Global Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives

Parker, Larry ; Blodgett, John

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Air pollution;    Environmental policy;    Global climate change - Treaties;    International affairs;    Environmental protection;   

RP-ID  :  98-738
RP-ID  :  98-738_2008Nov26

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change requires that signatories, including the United States, establish policies for constraining future emission levels of 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 report examines three starting points from which a U.S. response to the convention is being framed.