Countries may well try to use such techniques as a may of meeting obligations, or to justify not cutting GHGs. We should be prepared for the arguments. A
2009/5/15 David Schnare <[email protected]> > If we are going to get into albedo management, then we really would have to > get into land management. Pielke's work modeling the effects of land albedo > in Florida and the North East demonstrate the massive effect of changing > albedo. Thus, if we are going to get into white roofs, it makes no sense > but to get into an entire albedo budget. Not sure there will ever be > sufficient political opportunity to mandate land use practices as part of a > climate change response. > > d. > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Sam Carana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "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 >> >> >> -- >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
