| Main Title |
Global climate change three policy perspectives / {electronic resource} : |
| Author |
Parker, Larry.
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| Publisher |
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, |
| Place Published |
Washington, D.C. : |
| Year Published |
2007 |
| Report Number |
CRS 98-738 ENR |
| OCLC Number |
85763853 |
| Subject Added Ent |
Climatic changes--Government policy--United States;
Global environmental change;
Environmental policy--United States
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| Holdings |
| Library |
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Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Date Modified |
| EJBM |
POD |
Internet only |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
03/16/2007 |
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| Notes |
Description based on title screen as viewed on February 5, 2007. "Order Code 98-738 ENR." "Updated February 9, 2007." Updates can be received through CRS Web. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents Notes |
The 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change requires that signatories, including the United States, establish policies for constraining future emission levels of suspected greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2). The George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush Administrations each drafted action plans in response to requirements of the convention. These plans have raised significant controversy and debate. This debate intensified following the 1997 Kyoto Agreement, which, had it been ratified by the United States, would have committed the United States to reduce greenhouse gases by 7% over a five-year period (2008-2012) from specified baseline years. Controversy is inherent, in part, because of uncertainties about the likelihood and magnitude of possible future climate change, the consequences for human wellbeing, and the costs and benefits of minimizing or adapting to possible climate change. Controversy also is driven by differences in how competing policy communities view the assumptions underlying approaches to this complex issue. This paper examines three starting points from which a U.S. response to the convention is being framed. These starting points, or policy "lenses," lead to divergent perceptions of the issue with respect to uncertainty, cost and benefit accounting, and urgency. They also imply differing but overlapping processes and actions for possible implementation, thus shaping recommendations of policy advocates concerning the federal government's role in reducing greenhouse gases. |
| Access Notes |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Author Added Ent |
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| Corporate Au Added Ent |
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
{2007} |
| Series Title Traced |
CRS report for Congress ; 98-738 ENR |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
electronic resource |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20070316083105 |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| Language |
eng |
| SUDOCS Number |
LC 14.19/3:98-738 ENR |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03054nam 2200409Ia 45020 |
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