[geo] BBC News - UN dilemma over 'Cinderella' technology (BECCS)

2014-04-12 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26994746 Beccs involves burning wood and other crops, but would require large areas of landThe world's leading climate scientists are considering a plan to remove carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere in an effort to stem global warming.Members

Re: [geo] BBC News - UN dilemma over 'Cinderella' technology (BECCS)

2014-04-12 Thread Sebastian Carney
Dear all, Does anyone have an embargoed copy of tomorrows report, or summary for policymakers? I have tried to source it but not been successful. I have been asked to do media interviews in the morning on mitigation measures but would benefit from it if it is available. thanks, Seb Carney --

Re: [geo] Many nations wary of extracting carbon from air to fix climate | Reuters

2014-04-12 Thread Lou Grinzo
On the oft-mentioned point about CDR (or any form of geoengineering, really) resulting in less effort put into mitigation, I think it's quite obvious that that's exactly what would happen. As soon as any form of geoengineering was seen to be having a significant effect, that would lessen the

Re: [geo] BBC News - UN dilemma over 'Cinderella' technology (BECCS)

2014-04-12 Thread skonemaat
Hi All, This statement is really very limitative Beccs is the only technology currently available that can reverse the trend of emissions in the atmosphere - it makes it a moral obligation to deploy it as soon as possible. Sent from my iPhone On 12 Apr 2014, at 12:26, Andrew Lockley

Re: [geo] BBC News - UN dilemma over 'Cinderella' technology (BECCS)

2014-04-12 Thread Ken Caldeira
Note that the quoted statement was a quote from one individual at one time and does not represent an IPCC position. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:42 AM, skonem...@yahoo.fr wrote: Hi All, This statement is really very limitative Beccs is the only technology currently available that can reverse