environmental stories to watch 2009
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Environmental Stories to Watch: 2009
Jonathan Lash
World Resources InstituteFebruary 20, 2009
Global Vision for a Sustainable EarthPractical Solutions for People
The Financial Crisis is Topic A
#$%!
Beth Rooney for The New York Times
People Are Angry
How Green Is Our Stimulus?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123448815417580333.html
http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/files/images/blogentry/wind-power.jpg http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/geothermal-power-project-wairakei-nz693.jpg
Geothermal heating/cooling = 0.5-2 U.S. cents/kilowatt-hour
On-shore wind = 5-8 U.S. cents/kilowatt-hour
Concentrating solar thermal power = 12-18 U.S. cents/kilowatt-hour
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3791
Will Congress Answer The 6 billion Ton
Question?
Source: IPCC AR4
“Delay is no longer an option.”
“… start with a federal cap and trade system …[with] annual targets that set us on a course to reduce emissions to their 1990 levels by 2020 and reduce them an additional 80 percent by 2050.”
http://www.barackobama.com/photos/
Climate Bills 2006
2 Years Later
http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/coal12.jpg
“Gang of 16” DemocratsCarl Levin & Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Robert Byrd & John D. Rockefeller IV (WV)
Blanche Lincoln & Mark Pryor (AR)
Jim Webb (VA)
Evan Bayh (IN)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Benjamin Nelson (NE)
Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Kent Conrad & Byron Dorgan (ND)
Ken Salazar (CO)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Data from Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) http://cait.wri.org/
States where Coal is 60% or more of electricity fuel mix
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Data from Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) http://cait.wri.org/
States with the lowest average electricity costs*
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*refers to states whose residents pay 7 Cents or lower retail per Kilowatt hour Data from EIA
Data from Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) http://cait.wri.org/
Blame China?
Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP
Cyclists pass a factory in Yutian in China's north-west Hebei province.
China – PriorityOr Problem ?
FIRST TRIP AGENDA IN CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA, & INDONESIA
Source: WRI/www.cait.org Source: WRI/www.cait.org
Emissions:
China United States
Minister of National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Ping at a press conference in Beijing on November 27.[china.org.cn]
NDRC reveals details of stimulus packageSource: China Daily11-27-2008 16:58
Big Bust ForBad Wood ?
State of the World’s Forests
Intact - 21%
Working - 32%
Lost - 47%
Areas with weak forest governance & probability of illegal logging is highest
Source: WRI
Ikonos image – Cameroon
Cloud
Illegal logging road
Wetland area
Ikonos image – Cameroon
Cloud
Illegal logging road
Wetland area
Fallen tree
Ikonos image – Cameroon
Cloud
Illegal logging road
Wetland area
Fallen tree
What Can’t Be Sustained Won’t Be
Source: WRI, CAIThttp://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-e/wah20-e/1-2.htm
www.wri.org
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