...ratified by 189 countries, including the United States, commits the parties to the goal of stabilizing "greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at...anthropogenic interference with the climate system." There are many ways of reaching this objective, but any successful attempt would impose costs in foregone...

...to Article 2 of the FCCC, the primary objective of the convention is to "achieve . . . stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere...dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system."37 Article 4.2 d states that at the first Conference of the Parties (COP 1) the parties to...

...only a first step to obtain the objective of the UNFCCC; namely, 'stabilization of greenhouse gases concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would...anthropogenic interference with the climate system'. The adopted CO2-equivalent emission reduction target is 5.8% (range of +10% to -8% for the individual...

...188 nations including the USA and Russia, is to achieve "a stabilisation of greenhouse gases (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would...anthropogenic interference with the climate system". However the UNFCCC did not indicate a specific level of stabilisation. This is an essential point in...

...everywhere, among all people, as soon as possible. 62 THE RAVAGING TIDE result in a "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere...level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic" — manmade — "interference with the climate system." Five years later, sorting out the nuts and...

...intergovernmenThe Framework Convention provides that the "ultimate objective" is . . . "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system." tal cooperation on climate change. The Kyoto Protocol is a direct...

...the United States and other countries signed at the 1 992 Earth Summit in Rio, has as its objective the "stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level which would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." The framework calls...

...concentrations of GHGs. The UNFCCC commitment further specifies that concentrations should be stabilized "at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system."4 While there is not yet a global consensus on the concentration at which this would occur,...

...the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro by more than 150 countries and the European Community. Its ultimate objective is the 'stabilisation of greenhouse...anthropogenic interference with the climate system'. It contains commitments for all Parties. Under the Convention, Parties included in Annex I aim to return...

...signed in 1992. Its ultimate objective was to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous...the climate system. Such a level should be achieved in a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that...