Requiem for Kyoto: An Economic Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol
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Economic Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol
Before discussing the likely cost of U.S. efforts to avert climate change, it is important to recognize the costs and risks facing our nation should we fail to act. Current concentrations of greenhouse gases have reached levels well above those of preindustrial times. As a consequence, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that global temperatures will increase by between 2 to...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Energy Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0195-6574
DOI: 10.5547/issn0195-6574-ej-vol20-nosi-5