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Federal Department of the Environment,Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Eco Forum Global Annual Conference Guiyang 2015, 26 June 2015
Mountainous Economy –Green Development
Dr Bruno OberleDirector of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland
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EFG Conference 2013
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EFG Conference 2014
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Environmental PerformanceChina versus Switzerland
Source: Global Footprint Network; Ecological Footprint in number of earths
World:
Switzerland:
China:
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Environmental PerformanceGuizhou
Average per capita Ecological Footprint of China’s provinces
Source: China Ecological Footprint Report 2012
Chinese average at 2.1
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Economic PerformanceChina versus Switzerland
GDP-Data: IMF (2015); Figures: Wikimedia Commons (2015)
Area: 9.6 million km2
Population: 1.3 bnLanguages: Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan etc.GDP per capita (current USD): 7’500GDP per capita (PPP intern. $): 12’000(Guizhou: GDP/capita current USD: 3’100)
Area: 41,285 km2
Population: 8.2 millionLanguages: German, French, Italian, Romansh
GDP per capita (current USD): 87’500GDP per capita (PPP intern. $): 58’000
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Resource Use and ProsperityA Fatal Relationship
Sustainability quadrant
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France
Germany
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Qatar
Russian Federation
Sri Lanka
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United Arab Emirates
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Sources: Ecological Footprint 2007: www.footprintnetwork.org, Human Development Index 2012: UNDP
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Infrastructure InvestmentsWorld’s Leader China
Source: McKinsey (2015)
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Infrastructure Investments in China
Pictures: Wikimedia Commons, Windpower monthly, Wikipedia, stuffpoint
Power supply: Tianhuangping hydroelectric project
Railways: Kunming Shanghai high speed railway
Energy: Jiuquan Wind Farm
Roads: Hangzhou Bay Bridge
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Global Investment Requirements
Source: WEF, 2013
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Economic PerformanceGuizhou versus Switzerland
Sources: Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons (2015)
Area: 176’000 km2
Population: 35 millionLanguages: Southwestern MandarinGDP per capita (current USD): 3’100
Area: 41,285 km2
Population: 8.2 millionLanguages: German, French, Italian, Romansh
GDP per capita (current USD): 87’500
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