Re: [geo] "UN Convention still says “No” to manipulating the climate"

2016-12-18 Thread Stephen Salter
Hi All . . . . but the ETC interpretation does give a useful indication of their mindset. Calibration is always useful. Stephen Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design. School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3DW, Scotland s.sal...@ed.ac.uk, Tel +44

Re: [geo] "UN Convention still says “No” to manipulating the climate"

2016-12-18 Thread Josh Horton
Hi everyone, For what it's worth, my quick two cents on all this: - I tend to agree with Anna-Maria and others that this decision is not so much an endorsement of geoengineering research as it is a recognition of the need for more of it, in the context of a general reaffirmation of

Re: [geo] "UN Convention still says “No” to manipulating the climate"

2016-12-18 Thread Phillip Williamson (ENV)
Ron - and others In response: 1. My 'small part' related to the CBD decision text. I did not draft that, but had the opportunity to comment on it at the 2015 CBD SBSTTA. I should have been more careful in distinguishing three levels of "CBD text": i) CBD decisions, the agreed position