While mitigation is commendable and essential, a major problem with this
view is that it is rather unlikely that emissions can be reduced rapidly
enough to keep the increase in global average temperature (a very
innocuous metric for the situation that will result) below 2 C, or much
more realistically, given the challenges ahead, of 3 C. In either case,
the result is very likely to be catastrophic consequences with respect
to extreme events, sea level rise and biodiversity loss, among many
other impacts.
Mike MacCracken
On 5/11/22 9:39 AM, Alan Robock ☮ wrote:
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2022/05/10/emission-reduction-remains-publics-preferred-approach-to-climate-change/
*Emission reduction remains public’s preferred approach to climate change*
by Barry G. Rabe and Christopher Borick
"Americans continue to favor reducing greenhouse gas emissions as
their preferred approach for staving off the worst impacts of climate
change, according to new public opinion findings. The public remains
considerably more skeptical of any pivot from mitigation toward
climate policy that prioritizes adaptation, use of geoengineering that
releases particles into the atmosphere in attempting to deter warming,
or subterranean carbon storage. These findings emerge from the Winter
2022 National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE). ..."
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Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: +1-848-932-5751
Rutgers University E-mail:
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New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551 ☮ https://twitter.com/AlanRobock
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