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2nd High-Level Meeting on Health and Environment in ASEAN and East Asian Countries

Description: The Second High-Level Meeting on Environment and Health in ASEAN and East Asian countries was held in Bangkok, Thailand during 12-13 December 2005. The meeting follows a continuation of the process, which began in Manila in November 2004, where a regional initiative on environment and health was launched by ADB, WHO, and UNEP. It was attended by Representatives from Government and International Agencies and Institutions. The List of Participants is attached as Annexure 2
Date: December 2005
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Adaptation that Accelerates Development

Description: This brochure summarizes how the United Nations Development Programme promotes pro-poor and pro-growth adaptation that encourages sustainable economic development and livelihoods in the face of climate change.
Date: December 2009
Creator: United Nations Development Programme
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Basic Environment Act

Description: 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.
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A Citizen's Guide to the NEPA: Having Your Voice Heard

Description: This introductory guide to the National Environmental Policy Act describes the NEPA process and provides information on how citizens can get involved.
Date: December 2007
Creator: Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
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Climate Change Science Program Overview and Management

Description: This program identifies the following criteria of interest: scientific or technical quality; relevance to reducing uncertainties and improving decision support tools; track record of consistently good past performance and identified metrics for evaluating future progress; and cost and value.
Date: December 11, 2003
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

Description: 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.
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Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China

Description: This law is established for the purpose of protecting and improving public health and environmental ecology, preventing and controlling pollution and other public hazards, safeguarding human health, and facilitating the development of socialist modernization in China.
Date: December 26, 1989
Creator: [China] National People's Congress
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Green and Growing: Building A Green And Prosperous Future For Manitoba Families

Description: Green and Growing is a strategic framework that will continue to be developed and expanded as we go forward. Through this strategic framework, we hope to provide Manitobans, and the world, with a better understanding of the Manitoba government’s overall approach to the environment as well as the health and well-being of our province and its families. Our goal is to build a future that promises to be both green and growing for the benefit of all Manitobans.
Date: December 2005
Creator: Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines
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Hurricanes! USGCRP Seminar, 11 December 1995.

Description: In this USGRP Seminar, speakers try to answers questions like:What is the current status of hurricane track prediction? What caused the record number of Atlantic tropical storms in 1995? Are we witnessing a change in the number and frequency of tropical storms? Do these storms represent a changing climate? What will tropical storms be like in a greenhouse warmer world?
Date: December 11, 1995
Creator: Baker, James
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Marine Environment Protection Law of the People's Republic of China

Description: This law is enacted to protect and improve the marine environment, conserve marine resources, prevent pollution damages, maintain ecological balance, safeguard human health and promote sustainable economic and social development.
Date: December 25, 1999
Creator: Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
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National Plant Genome Initiative

Description: This report is an update on progress of federal plant genome research. The focus in this report is on plants that are economically important to agribusiness.
Date: December 2001
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Committee on Science. Interagency Working Group on Plant Genomes.
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The National Tenth Five-Year Plan for Environmental Protection(Abstract)

Description: The State Council approved the National Tenth Five-Year Plan for Environmental Protection on 26 December 2001, requesting that loca1 governments and the various departments strengthen environmental protection in close relation with the economic restructuring; raise funds for environmental protection through multiple channels in connection with the expansion of domestic demand, and establish the mechanism of environmental protection with the government playing the dominant role with market promo… more
Date: December 26, 2001
Creator: State Environmental Protection Administration
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New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group Final Report

Description: Recognizing the profound implications that global warming and climate variation could have on the economy, environment and quality of life in the Southwest, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed Executive Order 05-33 on June 5th, 2005, establishing the New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group. The Governor directed the CCAG to prepare a report that includes a projection of the State's future GHG emissions and policy recommendations for reducing New Mexico's total greenhouse gas emissions t… more
Date: December 2006
Creator: New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group
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No Longer Under Our Control: The Nature and Role of Standards in the 21st Century Library

Description: This lecture script examines the nature and role of standards for the emerging 21st century library. Given the dynamic character of the networked environment, when are standards appropriate and how can they be developed in a manner consistent with the volatility of information technologies and changing library services? What are the roles and responsibilities of standards developing organizations, technology vendors, content creators, and librarians for standards? Do local practices of librarie… more
Date: December 3, 2003
Creator: Moen, William E.
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Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Description: The Governor´s Advisory Group on Global Warming adopted its final recommendations to Governor Kulongoski to reduce Oregon´s greenhouse gas emissions at its meeting on December 17, 2004.
Date: December 2004
Creator: Governor’s Advisory Group On Global Warming
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Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents' from Web Archives

Description: Data management plan for the grant "Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents' from Web Archives." This research project seeks to evaluate the use of machine learning algorithms to successfully identify and extract publications contained in existing Web archives. Identifying these documents will empower libraries, archives, and museums to meet their curatorial missions.
Date: 2017-12-01/2020-11-30
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Caragea, Cornelia
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Washington State Government

Description: This report summarizes the total GHG emission from all state agencies for 2005, 2008, and 2009. It examines actions already taken by agencies to reduce emissions and outlines key next steps for agencies to take to develop emission reduction strategies.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Adelsman, Hedia & Ekrem, Joanna
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Report of the Eleventh Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Description: The panel discussed and adopted various draft reports including the report of the tenth session and the IPCC Synthesis Report. The Panel also accepted contributions of Working Group to its Second Assessment. Among other issues, the Panel considered the budget and assessed the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Program (IPCC NGGIP). Also, special report on Land use Change and Forestry provided
Date: December 1995
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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Retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Description: New evidence suggests that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is retreating more slowly and contributing less to rising global sea levels than scientists once thought. In fact, said researchers at a recent meeting, the sheet was still growing as recently as 8,000 years ago -- thousands of years after the most recent Ice Age.
Date: December 27, 2000
Creator: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Scientific Collections: Mission-Critical Infrastructure for Federal Science Agencies

Description: This report describes the nature and state of federally-held scientific collections which exist for scientific study to provide insight about historical trends in biodiversity, climate, and ecosystems.
Date: December 23, 2008
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Committee on Science, Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections.
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