I really don't see what he is trying to say. From the PDF: "The idea that climate risks can be reduced distracts attention from the more important factors that drive flood risks."
The way this is stated seems like a straw man to me. Nobody is claiming that greenhouse mitigation is the only problem we face. The purpose of arguing agaiinst a position that nobody holds escapes me. In the referenced blog, a writer explicitly baits RPJr into agreement with Lomborg, which is another matter, which, as usual, takes us back to the question of how useful the tools of economics are here. The point that Indonesia needs to implement flood control seems totally beside the point that the world needs to make sure that the coal stays in the ground until someone comes up with a way to capture and dispose of the carbon. I see not the remotest practical reason why these questions have much overlap at the policy level. I can't imagine the purpose of the linkage. mt On Feb 8, 4:21 am, James Annan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Annan wrote: > >> I'd like to explore some of the implications of this finding. It > >> suggests, for instance, that we have in effect got a "forecast" of > >> global average temperature change over the next 25 years. We're > >> committed to this warming whatever we do. From a policy perspective, > >> we therefore have a known challenge to meet (even if we don't/can't > >> know the full implications of that 0.8C). Adaptation is required > > > What adaptation do you think is required? > > A timely post by Roger Pielke: > > <http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/...> > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
