Guam § 15103 - Definitions.
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§ 15103. Definitions.
As used in this Chapter, unless the context in which they are used
requires a different meaning:
(a) Council means the Guam Council on Climate Change
Preparedness and Resiliency.
(b) Climate change means any significant change in the measures
of climate lasting for an extended period of time such as major changes
in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns, among other effects, that
occur over several decades or longer.
(c) Global warming means the ongoing rise in global average
temperature near Earth’s surface that is caused mostly by increasing
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concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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