stories to watch 2015 #stw15
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THINGS ARE HEATING UP
Source: NOAA
ENERGY PRICES ARE COOLING DOWN
Source: US Energy Information Administration
Image: Joe DeSouza/Wikimedia
2014: A YEAR OF MOMENTUM
Image: United Nations/Flickr
2014: A YEAR OF MOMENTUM
38 countries have a price on carbon
Source: World Bank
A SHIFT IN DIALOGUE
GLOBAL EMISSIONS RISING
Source: wri.org/blog/2014/05/history-carbon-dioxide-emissions, image: Theophilos Papadopoulos, Flickr
CARBON BUDGET RUNNING OUT: ONLY 3 DECADES LEFT
Image: Walter/Flickr
COUNTRY PLEDGES: HOW AMBITIOUS?
Image: The White House/Flickr
US: TAKING A LEAD?
Image: Wigwam Jones/Flickr
POWER PLANT RULES BY THE SUMMER?
Source: NRDC Summary of EPA's Clean Power Plan
COP21: WHAT WILL THE DEAL LOOK LIKE?
• How Ambitious? • Regular Review?• Role of Finance?• Long-Term Goal?
Image: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank
Will the world rise to the climate challenge?
Image: Ollivier Girard for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
SEPTEMBER 2015
Image: utenriksdept/Flickr
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 1990-2015
Source: United Nations
PROGRESS: GLOBAL POVERTY
Extreme poverty cut in half
Source: World Bank data (POVCAL)
PROGRESS: CHILD MORTALITY
17,000fewer children are dying each day
Source: UNICEF
PROGRESS: UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
Number of children out of school halved
Source: UNDP
BUT…
Photo: Anduze Traveller/Flickr
1.2B people live in extreme poverty
6.5M million children under age 5 die annually
58M children out of school
GOAL 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY- FALLING SHORT
Source: Oxfam International/Flickr
THE SDG PROCESS SO FAR
Image: CIFOR
June 2013: High Level
Panel Report
July 2014: Open Working Group
on SDGs Proposal
August 2014: Expert Committee on Finance Report
December 2014: UN Secretary-
General Synthesis Report
WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
• Universality: A New Global Reality
Image: United Nations/Flickr
WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
• Universality: A New Global Reality• More Comprehensive in Scope
Image: United Nations/Flickr
WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
• Universality: A New Global Reality• More Comprehensive in Scope• Sustainability at the Core
Image: United Nations/Flickr
WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
• Universality: A New Global Reality• More Comprehensive in Scope• Sustainability at the Core• A New Approach to Finance
Image: United Nations/Flickr
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT: JULY 2015
Image: Addis Ababa; Flickr/David Stanley
Will the world embrace a new approach?
Image: Wikimedia Commons
SUSTAINABLE COMMODITIES: TROPICAL FOREST ALLIANCE
Partnership to eliminate tropical deforestation from commodities by 2020
Image: Jan Van Der Ploeg For CIFOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY: SE4ALL
• Universal energy access • 2x the global rate of improvement
in energy efficiency• 2x renewable energy by 2030
Image: Jiro Ose/UN Foundation/Flickr
SUSTAINABLE CITIES: COMPACT OF MAYORS
• 228 cities worldwide• Commitment to cut 13 gigatons by 2050
Image: J.P. Engelbrecht, City Hall of Rio de Janeiro/Flickr
RESTORING LANDSCAPES: NY DECLARATION
Commitment to restore 350M hectares by 2030
Image: WRI
RESTORING LANDSCAPES: GLOBAL MOMENTUM BUILDING?
60M hectares committed so far
Source: WRI
INITIATIVE 20 X 20
Source: WRI
PRICE ON CARBON CLUB
Image: Julie Falk/Flickr
73 governments, 1000+ companies
Will Clubs Drive Global Results?
Image: Wikimedia
A GLOBAL PROBLEM
Image: UN Photo/Albert González Farran
1.2 B people facing water scarcity
36 COUNTRIES FACE EXTREME WATER STRESS
Source: Aqueduct
US WEST: WORST DROUGHT IN 1,200 YEARS
California produces
nearly 50% of US-grown fruits, nuts and vegetables
Source: Aqueduct, CDFA
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SÃO PAULO: WORST DROUGHT IN 80 YEARS
20M
People Affected
BRAZIL: A WATER RICH COUNTRY…
Amazon basin: 50% of Brazil’s water, but only 4% of population
Image: Keith_Rock/Flickr
…A WATER-STRESSED COAST
80% of Brazil’s pop. in coastal mega-cities
Source: Aqueduct
CHINA
90% of coastal cities face water stress
Source: Aqueduct
EAST CHINA: WORST DROUGHT IN 60+ YRS.
Image: Asian Development Bank, Flickr
RESPONSE: PRIVATE SECTOR
Image: MPhotographe, Flickr
RESPONSE: PRIVATE SECTOR
Image: Raiffeisenverband Salzburg/Wikimedia Commons
Aqueduct maps on Bloomberg terminals reach
320,000 subscribers
RESPONSE: GOVERNMENT
Image: US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles/Flickr
• More water laws?• Water pricing?• Efficiency mandates and incentives?
RESPONSE: INFRASTRUCTURE
Image: Circleofblue.org
Total cost at least
$62B
WHAT'S COMING IN 2015
Source: Aqueduct
Will Water Risk Rise to the Top of the Global Agenda in 2015?
Image: Salil Wadhavkar/Flickr
A NEW MANDATE
Source: Al Jazeera English/Flickr
FOCUS ON GROWTH
Source: World Bank 2014
CITIES ARE BOOMING
Source: Ankur Dave/Flickr
Urban population
2x by 2030
AIR POLLUTION RISING
• Delhi: World’s worst air pollution• 5th leading cause of death in India
Image: Kara Newhouse/Flickr
MORE ENERGY NEEDED
300M+ Indians lack access to electricity
Image: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development
URBANIZATION: 100 SMART CITIES
Source: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center/Flickr
HEALTHIER, BETTER CITIES
• less sprawl• less pollution• safer streets• less infrastructure costs
Image: EMBARQ
BETTING ON RENEWABLES
Image: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development
100GWof Solar Power by 2022
33x boost in solar capacity
A LIGHTBULB IN EVERY HOME
Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh
A BALANCED APPROACH?
Image: R E B E L, Flickr
LEADERS MEET
Image: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza/Flickr
Will India Successfully Embrace High Efficiency, Low-Carbon Growth?
Image: Kreshna Aditya/Flickr
NEW MANDATES: 1.8 BILLION PEOPLE
President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil
Prime Minister Nahendra Modi, India
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
President Joko Widodo, Indonesia
AND IN THE U.S.
Image: Adam Fagen/Flickr
A SUSTAINABLE LEGACY
Image: Christopher Dilts, Obama for America/Flickr
AND 2016?
Image: Justin Brown/Flickr
Image: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department of International Development/Flickr
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