"Should albedo be taken into account in meeting CO2 emissions reduction targets?"
Here's my view: Geoengineering should not become a substitute for emission reductions. Climate change requires a comprehensive response, consisting of at least four parts: - Emissions reduction - Carbon stock management - Heat transfer and radiation management - Adaptation All parts need to be adequately addressed and each of these parts requires a separate and appropriate policy framework - details should be worked out at the Copenhagen Conference. At the Copenhagen Conference, an agreement should be reached on targets for "emission reduction". Each country can then decide how to achieve their targets, provided they do reach them, which should be backed up by sanctions against countries that fail to reach their targets. The efforts of one country in one part, e.g., albedo change achieved by white roofs, may deserve credit, but only as part of "radiation management". Such credit should not translate into a reduction of to duty for that country to reduce its emissions. Cheers! Sam Carana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
