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Environmental Stories to Watch: 2010 Jonathan Lash World Resources Institute March 2010 Global Vision for a Sustainable Earth Practical Solutions for People. Lacey Act Enforcement. Rep. John F. Lacey. The Forest Legality Alliance. Water risks. Point of impact: Type of risk:. Supply chain. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Environmental Stories to Watch:
2010
Jonathan Lash
World Resources InstituteMarch 2010
Global Vision for a Sustainable Earth
Practical Solutions for People
Rep. John F. Lacey
Lacey Act Enforcement
The Forest Legality Alliance
Water risks
Reputation
Regulatory (+ litigation)
Physical
Product useProduction processSupply chainPoint of impact:
Type of risk:
Commodity price spikes Disruption in water supply Scarcity limiting sales
Water quality standards constraining power generation
Court settlement to scale back operations
Insecure water rights
Multinationals’ suppliers singled out for violations
Competition with social uses Profligate water use
2 Copenhagen Meetings
by Kuznetsov_Sergey
2 years ago in Bali“We ask for your leadership. We seek your leadership. But if for some reason you are not willing to lead…please get out
of the way”
Yvo de Boer (left), Chairman of the talks, overcome with emotion at the prospect of failure
The United States team
2 years ago in Bali
“Developed countries want developing countries to have a commitment. I don’t think it’s
possible”-African Delegate
“Developing Countries so far have successfully resisted …
pressures…and threats which we have faced to undertake
commitments.”- G77 Chair
Unexpected Commitments:• Brazil – 36-39% below BAU, 15-18%
below 2005 by 2020• Mexico – 50% reduction by 2050
using cap and trade• Indonesia – 26% below BAU by 2020• South Africa – Emissions peak and
start down by 2020• China – reduce intensity of CO2
emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 – 45% below 2005 level
• India – reduce carbon intensity 24% by 2020 and by 2030 reduce carbon emissions by 37% from 2005 levels
Mads Nissen/EPA
Failed Negotiations
27 world leaders negotiate in the Bella centre in Copenhagen
Photograph: Christian Als/EPA
Copenhagen OutcomeTARGET:
COMMITMENTS:VERIFICATION:REDD, ADAPTATION, TECNOLOGY:FUNDING:
LEGAL ACCORD:
<2°, NO-50%
All Major Economies Not Enough for <2°All Major Economies Report & Respond
Good Progress, But no Decision
No Deadline
$30 Billion $100 Billion Commission
The Old G8
Telegraph.co.uk
The New C5
http://www.chinadaily.com.cnPhoto: Bloomberg
Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
World Economic ForumCenter for American Progress
(Bonn, 01 February 2010) – The UNFCCC has received submissions of national pledges to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 from 55 countries, accounting for 78 per cent of global emissions from energy use.
Bretton Woods Mount Washington Resort
Old Arrangements Are Changing
The Trio
LCV Score: 90%
LCV Score: 87%
LCV Score: 10%
*Lifetime Score from League of Conservation Voters’ National Environmental Scorecard 2008
“Gang of 16” Democrats
Carl Levin & Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Robert Byrd & John D. Rockefeller IV (WV)
Blanche Lincoln & Mark Pryor (AR)
Jim Webb & Mark Warner (VA)
Evan Bayh (IN)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Benjamin Nelson (NE)
Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Kent Conrad & Byron Dorgan (ND)Tim Johnson (SD)
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Coal data from Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) http://cait.wri.org/
& states where coal is 60% or more of electricity fuel mix
http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/coal12.jpg
State Actions Underway and Likely• Northeast States - Low Carbon Fuel Standard
• California - stricter vehicle emissions standards for model year 2017 and beyond.
• Three regional cap-and-trade programs collaborate. • States likely to assert authority under the Clean Air Act.
Actions Done or Underway
Planned or Likely in 2010
Mobile Sources § 202 Endangerment Finding (Expected 3/2010)
Joint EPA-DOT Vehicle Emissions & Efficiency Standards (Expected 3/2010)
Stationary Sources GHG Reporting Rule (Completed)
New Source Performance Standards for Cement Kilns
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) pre-construction permitting (BACT) (Expected 3/2010)
New Source Performance Standards for Electric Generating Units;Possibly Other Categories
Title V operating permit requirements for major sources
NSPS at State Level for Existing Sources—cap-and-trade or traditional performance standards?
EPA Actions Underway and Likely
Shiho Fukada for The New York Times
As China takes the lead on wind turbines, above, and solar panels, President Obama is calling for American industry to step up.