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. Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations - Page 20by Edward A. Page - 2007 - 304 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1999 - 1158 pages
...socioeconomic systems or on human health and welfare. 2. "Climate change" means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...variability observed over comparable time periods. 3. "Climate system" means the totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and and their interactions.... | |
| Joyce E. Penner, David Lister, David J. Griggs, David J. Dokken, Mack McFarland - 1999 - 392 pages
...of the UNFCCC (and this report), the definition of climate change is: "A change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...variability observed over comparable time periods." This alteration of the global atmosphere includes changes in land use as well as anthropogenic emissions... | |
| A. Vallega - 1999 - 290 pages
...the Convention on Climate Change (1992, Article 1.2) states— "means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...composition of the global atmosphere and which is an addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods". This motivates considering... | |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group I. - 2001 - 416 pages
...Framework Convention on Climate Change, where climate change refers to a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...variability observed over comparable time periods. The stakes associated with projected changes in climate are high. Numerous Earth systems that sustain... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 2001 - 176 pages
...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... | |
| Tuomas Kuokkanen - 2002 - 452 pages
...1992 Climate Change Convention, Article 1(2) ("'Climate change' means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...variability observed over comparable time periods."). 25 1985 Vienna Convention, Preamble ("Aware of the potentially harmful impact on human health and the... | |
| Rachel Masika - 2002 - 116 pages
...Framework Convention on Climate Change where climate change refers to a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...global atmosphere, and which is in addition to natural variability observed over comparable time periods. References Boserup, E. (1989) Women's Role in Economic... | |
| Philippe Sands - 2003 - 1252 pages
...and geosphere and their interactions': Art. 1(3); 'climate change' is 'a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...variability observed over comparable time periods': Art. 1(2). 'ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not... | |
| Pavel Kabat, Henk Van Schaik - 2003 - 122 pages
...Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) defines climate change as a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...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... | |
| John T. Hardy - 2003 - 270 pages
...The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Thus, "climate change" is a change of climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity...variability, observed over comparable time periods. Human activities generate several different greenhouse gases that contribute to climatic change. To... | |
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