Re: [geo] IPCC AR6 WG2 - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

2022-03-01 Thread christop...@gmail.com
Hi everyone, As an IPCC author who was involved in the SRM discussion during the Summary for Policymakers meeting I can say that the Climate Home News story is not entirely accurate. Multiple countries held certain positions. Also, SRM is now fully within the remit of the WG2 report given

Re: [geo] IPCC AR6 WG2 - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

2022-02-28 Thread Daniele Visioni
Section 16.1.2 explains the rationale stating "Given that solar radiation modification (SRM) could also be considered a response with significant implications for climate risks across scales, this chapter also includes Cross-Working Group Box SRM." Therefore what’s in WG2 is essentially what

Re: [geo] IPCC AR6 WG2 - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

2022-02-28 Thread H simmens
Andrew, Here’s part of the backstory at least according to climate change news: “According to sources monitoring the talks, the US stood alone in seeking to keep a draft paragraph referencing solar radiation modification (SRM), carbon dioxide removals (CDR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS)

Re: [geo] IPCC AR6 WG2 - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

2022-02-28 Thread Andrew Revkin
Oddly there's a section on SRM in the summary for policymakers - I would have assumed that would belog in the Working Group 3 report Here's my take: https://revkin.bulletin.com/un-climate-panel-says-nations-must-boost-resilience-even-as-they-cut-heating-gases Geoengineering - The report

[geo] IPCC AR6 WG2 - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

2022-02-28 Thread Renaud de RICHTER
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/ The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits