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Stories About: carbon sequestration AND climate AND climate change adaptation AND climate change impacts AND climate change mitigation AND greenhouse-gas emissions

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Is 450 ppm (or less) politically possible? Part 1
We'll need a lot of Socolow and Pacala's wedges		 Joseph Romm 01 Apr 2008 Gristmill
The short answer is: 'Not today -- not even close.' The long answer is the subject of this post. Regular readers know that the nation and the world currently lack the political will to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide at 450 ppm or even 550 ppm. The political impossibility is also obvious from anyone familiar with Princeton's 'stabilization wedges' [PDF] -- and if you aren't, you should be (technical paper here [PDF], less technical one here [ ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, climate change adaptation, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)


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