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IPCC WGIII Fourth Assessment Report, Second Order Draft
options will never hurt, and is necessary in order to provide
guidance for the present policy- and decision makers, eager to
implement! Some clear examples of such policy options have to be
set.
Dear Bert, I may draw your attention to the methodology applied
with the GVA (Netherlands RWS/Tidal Water Waters Division –
Ministry V&W and WL-Delft Hydraulics , January 1993: “ A
Global Vulnerability Assessment for a 1meter Sea Level Rise”) –
produced in the frame of the IPPC-CZM-Sub-Group-1992/3, under
my guidance initiated and executed, being a first attempt of
estimating, at a global level, encompassing the statistics of 179
coastal countries, of four types of CC impacts: global coastal
population at risk, global ecosystems at loss, and global rice
production at change, and estimates of costs of basic coastal
protection measures. Of course this was a simple, first estimate, but
strangely enough up till now, ever used, as back ground reference
by IPCC involved scientists, such as Robbert Nichols e.a.
I would like to draw your attention on that methodology used, and I
am of the opinion that such a structured methodology on measures
could be applied for the IPCC-WG3, to sort out the most promising
pro-active measures, on a relatively short notice.
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(Robbert Misdorp, Ministry of Transport and Public Works)
That is a very pessimistic statement. This statement is based on
what, on which references? By scientists far from reality?
The solar energy development in Spain, as example, takes no
decades to be implemented., but only years! The positive attitude of
the Spanish Government is accompanied by innovative stimulating
legislation and is subsequently responded by innovative small and
large scale companies. If Spain can do this, then many other
countries may have already made preparations for implementing
renewable, energy source exploitations. Oke, these efforts occupies
only a limited part of the energy segment. But it is the beginning, a
rising sun! And that should be reported by IPCC!
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