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IPCC WGIII Fourth Assessment Report, Second Order Draft
1 A 1 10 1 10 insert "very" before "high confidence"
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1 A 1 10 1 15 The linkage between fossil fuelled energy and emissions needs to
be clearly presented at the first available opportunity, i.e. after the
first sentence, which describes the rise in emissions since 1970 and
presents Figure SPM.1. **Insert new second sentence in line 10**:
"Fossil energy use is responsible for about 87% of the
anthropogenic CO2 emissions produced annually [4.2.1]" (This
statement is contained in 4.2.1 at line 26 of Chapter 4). **Insert**
and reference new Figure SPM.2 = existing Fig 4.2.4 in Chapter 4
(global primary energy 1971-2003). This sentence and this graph
immediately (and visually) make the connection between historic
fossil-fuelled energy and emissions, thus connecting to the message
in Section A that, without additional policies, emissions will
continue to grow. Furthermore, it sets up both the regional and
percapita considerations that are considered next in this section,
both textually and graphically. The existing 2nd sentence in line 10
(new 3rd sentence) then begins: "The rise in emissions has
ocurred...". (Subsequent Figures become re-numbered accordingly).
(Pat Finnegan, Grian)
1 A 1 10 1 13 In fact, it must be stated that low oil and other fossil fuels' prices
dominated energy market, and however climate change concerns,
fossils represent now almost 90% of commercial energy supply and
this picture hasn't change very much during the last more than
twenty five years. It is very easy now to say that "increases in
population and GDP per capita have outweighed decreases in ...";
but this is only a "half-true" which bring some darkness to the
global picture and helps to hide the actual and most important cause
of the problem, which is the lack of political will for switching
fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, mainly at developed
countries which can afford that change and also have the
technologies for doing so, or could make the R&D efforts and
investments to design and manufacture them.
(JULIO TORRES-MARTINEZ, Cuban Observatory for Science
Expert Review of Second-Order-Draft
Confidential, Do Not Cite or Quote
Response suggested by cochairs
REJ; we only use “high
confidence”
TIA; mention fossil fuel in para
1, but no additions because of
space constraint
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Agree with TSU
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Agree with TSU
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See A-134 Agree with TSU
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