I think you're right on the button with this John. Global famine is going to be the ultimate wake up call. Unfortunately FAO and others predict european and north american harvests to increase for at least 10 years, which will mask what's happening to yields in southern africa etc. as far as global wheat price is concerned.
This is why I think for now the messages have to be positive and obviously doable: (As per the book "The Tipping Point", the psychological environment doesn't help doom messages to be "sticky".) - early emissions reductions of HFC23 and other short-lived forcings - priority to energy efficiency, cement sector, aluminium recycling etc - opportunties in localisation - lots of research/pilots on CCS, geoengineering, land-atmosphere etc - focus on green growth and technology transfer - attention to land-atmosphere interactions and flood prevention Hopefully there will be no deal in Copenhagen except on short-lived forcings, which will ramp up the pressure for a good deal in Mexico 2010. Ray On Jun 27, 10:16 pm, John Nissen <[email protected]> wrote: > When it comes to the prospect of starvation, all other issues will > become secondary. Widespread crop failure may be the first major impact --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
