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IPCC WGIII Fourth Assessment Report, Second Order Draft
to be worth to be included in the SPM in order to get a more
balanced and complete information on the assessment of WG 3.
(Government of Austria)
SPM-67 0 A 0 0 0 0 The breakdown in sections A, B, C, D,E with the key messages
presented at the start is welcomed.
A: This general statement could be illustrated graphically (see
general comment on figures)
(Government of European Community / European Commission)
SPM-68 0 A 0 0 0 0 In general, the presentation of the figures requires improvement and
harmonisation amongst each other is required (e.g. regarding the
units used: PgCO2 or GtCO2 or GtC). Key messages should easily
be illustrated by the figures themselves, without explanatory
footnotes. Where relevant, and if possible statements made in the
text should be more supported by graphs (e.g. emission projections
mentioned in section 2 (2030) and 3 ("long-term") on page 4 could
be added to figure SPM.1 or a similar graph. This would illustrate
both the emission trends and the range in these projections.
(Government of European Community / European Commission)
SPM-69 0 A 0 0 0 0 Delete references to data sources and literature in text, captions and
graphs.
(Government of European Community / European Commission)
SPM-70 0 A 0 0 0 0 There seems to be an unfortunate focus on cost instead of physical
potential. This could be valuable for the period 2015-2030, but
stabilisation will not take place in this period. In the longer term
cost projections are wild guesses at best, and in addition, supply
constraints could increase prices for low cost but limited energy
technologies dramatically. The importance of short run stimulus
(not only R&D but also deployment incentives to make room for
learning and scale economies) of longer term options with larger
potential (like solar) should at least be acknowledged
(Government of Sweden)
SPM-71 7 A 0 0 0 0 Para 7 on page 8 and the heading C on page 9 doesn’t seem to be
consistent.
(Government of Sweden)
Expert Review of Second-Order-Draft
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Response suggested by cochairs
TIA; however, others are
confused and beter to take out
heading statements. Fig 1 can be
improved to include projections
ACC; units to be harmonized
(GtCO2)
Graphs: see A-67
DISCUSS use of references in
captions
REJ; potential without costs is
meaningless; importance of
LBD and R%D is emphasized in
para 6 and 26
REJ; para 7 is on LT; section C
on S/MT
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