Global Climate Change : Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol.

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Environmental law.

Executive-legislative relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.

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Summary:

Answers legal questions about the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Addresses whether the U.S. is now legally bound by the Protocol, legal implications of signing, implementation of the Protocol as an executive agreement without submission to the Senate, and use of the Protocol as the legal basis for regulation of greenhouse gas emissions prior to ratification.

Notes:

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol

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