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IPCC WGIII Fourth Assessment Report, Second Order Draft
(Government of Environment Canada)
4 A 4 17 4 24 The SPM's use of terms like "energy security" and sustainability are
rather sloppy and not defined. For example, through out the
numerous references to energy security, I can not understand if the
authors of the SPM believe that heightened concern about energy
security will lead to lower emissions or higher emissions of
greenhouse gases. As this is supposed to be an assessment of the
literature pertaining to climate change and how to address it, this is
a significant omission. If countries with large coal deposits adopted
large scale coal to liquids programs that would undoubtedly lead to
higher emissions. Rather than throwing around terms like "energy
security" please stick to what the literature tells us about how that
might or might not impact mankind's ability to address climate
change.
(James Dooley, Battelle)
4 A 4 17 4 19 replace "Policies related to climate change, energy security and
supply, and sustainable development, has led to emissions lower
than baseline projections in some regions, but this reduction is not
large enough to significantly affact the global emissions trend" with
"Climate outcomes are influenced not only by the climate specific
policies, but also by the development pathways, witch are not
simply the result of previous policies or decisions of governments,
but are also influenced by the dispersed decisions and embedded
practices at all levels of society"
(Yuan Guo, Energy Research Institute, National Development and
Reform Commission)
4 A 4 17 4 23 This statement basically says that emissions in some regions may
have been lower than estimated before and higher in others. Not
very interesting. I propose to drop this statement. Or, if the authors
are really sure that the lower numbers are due to policies and the
higher numbers elsewhere can be explained because in those
regions NO policies have been implemented, this latter point would
Expert Review of Second-Order-Draft
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Response suggested by cochairs
AA; add words that energy
security can also be negative for
emissions (coal!); see also A-
301
REJ; too vague
Maybe for 31/32?
REJ; reductions are simply too
small to show up in the global
trend (it cannot be determined if
there is a deviation from
baseline, because the baseline is
not defined)
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