Comments on: SUMMARY of the Summary of the 2007 IPCC AR4 Synthesis Report http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/ The multi-author environment blog! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:19:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Green Blog » Blog Archive » Pro-Coal, Australian Garnaut Climate Review Damns Coral, Australia & World http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Green Blog » Blog Archive » Pro-Coal, Australian Garnaut Climate Review Damns Coral, Australia & World Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:49:42 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-338 [...] reefs and Australian Rudd Labor Government plans to kill Great Barrier Reef? ; see: also the latest 2007 IPCC Synthesis Report) [...] [...] reefs and Australian Rudd Labor Government plans to kill Great Barrier Reef? ; see: also the latest 2007 IPCC Synthesis Report) [...]

]]> By: Green Blog » Blog Archive » Australian Rudd Labor Government plans to kill Great Barrier Reef? http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Green Blog » Blog Archive » Australian Rudd Labor Government plans to kill Great Barrier Reef? Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:49:04 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-340 [...] 4. Top UK climate scientist Professor James Lovelock FRS in his recent book “The Revenge of Gaia” says that at at an atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration of 500 ppm CO2 (perhaps the lowest some economists say we can hope to stabilize at given the extraordinary global inaction) there is a crash in the ocean phytoplankton system (that crucially sequesters CO2 , feeds ocean life and promotes cloud formation through dimethyl sulphide production), Greenland ice melts and there is a positive feedback to exacerbate global warming through the “albedo flip” – decreased light-reflecting clouds and ice and increased light-absorbing “black” water (see: http://green-blog.org/…/). [...] [...] 4. Top UK climate scientist Professor James Lovelock FRS in his recent book “The Revenge of Gaia” says that at at an atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration of 500 ppm CO2 (perhaps the lowest some economists say we can hope to stabilize at given the extraordinary global inaction) there is a crash in the ocean phytoplankton system (that crucially sequesters CO2 , feeds ocean life and promotes cloud formation through dimethyl sulphide production), Greenland ice melts and there is a positive feedback to exacerbate global warming through the “albedo flip” – decreased light-reflecting clouds and ice and increased light-absorbing “black” water (see: http://green-blog.org/…/). [...]

]]> By: fourth assessment report of ipcc http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-342 fourth assessment report of ipcc Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:23 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-342 [...] Summary for Policymakers of the final Synthesis report of the ipcc fourth assessment report AR4 .http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Summary for ...File Format: PDF/Adobe AcrobatThe [...] [...] Summary for Policymakers of the final Synthesis report of the ipcc fourth assessment report AR4 .http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Summary for …File Format: PDF/Adobe AcrobatThe [...]

]]> By: Green Blog » Blog Archive » World food price crisis and global famine from biofuel perversion, climate change and globalization http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Green Blog » Blog Archive » World food price crisis and global famine from biofuel perversion, climate change and globalization Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:12:15 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-341 [...] will have a devastating effect on global malnutrition and poverty (see: http://www.ipcc.ch and see http://green-blog.org). According the Professor David Pimentel (2004) of Cornell University, New York, global [...] [...] will have a devastating effect on global malnutrition and poverty (see: http://www.ipcc.ch and see http://green-blog.org). According the Professor David Pimentel (2004) of Cornell University, New York, global [...]

]]> By: Green Blog » Blog Archive » Book Review: Climate Code Red - the case for a sustainability emergency http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Green Blog » Blog Archive » Book Review: Climate Code Red - the case for a sustainability emergency Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:10:14 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-337 [...] was published (for a Summary of the Summary of the 2007 IPCC AR4 Synthesis report on GreenBlog see: http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/). The IPCC had a literature cut-off date of 2005 and since then scientific perception of the state [...] [...] was published (for a Summary of the Summary of the 2007 IPCC AR4 Synthesis report on GreenBlog see: http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/). The IPCC had a literature cut-off date of 2005 and since then scientific perception of the state [...]

]]> By: Green Blog » Blog Archive » Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency: Part 2 http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Green Blog » Blog Archive » Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency: Part 2 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:20:25 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-334 [...] For a Summary of the Summary of the 2007 IPCC Synthesis Report of the Fourth Assessment Report see: http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/ [...] [...] For a Summary of the Summary of the 2007 IPCC Synthesis Report of the Fourth Assessment Report see: http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/ [...]

]]> By: Green Blog » Blog Archive » Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency: Part 1 http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Green Blog » Blog Archive » Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency: Part 1 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:17:55 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-333 [...] Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)” (for a Summary of the Summary see: http://green-blog.org/ and http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/ [...] [...] Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)” (for a Summary of the Summary see: http://green-blog.org/ and http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/ [...]

