I stand corrected. Thank you David. d.
David Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:55 PM, "Hawkins, Dave" <[email protected]> wrote: > David Schnare wrote: Carbon sequestration (eg. OIF) is a form of > mitigation, but is not mitigation as defined by climate activists. > To them, the term is clearly defined as exclusively associated with > reduction of carbon emissions (actually greenhouse gas emissions). > > Not quite right. The UNFCCC refers to mitigation as including both > sinks and reductions in emissions: > "Each of these Parties shall adopt national1 policies and take > corresponding measures on the mitigation of climate change, by > limiting its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and > protecting and enhancing its greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs." > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > ] On Behalf Of David Schnare > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: geoengineering > Subject: [geo] Re: is geoeng mitigation? > > We have discussed this before. Solar radiation management is not > mitigation. It is a form of adaptation of limited use (several > decades to centuries) and no prevention to harm to oceans. Carbon > sequestration (eg. OIF) is a form of mitigation, but is not > mitigation as defined by climate activists. To them, the term is > clearly defined as exclusively associated with reduction of carbon > emissions (actually greenhouse gas emissions). > > d. > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected] > > wrote: > > IPCC Working Group III and the U.S. Climate Change Science Program > think that geoengineering is an aspect of mitigation. I always thought > it was separate. > > What's the consensus? > > A > > > > > > -- > David W. Schnare > Center for Environmental Stewardship > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
