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Major climate change economics study released

wilful — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:16:45 -0800

The draft Garnaut Climate Change Review was released last Friday. This is the most comprehensive look so far at the economic implications of climate change and emissions trading for a developed country (Australia). Essential (but weighty) reading for those interested in the economics of the issue, a useful localisation of Stern (2006). Ross Garnaut is a distinguished economist from the orthodox school. He argues cogently for Australia and the developed world to play their part in reducing emissions, and notes that 450 ppm CO2-e is difficult but achievable. Final Report with full econometric modelling due in September. Scope of an Australian ETS due by christmas. Responses have dominated the weekend media cycle and blogosphere: The Age, evident scepticism on NEWS.com, blogs summary c/- Larvatus Prodeo.

Costs of climate change adaptation

wilful — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:38:25 -0800

The costs of climate change adaptation are estimated at US$1 Trillion* (wordwide, by 2050), equal to one year's growth. "Our analysis suggests that there are technologically feasible and relatively low-cost options for controlling carbon emissions to the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that the level of GDP might be reduced by no more than around 2-3% in 2050 if this strategy was followed, equivalent to sacrificing only around a year of economic growth for the sake of reducing carbon emissions in 2050 by around 60% compared to our baseline scenario. But if this is to be achieved, it will take further concerted action by governments, businesses and individuals over a broad range of measures to boost energy efficiency, adopt a greener fuel mix, and introduce carbon capture and storage technologies in power plants and other major industrial facilities". * that's less than half one cock-arse war!

more climate change good news

wilful — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:43:22 -0800

More gloomy news on the whole climate change thing. It seems that Greenland's ice caps are melting three times as fast as previously measured (ultimately, in a thousand years or so, leading to a 6.5m sea level rise). While at the other end of the planet, it's not snowing as much as we hoped to limit sea level rises. But hey, we can still laugh about it, right?

DRM bad, beer good.

epimorph — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:38:40 -0800

Jon Johansen of DeCSS fame has made a program that strips iTunes ACC files of DRM. Here is what he has to say about it. Maybe I will give iTunes a try after all.

mikrophon — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:00:36 -0800

Life imitates "art" as the singer for Brazilian rockers ACC storms the studio, so to speak, and forces a DJ to play his band's record over and over for an hour. Are things really this desperate?