Hi, a little late, but did you get an answer to this? I am not an expert but can direct this to people in EA London who can maybe help.
My very initial (non-expert) thinking was:
this looks like a very useful list of how to mitigate climate consequences through further investment in existing technologies.
this looks like a list written by a scientist not a policy maker. Where do diplomatic interventions such as “subsidise China to encourage them not to mine as much coal” etc fall on this list. I would expect subsidies to prevent coal mining are likely to be effective.
“atmospheric carbon capture” is not on the list. My understanding is that “atmospheric carbon capture” may be a necessity for allowing us to mitigate climate change in the long run (by controlling CO2 levels) whereas everything else on this list is useful in the medium-short run none of these technologies are necessary.
Hi, a little late, but did you get an answer to this? I am not an expert but can direct this to people in EA London who can maybe help.
My very initial (non-expert) thinking was:
this looks like a very useful list of how to mitigate climate consequences through further investment in existing technologies.
this looks like a list written by a scientist not a policy maker. Where do diplomatic interventions such as “subsidise China to encourage them not to mine as much coal” etc fall on this list. I would expect subsidies to prevent coal mining are likely to be effective.
“atmospheric carbon capture” is not on the list. My understanding is that “atmospheric carbon capture” may be a necessity for allowing us to mitigate climate change in the long run (by controlling CO2 levels) whereas everything else on this list is useful in the medium-short run none of these technologies are necessary.