[geo] CBD Secretariat Invites Parties’ Submissions on Geo-Engineering-Related Measures - Climate Change Policy Practice

2013-11-20 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/cbd-secretariat-invites-parties-submissions-on-geo-engineering-related-measures/ CBD Secretariat Invites Parties’ Submissions on Geo-Engineering-Related Measures 12 November 2013: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited parties

Re: [geo] CBD Secretariat Invites Parties¹ Submissions on Geo-Engineering-Related Measures - Climate Change Policy Practice

2013-11-20 Thread Rau, Greg
Agree. What are the consequences/risks to biodiversity of not evaluating/considering GE in the face of rising CO2? Greg On 11/20/13 9:01 AM, Stephen Salter s.sal...@ed.ac.uk wrote: Hi All Should they also ask for a list of inactivities such as NOT doing a form geoengineering which could have

Re: [geo] Re: biochar as CDR and related nomenclature issues: CDRS = CDR + S (carbon dioxide removal + storage)

2013-11-20 Thread Keith Henson
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Ronal W. Larson rongretlar...@comcast.net wrote: Keith cc list 1. Since this is a thread with a biochar theme, I thought we should compare a hypothetical biochar scenario with your solar power satellite (SPS) scenario. 2. Because char is lighter

[geo] On Geoengineering, More Research Needed to Answer Looming Policy Questions | Center for a New American Security

2013-11-20 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://www.cnas.org/blog/on-geoengineering-more-research-needed-to-answer-looming-policy-questions-6769 With international climate negotiations underway in Cancun, I wanted to address an aspect of the climate debate that is not as likely to make headlines this week (except of course for this

Re: [geo] Re: biochar as CDR and related nomenclature issues: CDRS = CDR + S (carbon dioxide removal + storage)

2013-11-20 Thread Ronal W. Larson
Keith etal Thanks for the added material. It seems we understand the differences well, so I will keep this short. 1. Re my #2: You found 1 ppm CO2 as 5.20 Gt CO2. Multiplying by 12/44 would give 1.42 Gt C, whereas I had 2.13 Gt C ( a number I have seen many times - such as at

Re: [geo] Re: biochar as CDR and related nomenclature issues: CDRS = CDR + S (carbon dioxide removal + storage)

2013-11-20 Thread Keith Henson
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Ronal W. Larson rongretlar...@comcast.net wrote: Keith etal Thanks for the added material. It seems we understand the differences well, so I will keep this short. 1. Re my #2: You found 1 ppm CO2 as 5.20 Gt CO2. Multiplying by 12/44 would give 1.42 Gt