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