Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Evaluation and Assessment of the U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation

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The U.S. Climate Change Action Plan, announced by President Clinton on October 19, 1993, set forth a series of measures designed to return U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 largely through voluntary domestic actions. Recognizing the enormous potential for cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions in other countries, the Administration also called for a pilot program-- the U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation (USIJI)--to help establish an empirical basis for considering approaches to joint implementation internationally and thus help realize the potential of joint implementation both to combat the threat of global climate change and to promote sustainable development. Department of State Public Notice 1918 (58 FR 66057-66059, December 17, 1993) set forth the draft Groundrules for the U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation as directed by the President in the U.S. Climate Change Action Plan, to provide for the operation of a pilot program. In this notice, interested parties were invited to provide comment on the draft Groundrules. Following the public comment period, Department of State Public Notice 2015 (59 FR 28442-28446, June 1, 1994) publis