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Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems (1999)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Framework Convention on Climate Change." National Research Council. 1999. Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6424.
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Appendix B

Relevant Sections from the Framework Convention on Climate Change

Article 2 Objective

The ultimate objective of this Convention.........(is the) stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a timeframe sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.

Article 4 Commitments

All parties, ........., shall: 1(g) Promote and cooperate in scientific, technological, technical, socioeconomic and other research, systematic observation and development of data archives related to the climate system and intended to further the understanding and to reduce or eliminate the remaining uncertainties regarding the causes, effects, magnitude and timing of climate change and the economic and social consequences of various response strategies; and

1(h) Promote and cooperate in the full, open and prompt exchange of relevant scientific, technological, technical, socioeconomic and legal information related to the climate system and climate change, and to the economic and social consequences of various response strategies.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Framework Convention on Climate Change." National Research Council. 1999. Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6424.
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Article 5 Research and Systematic Observation

In carrying out their commitments under Article 4, paragraph 1(g), the Parties shall:

  • (a)  

    Support and further develop, as appropriate, international and intergovernmental programs and networks or organizations aimed at defining, conducting, assessing and financing research, data collection and systematic observation, taking into account the need to minimize duplication of effort;

  • (b)  

    Support international and intergovernmental efforts to strengthen systematic observation and national scientific and technical research capacities and capabilities, particularly in developing countries, and to promote access to, and the exchange of, data and analyses thereof obtained from areas beyond national jurisdiction; and

  • (c)  

    Take into account the particular concerns and needs of developing countries and cooperate in improving their endogenous capacities and capabilities to participate in the efforts referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Framework Convention on Climate Change." National Research Council. 1999. Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6424.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Framework Convention on Climate Change." National Research Council. 1999. Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6424.
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The 1997 Conference on the World Climate Research Programme to the Third Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded that the global capacity to observe the Earth's climate system is inadequate and is deteriorating worldwide. As a result, the chair of the subcommittee of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) requested a National Research Council study to assess the current status of the climate observing capabilities of the United States. This report focuses on existing observing systems for detection and attribution of climate change, with special emphasis on those systems with long time series.

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