| Peter H. Gleick - 1998 - 326 pages
...significant and "unlikely to be entirely natural in origin" (IPCC 1996a). The IPCC goes on to conclude, "The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate." Many uncertainties remain. Future emissions of greenhouse gases and their longevity in the atmosphere... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - 1998 - 128 pages
...precipitation and flooding in some regions and more severe aridity m other areas The IPCC concluded thai The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate - The warming is expected to expand the geographical ranges of malaria and dengue lever and to open... | |
| G. O. Obasi, E. Dowdeswell - 1998 - 72 pages
...(which causes droughts and floods in many areas) was unusual in the context of the last 120 years. 4. THE BALANCE OF EVIDENCE SUGGESTS A DISCERNIBLE HUMAN INFLUENCE ON GLOBAL CLIMATE Any human-induced effect on climate will be superimposed on the background "noise" of natural climate... | |
| 1999 - 474 pages
...gases through measures such as promoting energy efficiency and increasing the use of renewable energy. In 1995, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...a discernible human influence on global climate." This human influence on climate comes from emissions of three greenhouse gases in particular — carbon... | |
| George E. Marcus - 1999 - 460 pages
...those attacks the conclusion would have been stronger, not weaker, as industry alleges. The conclusion that "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate" was adopted under extreme duress at the Madrid IPCC plenary, with Saudi Arabia threatening to block... | |
| Peter Day, Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1999 - 196 pages
...same period (an average rate three to six times faster than that of the last 100 yearsl. It concluded that ' the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate'. Although confidence in the modelling has increased, there remain many uncertainties which make it difficult... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1999 - 1158 pages
...latest international scientific assessment prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — that 'the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate." Put another way, in the view of the vast majority of US and international climate scientists, it is... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1999 - 982 pages
...Convention to return to 1990 levels by the year 2000. Moreover, the IPCC '$ second report, which stated that "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate," added political momentum to the need for legally binding commitments. However, the Protocol Is silent... | |
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