"Significant Amount of Nuclear Energy" means more than the energy released by radioactive decay and spontaneous fission and may be much smaller than the maximum energy yield of the largest chemical explosions.

Measures to improve industrial energy efficiency also yield improvements in productivity and reliability.

Energy efficiency measures yield a net cost benefit as well as many ancillary economic and environmental benefits.

The major factors determining the environmental and biodiversity impacts of biofuels are the types of lands used for producing biofuel feedstock and the production practices employed, including the plant species used.17 The greenhouse gas balance, energy yields and environmental impacts of biofuels may differ considerably as a result of different factors.

In the United States of America alone, renewables could create nearly 500,000 jobs, while investing in a progressive energy policy could yield over 3.3 million jobs.

(c) Soil erosion by wind and water can be minimized through conservation or minimum tillage systems, a technique that stabilizes topsoil, reduces energy consumption and enhances yield.

A six-article series, “ The German Nuclear Exit,” in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist argues that the move away fromnuclear energy is already “yielding measurable economic andenvironmental benefits.”

We have been following the inspections operations in Iraq. It has become clear to us that the tasks undertaken by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have yielded positive results.

To that end, my delegation feels that the inspections being conducted by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have yielded a good result and therefore that they should be given a fair chance, measured in terms of additional time as well as personnel and resources.