Hi All Zero change in mean temperature change but wild extremes such at the recent Texas winter and +38 C in Siberia might indeed be undesirable. However if I had to pick groups of people to undergo this . . . Stephen
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael MacCracken Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 4:32 PM To: [email protected]; Geoengineering <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [geo] Emission reduction remains public’s preferred approach to climate change This email was sent to you by someone outside the University. You should only click on links or attachments if you are certain that the email is genuine and the content is safe. 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). ..." -- Alan Robock Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: +1-848-932-5751 Rutgers University E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 14 College Farm Road http://people.envsci.rutgers.edu/robock New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551 ☮ https://twitter.com/AlanRobock [Signature] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/0f17acec-9203-1823-a49d-ebb5b5569a03%40envsci.rutgers.edu<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/0f17acec-9203-1823-a49d-ebb5b5569a03%40envsci.rutgers.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/08d5d2f8-cce7-3ad7-d95b-12b757435512%40comcast.net<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/08d5d2f8-cce7-3ad7-d95b-12b757435512%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/DB7PR05MB56923E56FEA39D05F67FA1A5A7C89%40DB7PR05MB5692.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com.
