Visit the US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) website,
http://www.gcrio.org/whatnew.html, to read more about the following.
United States Record of Action to Address Climate Change Domestically
http://www.gcrio.org/OnLnDoc/pdf/record_of_action.pdf
The U.S. Department of State reports that the United States achieved a 2.7
percent decline in greenhouse gas emissions in 2000, demonstrating the
government's action to address the problem of climate change. The State
Department released a fact sheet on U.S. actions to control emissions as an
international meeting on climate change began in New Delhi October 23. (60KB
PDF file)
United States Global Climate Change Policy
http://www.gcrio.org/OnLnDoc/pdf/climate_factsheet.pdf
The U.S. Department of State has released a summary of the U.S. policy on
climate change first announced by the Bush administration in February 2002.
The document is issued as U.S. experts joined counterparts from around the
world October 23 to convene the annual meeting on the U.N. Framework
Convention on Climate Change in New Delhi. (68KB PDF file)
U.S. Will Be Active Partner in Upcoming Climate Change Talks
http://www.gcrio.org/OnLnDoc/pdf/us_cop8.pdf
The United States will be "very active" in the talks on climate change
beginning October 23 in New Delhi, but will play a "low key role" in
discussions relating to the Kyoto Protocol and its implementation, according
to Harlan Watson, senior U.S. climate negotiator and a leading member of the
U.S. State Department delegation to the talks. The meeting is the Eighth
Conference of the Parties (COP-8) to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC). (20KB PDF file)
Researchers Cite Near-Term Control Strategies for Global Warming
http://www.gcrio.org/OnLnDoc/pdf/control_strategies.pdf
While many scientists and policy makers have focused on how heat-trapping
greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are altering the global climate,
several new studies report that both air pollution and global warming could
be significantly reduced by controlling emissions of methane gas and black
carbon soot, and limiting activities like urban sprawl and deforestation
that cause land surface changes. (20KB PDF file)