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guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2008
Britain talks down geoengineering as a solution to climate change
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Research into drastic solutions to climate change such as cloud seeding, sun shades in space and ocean fertilisation risks hampering global climate negotiations by giving some countries an excuse for not agreeing to short-term emissions reductions, a UK government minister warned today. The ...

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Climate & environment - Nov 19
Energy Bulletin - — ... greenhouse gases by industrialised nations rose 2.3% from 2000 to 2006, according to new figures from the UN's climate change agency. The biggest increases were in the former Soviet bloc - and Canada. A UN spokesman said countries had to work much faster to avoid the possibility of dangerous climate change. Next month the nations of the world meet in Poland for the annual negotiations on climate change. The new figures do not offer a great deal of optimism... (17 November 2008) Geoengineering 'no substitute' for climate targets, UK minister warns James Randerson , The ...

Geoengineering 'No Substitute' for Climate Targets, UK Minister Warns
Worldchanging: Bright Green — ... failing to come to grips with the urgency of setting in place measures that will assuredly lead to our planet reaching a safe equilibrium."· This article was amended on Thursday November 20 2008 to clarify that the figure of £50m mentioned in the piece is the per annum spend by the UK's research councils, not the total government spend. It covers research on climate modeling, carbon capture and storage and 'geoengineering relevant' research work. This piece originally appeared on The Guardian , for which James Randerson is a science correspondent . ...

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