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Paula J.
Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs: "Therefore it is
our intention to implement policies that will foster these technology-based
solutions -- that is the way we will address the challenge of global climate
change. Significantly, we also believe that climate change should not be
pursued in isolation, but should be handled as an integral part of a broad
strategic paradigm of sustainable development, which features a balanced mix
of environmentally sound, pro-economic growth policies. At the 2002 World
Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg and at the COP-8 meeting
last year in New Delhi, we found strong and growing support for this
position among developing countries." (64KB PDF file)
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This U.S.
National Research Council report provides policy makers with a succinct and
balanced overview of what science can currently say about the potential for
future climate change, while outlining the uncertainties that remain in our
scientific knowledge. (308KB PDF file)
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As part of the
President's National Climate Change Technology Initiative, launched on June
11, 2001, the President directed the Secretary of Energy, in coordination
with the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, to lead a multi-agency review of the Federal R&D
portfolio and make recommendations. The Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP)
was established in 2002 to implement the President's Initiative. The CCTP is
a multi-agency research and development (R&D) coordination activity,
organized under the auspices of the Cabinet-level Committee on Climate
Change Science and Technology Integration (CCCSTI). Participating Federal
agencies include the Departments of Energy, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense,
Health and Human Services, Interior, State, and Transportation, as well as
the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Science Foundation. (56KB PDF file)
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The climate
change section of the U.S. Dept. of State website links to Remarks,
Briefings and Press Releases.
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U.S. Energy
Secretary Spencer Abraham says the United States is moving ahead in an
unprecedented international effort to make clean energy the cornerstone of
economic growth, improved health and closer ties among nations. (47KB PDF
file)
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