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Towards an Analytical Capacity in Costing of Abatement Options for Forestry and Agricultural Carbon Sinks (open access)

Towards an Analytical Capacity in Costing of Abatement Options for Forestry and Agricultural Carbon Sinks

This document is part of Technical Report (ref: EUR 21758 EN) from the Joint Research Centre and presents part of the modelling work conducted by DG JRC/IPTS as a contribution to the DG ENV Communication on post-2012 climate policy analysis (June 2005). The analysis with the POLES and GEM-E3 models show that the costs of abatement policies, both in marginal terms and total terms, can be significantly reduced if emissions trading and project based mechanisms are used.
Date: December 2002
Creator: Eurocare
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Survey of Air Quality and Related Health Studies Conducted in the Vicinity of Ground Zero (open access)

Preliminary Survey of Air Quality and Related Health Studies Conducted in the Vicinity of Ground Zero

This document represents the first survey by the research community of the impact of the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York on air quality and public health in lower Manhattan.
Date: December 2002
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Air Quality Research Subcommittee.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Basic Environment Act (open access)

Basic Environment Act

This law, passed by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), sets environmental policy for Taiwan and stipulates that economic and technological development will emphasize environmental protection based on long-term national interests, and that development must be sustainable in the interest of future national security and quality of life.
Date: December 11, 2002
Creator: China (Republic : 1949- ). Huan jing bao hu shu.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (open access)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act -- otherwise known as CERCLA or Superfund -- provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment. Through CERCLA, EPA was given power to seek out those parties responsible for any release and assure their cooperation in the cleanup.
Date: December 31, 2002
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library