Agree. What are the consequences/risks to biodiversity of not evaluating/considering GE in the face of rising CO2? Greg
On 11/20/13 9:01 AM, "Stephen Salter" <s.sal...@ed.ac.uk> wrote: >Hi All > >Should they also ask for a list of inactivities such as NOT doing a form >geoengineering which could have helped biodiversity. I am thinking >things such as not reducing sea surface temperatures to the east of the >Philippines. > >Stephen > >- >Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design School of Engineering >University of Edinburgh Mayfield Road Edinburgh EH9 3JL Scotland >s.sal...@ed.ac.uk Tel +44 (0)131 650 5704 Cell 07795 203 195 >WWW.see.ed.ac.uk/~shs > >On 20/11/2013 16:44, Andrew Lockley wrote: >> >> >>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/cbd-secretariat-invites-parties-submission >>s-on-geo-engineering-related-measures/ >> >> CBD Secretariat Invites Parties¹ Submissions on >> Geo-Engineering-Related Measures >> >> 12 November 2013: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological >> Diversity (CBD) has invited parties to submit information on any >> measures they have undertaken to ensure that no climate-related >> geo-engineering activities that may affect biodiversity take place, >> and to address the exception for small-scale scientific research >> studies contained in CBD Decision X/33, subparagraph 8(w) on >> geo-engineering. >> >> Information on measures to ensure that no climate-related >> geo-engineering activities that may affect biodiversity take place >> until there is an adequate scientific basis to justify such activities >> and appropriate consideration of the associated risks for the >> environment and biodiversity and associated social, economic and >> cultural impacts, as well as on measures that address the exception >> for small-scale scientific research studies, is to be submitted by 15 >> February 2014. >> >> The notification provides additional information related to agreed >> language on geo-engineering in the contribution of Working Group I to >> the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate >> Change, as well as an amendment to the London Protocol of the London >> Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes >> and Other Matter, agreed on 18 October 2013. >> >> The amendment is structured to allow other marine geo-engineering >> activities to be considered and listed in a new annex in the future, >> if they fall within the scope of the London Protocol and have the >> potential to harm the marine environment. It will enter into force 60 >> days after two-thirds of the Parties to the London Protocol accept it. >> >> >>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/cbd-secretariat-invites-parties-submission >>s-on-geo-engineering-related-measures/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "geoengineering" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >- > >-- >The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"geoengineering" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
