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IPCC WGIII Fourth Assessment Report, Second Order Draft
29 A 15 36 0 0 Delete "economic impacts are likely to be small". The criteria that
decide what is small are not clear.
(Koji Kadono, Global Industrial and Social Progress Research
Institute(GISPRI))
29 A 15 36 15 36 Add "on global scale" after "and economic impacts" - the impacts
on specific areas of the economy can be significant
(Government of Finland)
30 A 15 37 16 19 I'm surprised that "protecting international competitiveness" isn't
explicitly mentioned in this paragraph. This is amongst the most
frequently cited reasons for non-engagement or less stringent
national policies on the side of countries dealing with emission
targets under Kyoto. It would be helpful to have its role in future
regime design assessed as far as the literature allows. This should
Expert Review of Second-Order-Draft
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Response suggested by cochairs
See A-1142
DISCUSS; are numbers for
countries available as in TAR?
If so, then give range in SPM
(numbers are probably lower
than in TAR because at that
time literature did not take into
account the drop out of US and
Australia)
REJ; that falls under “fair/
equitable” ; could be mentioned
in that context
Action
for
chapter
Considerations
by the writing
team
plenary, CDM
should be
included here or
in para 28.
CDM is an
instrument to
enhance
technological
change and
make
development
more
sustainable.
However, little
evaluation of
impacts yet.
13 Will be fixed.
CH 13 proposal
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