U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness

Parker, Larry ; Blodgett, John ; Yacobucci, Brent D.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Global climate change;    Climatic changes;    Global warming;   

RP-ID  :  RL30024
RP-ID  :  RL30024_2011Feb24

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the evolving views on cost, competitiveness, and comprehensiveness regarding the U.S. global climate change policy. The report starts out with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It discusses the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT), and negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol, which established mandatory limits on emissions for developed countries.