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IPCC WGIII Fourth Assessment Report, Second Order Draft
create additional incentives,” but am not overall convinced how
meaningful this statement is. Just seems like pointing out the
obvious. U.S. Government
(Government of U.S. Department of State)
A 14 30 14 30 "…..incentives for business and consumers……". The term
“business” may be replaced by “producers” since all producers (e.g.
subsistence farmers, village cooperatives) are not businesses.
(Government of India)
A 14 31 14 31 Add: 'Additional incentives related to direct government funding
and regulations are also important, particularly in relation to
innovation where market signals are insufficient.' This very
important point, which does appear in the section below, needs to
be highlighted. Market signals, dependent on regulations and/or
financial incentives such as permit trading, are not sufficient to
motivate the development of innovation beyond the short-term,
because of the inhibiting effects of uncertainties over the
persistence of government policies.
(Ian Cook, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority)
A 14 31 14 0 Change “deliver the identified potentials” to “realize potential
emissions reductions.” Rationale: The assessment should not
imply that emissions reductions are an “all or nothing choice” with
a decision to be made between achieving “the” potential or doing
nothing. U.S. Government
(Government of U.S. Department of State)
26 A 14 32 14 33 Rephrasing is needed. The sentense should be "there are large
potential at low costs". All the studies in the report suggests that
there are large potential at low costs but ch 4-10 suggest that there
is a wide range of policy instruments available as we see in the pp
15 l1-5.. The term "carbon pricing" implies emission trading
systems or carbon tax to most policy makers. However, either of
them are not the essential policy instruments in many cases in ch 4-
10. Care is needed that what "carbon pricing " means are different
for ch 3& 11 (modeller's chapter) authors and policy makers.
Expert Review of Second-Order-Draft
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Response suggested by cochairs
See A-1027
ACC
See A-1027
REJ; this point is made
sufficiently in section D
See A-1027
ACC; change “deliver” into
“realise”
See A-1024
TIA when reformulating, to
avoid misunderstanding that
only through pricing
instruments a price can be
created; for some sectors nonpricing
instruments are much
more important (regulation in
particular)
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