]]> By: Green Blog » Blog Archive » Rudd Australia Report Card #2. Climate Criminal Australia and Climate Genocide http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Green Blog » Blog Archive » Rudd Australia Report Card #2. Climate Criminal Australia and Climate Genocide Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:55:33 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-339 [...] Green-Blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the/…/. Sir Nicholas Stern his authoritative Stern report on the economics of climate change states that it will be cheaper to act now rather than later. In a recent lecture Sir Nicholas Stern “For $10-15bn (£4.8-7.2bn) per year, a programme could be constructed that could stop up to half the deforestation” (which contributes 10-15% of greenhouse pollution) and after describing climate change as the world’s worst market failure, he says that there must be an 80% reduction in rich nations’ greenhouse gas pollution by 2050 if the world is to avoid “destructive” consequences of global warming (see: Guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/30/…/ ). [...] [...] Green-Blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the/…/. Sir Nicholas Stern his authoritative Stern report on the economics of climate change states that it will be cheaper to act now rather than later. In a recent lecture Sir Nicholas Stern “For $10-15bn (£4.8-7.2bn) per year, a programme could be constructed that could stop up to half the deforestation” (which contributes 10-15% of greenhouse pollution) and after describing climate change as the world’s worst market failure, he says that there must be an 80% reduction in rich nations’ greenhouse gas pollution by 2050 if the world is to avoid “destructive” consequences of global warming (see: Guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/30/…/ ). [...]

]]> By: Dr Gideon Polya http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Dr Gideon Polya Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:57:58 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-336 I agree, Eric, that it is not all gloom and doom. Thus if the "true cost" of coal-based electricity is considered (about 18 cents per kiloWatt hour ) then (depending on size, location etc) wind, geothermal, wave, tide and concentrated solar power are CHEAPER - and accordingly economics and the market place should EVENTUALLY stop GHG pollution. In the end I agree with Professor Mark Diesendorf (a top Australian renewables and energy policy academic) that the science, technology and economics are clear - what is lacking is the political will to stop the climate criminal, terracidal fossil fuel burners. However the current reality is that that while America has only 4.7% of the World's population it consumes about 25% of the world's resources and together with climate criminal Australia (the world's #1 coal exporter) refuses to sign Kyoto, or seriously slash GHG pollution. As the article makes clear world GHG pollution rate STILL equals or exceeds that for the worst of the IPCC scenarios. For a comparative quantitation of "annual per capita fossil-fuel derived CO2 pollution" see: "War on Terra, Climate Criminals. "Terra" painting" at the link below or at http://mwcnews.net/content/view/15671/42/ . I agree, Eric, that it is not all gloom and doom. Thus if the “true cost” of coal-based electricity is considered (about 18 cents per kiloWatt hour ) then (depending on size, location etc) wind, geothermal, wave, tide and concentrated solar power are CHEAPER – and accordingly economics and the market place should EVENTUALLY stop GHG pollution.

In the end I agree with Professor Mark Diesendorf (a top Australian renewables and energy policy academic) that the science, technology and economics are clear – what is lacking is the political will to stop the climate criminal, terracidal fossil fuel burners.

However the current reality is that that while America has only 4.7% of the World’s population it consumes about 25% of the world’s resources and together with climate criminal Australia (the world’s #1 coal exporter) refuses to sign Kyoto, or seriously slash GHG pollution.

As the article makes clear world GHG pollution rate STILL equals or exceeds that for the worst of the IPCC scenarios.

For a comparative quantitation of “annual per capita fossil-fuel derived CO2 pollution” see: “War on Terra, Climate Criminals. “Terra” painting” at the link below or at http://mwcnews.net/content/view/15671/42/ .

]]> By: Eric from GetSolar http://www.green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Eric from GetSolar Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:31:51 +0000 http://green-blog.org/2007/11/21/summary-of-the-summary-of-the-2007-ipcc-ar4-synthesis-report/#comment-335 While I share your worries about current climate policy in the United States and Australia, and the imperative for action is upon us for issues of climate change, I do not believe that the activities of one administration will permanently cripple efforts to adjust for the possible catastrophes of global warming. Human ingenuity is a remarkable force. The current generation of young people is firmly behind the idea of curbing carbon emissions and the pace of global warming, and legions of very intelligent people in politics, the arts, economics, philanthrophy, academia, science, and, most importantly, business are preparing ideas for the upcoming green transition. The failure to sign Kyoto is a real one. But it will not cripple the process of change. While I share your worries about current climate policy in the United States and Australia, and the imperative for action is upon us for issues of climate change, I do not believe that the activities of one administration will permanently cripple efforts to adjust for the possible catastrophes of global warming.

Human ingenuity is a remarkable force. The current generation of young people is firmly behind the idea of curbing carbon emissions and the pace of global warming, and legions of very intelligent people in politics, the arts, economics, philanthrophy, academia, science, and, most importantly, business are preparing ideas for the upcoming green transition. The failure to sign Kyoto is a real one. But it will not cripple the process of change.

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