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The world ld is is going going downhill ll The world ld is is getting better There’s a lot we can do

Christo Fabricius

The world is going downhill

There’s just too many of us..

The Great Acceleration: Socio-economic trends

The planet is FULL now

And we consume too much

The Global Living Planet Index 1970 to 2014

We are putting ourselves at risk

and people aren’t getting happier..

The world is getting better…

A rising Human Development Index

There are fewer people without education

Rate of population growth could slow down

Many diseases are under control

Healthy people on an unhealthy planet?

There’s a lot we can do

Every 0.5 degrees matters

• A a 1.5°C threshold
• Can avoid millions of premature deaths from heat

stress, malnutrition and air pollution

• 10 million fewer people exposed to sea-level rise
• 1.5 million additional tonnes of fish stocks
• 50% fewer people living with water scarcity
• At 2°C vs. 1.5
• Double the duration of heatwaves to 40 days
• Warm extremes increase 600%
• Number of dry days & rainfall extremes increase
• Average drought length last six months longer
• 5-million more people living with water scarcity at

2°C compared with 1.5°C

Transforming food systems

Renewable Energy

• Renewable energy sources

in South Africa cost nearly half the price of electricity generated from coal mines

• We could save R86 million

a year by 2050 if we use renewables

What progressive companies can do

• 1. Support decarbonization of

the energy sector. Invest in renewable energy

• 2. Get ahead of the curve: set

a science-based emission reduction target for your business

• 3. Make sure your voice is

heard

Invest in Nature

• Burning & clearing of tropical forests:

16 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions

• more than all the world’s cars, trucks,

airplanes and ships combined

• Unsustainable agriculture: 14% of CO2

emissions.

• Halting emissions from forests and

sustainable agriculture, conserving natural ecosystems, is essential to resolve the climate challenge.

Agriculture: 21% Forests; 65% Grasslands; 0,0; 0% Wetlands 14% Agriculture Forests Grasslands Wetlands

Potential for cost-effective reduction and absorption of CO2

Investing a nature: a business opportunity?

• Save on disaster management costs
• Create jobs
• Leverage funds from corporations setting

science-based targets

• Water security
• Energy saving
• Food security
• Innovation

GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE TO BEND THE CURVE