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Official U.S. Government Submission to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Working Group III's Third Assessment Report (TAR) Submitted to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, August 2000

Released by the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, August 23, 2000

Table of Contents

Review of Summary for Policymakers
Review of Technical Summary
Chapter 1 Comments (Scope of the Report)
Chapter 2 Comments (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation Scenarios and Implications)
Chapter 3 Comments (Technical and Economic Potential of GHG Emissions Reduction)
Chapter 4 Comments (Technical and Economic Potential of Options to Enhance, Maintain and Manage Biological Carbon Reservoirs and Geo-engineering)
Chapter 5 Comments (Barriers, Opportunities and Market Potential of Technologies and Practices)
Chapter 6 Comments (Policies, Measures and Instruments)
Chapter 7 Comments (Costing Methodologies for Mitigation)
Chapter 8 Comments (Global, Regional and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation)
Chapter 9 Comments (Sector Cost and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation)
Chapter 10 Comments (Decision Making Frameworks)

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