Michael Tobis wrote: > This probably deserves a separate thread. However, I can't seem to > find the report.
I went to the UNDP page and found the report and waded through it to find the graphic and then looked up the ref it claimed to use and found that one-line and looked through it...I wonder how many people will do that, versus assuming that the news report (and UNDP report) is fair and balanced? > I think vulnerability to rainfall and moisture shifts is a real issue, > and is a component of vulnerability to fresh water supplies in > general. I think the sensible approach to this question is a global > one, especially from what you (James) are calling the > extopian/extropian point of view. Etymology please? http://www.extropy.org/ TBH it looks like a bit of a kooky sect. But I think you can take the interesting parts of their POV without the full-on loopiness. There seems to be quite a link with the "Ideas Futures" crowd, which I think is where I first encountered this lot. > In my opinion, while there are relationships between the water problem > and the climate problem, they are not effectively treated as the same > problem. I suspect that there may be a link to the UNFCCC definitional stuff that Roger Pielke is often banging on about - if threats are attributed to *anthropogenic climate change*, then there's a funding stream for adaptation - but if it's just natural climate change, or even just a lack of adequate adaptation to the existing climate, that's no-one's responsibility. James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. 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/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
