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The Kyoto Protocol and developing countries
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-10)
Under the Kyoto Protocol, the world's wealthier countries assumed binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The agreement requires these countries to consider ways to minimize adverse effects on developing ...
Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-08)
We find that, on an economic basis, nuclear power could make a substantial contribution for meeting the emissions target Japan agreed to in the Kyoto Protocol. It is unlikely however that the contribution would be as large ...
Constraining uncertainties in climate models using climate change detection techniques
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-04)
Different atmosphere-ocean general circulation models produce significantly different projections of climate change in response to increases in greenhouse gases and aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere. The main reasons ...
From science to policy : the science-related politics of climate change policy in the U.S.
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-01)
Global climate change is on the political agenda primarily as a result of science and the warnings of the scientific community, and is commonly seen as a quintessentially scientific matter. However, the development of ...
Multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto protocol
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-01)
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement aimed at limiting emissions of several greenhouse gases (GHGs; specifically: CO2, CH4, N2O, PFCs, HFCs, and SF6), and allows credit for approved sinks for CO2. It does not ...
Toward a useful architecture for climate change negotiations
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-05)
Years of hard bargaining have failed to produce a policy architecture to adequately address the complexities of climate change. Very likely, such a structure will have to be sought though improvement of the partial ...
A game of climate chicken : can EPA regulate greenhouse gases before the U.S. Senate ratifies the Kyoto Protocol?
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-11)
EPA's legal authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is reviewed. While EPA clearly does not have the authority to implement the precise terms of the Kyoto Protocol, arguments could be put ...
Model estimates of the mass balance of the Greenland and Antartic ice sheets
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-10)
The six possible combinations of two climate models and three methods for calculating the melting of snow and ice are used to estimate current values of accumulation and ablation on the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. ...
Changes in sea-level associated with modifications on the mass balance of the Greenland and Antartic ice sheets over the 21st century
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-10)
Changes in runoff from Greenland and Antarctica are often cited as one of the major concerns linked to anthropogenic changes in climate. The changes in mass balance, and associated changes in sea-level, of these two ice ...
Developing country effects of Kyoto-type emissions restrictions
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 1999-10)
Economic links among countries, through trade, will cause the effects of greenhouse-gas control measures taken by one set of nations to ripple through the international trade system, affecting countries that may not have ...