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In December 1997, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will hold its third session in Kyoto, Japan (COP3). This conference is an important step in the international negotiations initiated at the Earth Summit (Rio de Janeiro), 1992, where the international community first recognised the need for urgent action to combat the Greenhouse Effect.
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Rougeau, J.P. (1998). The Importance of Nuclear Energy to Sustainable Development. In: Kursunoglu, B.N., Mintz, S.L., Perlmutter, A. (eds) Environment and Nuclear Energy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1546-7_13
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