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WHAT WILL IT TAKE? MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE Wa Walt lter Fu Fust CEO/Director General Global Humanitarian Forum 2 nd International Conference on Climate Change Hong Kong October 2009 INCREASE IN STORM AND FLOOD LOSSES COMPARED TO

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WHAT WILL IT TAKE? MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Wa Walt lter Fu Fust

CEO/Director General Global Humanitarian Forum 2nd International Conference

  • n Climate Change

Hong Kong October 2009

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INCREASE IN STORM AND FLOOD LOSSES COMPARED TO EARTHQUAKES

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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS TODAY

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CLIMATE IMPACT PROJECTIONS FOR 2030

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PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

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NUMBER OF DEATHS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

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THE GROWING IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

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POPULATIONS AT RISK DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

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CLIMATE VULNERABLE COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE

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ECONOMIC LOSSES COMPARED

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ASYMMETRIC HUMAN IMPACT

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A GLOBAL JUSTICE CONCERN

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A GLOBAL CHALLENGE: GOALS MISSED

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THREATS TO MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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THREATS TO MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - continued

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URGENT MITIGATION

  • Adaptation has an immediate effect for safeguarding populations
  • But pollution and mitigation have a delayed effect on the climate
  • Time slot for mitigation is extremely narrow due to the inertia of the global

climate system

  • Global emissions must peak before 2020 to avoid 2°C warming
  • Global emissions must fall 80% by 2050
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  • Mitigation represents a crucial business
  • pportunity for wealthy and poor

countries

  • Mitigation can support also adaptation

and development

  • In Sahel: forest destruction to provide

burning fuel for household needs releases CO2, drives desertification and causes higher incidence of resperatory diseases

EXTENSIVE MITIGATION: AN INTEGRATED OPPORTUNITY

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ENERGY FOR THE POOR

  • Global energy poverty = 1.6 billion people
  • Traditional infrastructure and carbon intensive energy solutions are not

well adapted to the needs of rural poor

  • Decentralized renewable enery solutions, such as solar stoves or lamps,

also solve access problems

  • Many climate stressed regions, such as the Sahel are renewable-energy

rich – hence the DESERTEC initiative

  • Addressing energy poverty will improve development progress and climate

resiliance in rural areas – and also slow urbanization by stemming migration flows into urban slums

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