Comments on: Something 4 The Weekend http://hot-topic.co.nz/something-4-the-weekend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=something-4-the-weekend Global warming and the future of New Zealand Wed, 23 May 2012 11:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: gareth http://hot-topic.co.nz/something-4-the-weekend/#comment-413 gareth Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:38:40 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=281#comment-413 To be honest, Peter, I think you've grabbed hold of the wrong end of the stick and proceeded to beat around the bush with it. Without an international framework for emissions reductions, the chances of achieving meaningful (which increasingly looks like steep) emissions reductions is vanishingly small. I agree that it won't be easy, and I suspect the end result will be a long way from what the world actually needs, but it will at least get us all heading in the right direction. And just to correct one thing in your post: the world price of carbon is not set by the EU, it's set by the price of Clean Development Credits from China. To be honest, Peter, I think you’ve grabbed hold of the wrong end of the stick and proceeded to beat around the bush with it. Without an international framework for emissions reductions, the chances of achieving meaningful (which increasingly looks like steep) emissions reductions is vanishingly small. I agree that it won’t be easy, and I suspect the end result will be a long way from what the world actually needs, but it will at least get us all heading in the right direction.

And just to correct one thing in your post: the world price of carbon is not set by the EU, it’s set by the price of Clean Development Credits from China.

]]> By: Peter King http://hot-topic.co.nz/something-4-the-weekend/#comment-412 Peter King Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:29:49 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=281#comment-412 People, Bali is bullshit. Governments are far too corrupt and jealous of one another to produce a global solution. We need innovation, optimism, opportunity and reward. None of that will come from Government's pushing one another to the front of the queue. The only place I see anything positive happening is in green marketing but we need more robust ways of assuring it. See http://nzobserver.blogspot.com for more. People, Bali is bullshit. Governments are far too corrupt and jealous of one another to produce a global solution. We need innovation, optimism, opportunity and reward. None of that will come from Government’s pushing one another to the front of the queue. The only place I see anything positive happening is in green marketing but we need more robust ways of assuring it. See http://nzobserver.blogspot.com for more.

]]> By: BryanW http://hot-topic.co.nz/something-4-the-weekend/#comment-415 BryanW Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:17:35 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=281#comment-415 There is a very interesting account of the process Andrew draws attention to given by Nobel Chemistry Prize winner(2000)Alan Heeger to the nobel laureates' symposium on global sustainability held at Potsdam in October of this year. It was videoed and can be accessed at http://www.nobel-cause.de/webcasts. It is on the video stream for Session 2 Part 1 and Heeger's contribution starts 57 minutes in to the session and lasts for about 20 minutes. There is a very interesting account of the process Andrew draws attention to given by Nobel Chemistry Prize winner(2000)Alan Heeger to the nobel laureates’ symposium on global sustainability held at Potsdam in October of this year. It was videoed and can be accessed at http://www.nobel-cause.de/webcasts. It is on the video stream for Session 2 Part 1 and Heeger’s contribution starts 57 minutes in to the session and lasts for about 20 minutes.

]]> By: Andrew W http://hot-topic.co.nz/something-4-the-weekend/#comment-414 Andrew W Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:49:26 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=281#comment-414 Have you seen this one Gareth? (hat tip The Standard) <a href="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/green/item_59.html" rel="nofollow">Popsci</a> Have you seen this one Gareth? (hat tip The Standard)

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