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IPCC WGIII Fourth Assessment Report, Second Order Draft
damages to infrastructure would be limited as opposed to
widespread; increases in water stress would be limited to areas
where significant water stress already occurs rather than stressing
new areas; the risk of a widespread conversion of forest to
grassland amplifying warming would be greatly reduced, and the
risk of species extinctions from climate change would be reduced
from one third to one quarter of species. (Or make this point by
including a table).
(Rachel Warren, University of East Anglia)
8 B 8 20 8 20 … discount rates that decrease … : the implications of decreasing
discount rates should be clarified.
(Jean-Pascal van YPERSELE, Université catholique de Louvain
(Belgium))
8 B 8 20 8 21 Last sentence: too detailed for an SPM
(Government of European Community / European Commission)
8 B 8 20 8 21 Either eliminate the sentence beginning with “Recent literature…”
or preface it with the following, “ALTHOUGH
CONTROVERSIAL, SOME recent literature…” Inserted text is
shown in UPPER CASE. Just because it appears in recent
literature doesn’t mean that is necessarily the correct way to go.
Authors should acknowledge that not all literature supports the
statement U.S. Government
(Government of U.S. Department of State)
8 B 8 20 8 21 Delete sentence beginning with “Recent literature…” There is no
reason to highlight this example in the SPM as there is an ongoing
debate that continues on this matter. Also reference to chapter 3.3.
and 3.5 should be changed to chapter 2.5.2.1. U.S. Government
(Government of U.S. Department of State)
8 A 8 21 8 21 References to sections discussing discount rates over time are very
necessary and highlight the complexity that point 8 describes.
Much of this discussion, however, is to be found in Chapter 2, as
well as 3.5. Insert references at end of line 21 = [2.3, 2.5, 3.5]
(Pat Finnegan, Grian)
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