed over comparable time periods. In this report, we adopt the UNFCCC approach and restrict our use of the term climate change to projected...
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Climate Change and India: Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation

P. R. Shukla - 2003 - 526 pages
...Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in its Article 1, defines "climate change" as: "a change of climate which is attributed directly...variability observed over comparable time periods." The UNFCCC thus makes a distinction between "climate change" attributable to human activities altering...
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