15 U.S.C. § 2951 : US Code - Section 2951: Findings and purposes

Search 15 U.S.C. § 2951 : US Code - Section 2951: Findings and purposes

(a) Findings
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Pooling of international resources and scientific
capabilities will be essential to a successful international
global change program.
(2) While international scientific planning is already
underway, there is currently no comprehensive intergovernmental
mechanism for planning, coordinating, or implementing research to
understand global change and to mitigate possible adverse
effects.
(3) An international global change research program will be
important in building future consensus on methods for reducing
global environmental degradation.
(4) The United States, as a world leader in environmental and
Earth sciences, should help provide leadership in developing and
implementing an international global change research program.
(b) Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are to -
(1) promote international, intergovernmental cooperation on
global change research;
(2) involve scientists and policymakers from developing nations
in such cooperative global change research programs; and
(3) promote international efforts to provide technical and
other assistance to developing nations which will facilitate
improvements in their domestic standard of living while
minimizing damage to the global or regional environment.