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Drawdown Roadshow SIU SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY@SIU.EDU; 618/453-2846 Global Climate Change discussions United Nations Environment Program Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The IPCC was established by the United
SIU SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY@SIU.EDU; 618/453-2846
The IPCC was established by the United Nations Environment program in 1988 to provide policymakers with regular climate change science assessments, identify implications and risks, and to put forward mitigation and adaptation strategies. To date, the IPCC has released 5 reports.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report*, 1988.
Special report on Global Warming of 1.5° C .” Questions:
pre-industrial levels?
warming to 1.5° C (as opposed to 2° C)?
and adapt to those that are unavoidable?
* Dr. Schoof, Justin. (2018, November) “Understanding the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming
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We have warmed by 1°C (+/- 0.2°C) and are now warming at a rate of 0.2° C/decade. Given our current trajectory, warming will likely rise to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels between 2030 and 2050. Climate change is already happening….
We are already experiencing Climate Change. ……and there will be substantive impacts regardless of the future
temperature trajectory.
economic growth.
“There is no single answer to the question of whether it is feasible to limit
warming to 1.5C and adapt to the consequences.”
Any path that limits global warming to 1.5C will require ambitious
approaches to mitigation, but some allow greater emissions than others.
reduced to net zero globally by 2050. “Stabilization of global temperature at any level requires that net CO2 emissions are reduced to zero.”
systems resulting in “deep emissions reductions in all sectors, a wide portfolio of mitigation options and a significant upscaling of investments in those options.”
There are strong (and generally positive) interactions between limiting warming to 1.5° C and meeting established Sustainable Development Goals.
Research Questions: Can we reverse the build up of atmospheric carbon within 30 years? Can we reduce the concentration of green house gases? Can we DRAWDOWN heat-trapping climate changing emissions?
Maps, measures, models the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming. Models a plausible scenario of growth solutions based on a reasonable but
vigorous rate from 2020-2050.
Actions: individual and industry level Solutions reduce gases by either AVOIDING emissions and/or by SEQUESTERING
C02 already in the atmosphere.
No regret solutions: Solutions also have an intrinsic benefit to communities:
improve lives, create jobs, restore the environment, enhance security, generate resilience, and advance human health.
Economically viable Competitive alternatives Proven: data collected from a variety of vetted, widely-cited sources Together, these solutions map potential pathways for global adoption.
Individually: Consider the most impactful solutions that
you can think of to avoid or sequester greenhouse gas emissions.
We will work in groups of 2 or 3 in a
moment.
After the activity, we will ask you to share.
Initial thoughts?
Focus on Electricity Generation
Sector
Remember that energy is
embedded into all solutions, however.
Each group will be assigned a
solution and generate information about it.
Navigate to Drawdown.org Scroll down to and click on “Browse
all Solutions” (under featured solutions).
Click on “See all solutions by rank.” Click on your assigned solution.
Note the following for your solution.
Rank Sector Potential impact of your solution in terms of reduced CO2
(equivalencies).
Key challenges to society adopting this solution. (Think about you.) What could members of the SIU community do to help mitigate those
challenges or otherwise contribute toward moving this solution forward?
What is something else that you learned or perhaps that surprises you
about this solution?
Feel free to explore other solutions and sectors.
Share your insights!
Rank Sector Potential impact of your solution in terms of reduced CO2
(equivalencies).
Key challenges to society adopting this solution. (Think about you.) What could members of the SIU community do to help mitigate those
challenges or otherwise contribute toward moving this solution forward?
What is something else that you learned or perhaps that surprises you
about this solution?
Continued Learning
Generation
Percent of Relevant Market: Current, Projected Wind Turbines Solar Farms Geothermal Nuclear Concentrated Solar Wave and Tidal Methane Digestors Biomass Waste to Energy Rooftop Solar In Stream Hydro Micro Wind Solar Water Cogeneration Methane Digesters 90
Percent of Relevant Market: Current, Projected Refrigerant Management 100
Percent of Relevant Market: Current, Projected Reduced Food Waste Plant-rich Diet 80
LED-Household LED- Commercial District Heating Heat Pumps Building Automation Smart Thermostats Percent of Relevant Market: Current, Projected
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We welcome your questions.
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