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3. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING INVISIBLE AIR
POLLUTION
4. Some air pollution can be seen or smelled. Some air
pollution cannot be seen or smelled, but is still dangerous with
the potential to do immense damage. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT
ACCOUNTING
5. The next slide shows the composition of air pollution: (1)
greenhouse effect, (2) particulate contamination, (3) increased UV
radiation, (4) acid rain, (5) increased ground level ozone
concentration, (6) increased levels of nitrogen oxides. MULTI
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6. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural
Capital Sun
7. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING ACID RAIN is caused by
sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the atmosphere ...
8. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural
Capital Sun ACID RAIN CYCLE
9. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING ACID RAIN causes tree to
die
10. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural
Capital Sun SPRUCE TREES DEAD FROM ACID RAIN
11. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION is also increasing most likely caused
by increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere ... MULTI
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12. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural
Capital Sun OCEAN ACIDITY
13. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural
Capital Sun OCEAN ACIDITY
14. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION has the potential to disrupt the life
cycle of many of the organisms that make up the ocean ecosystem
with all sorts of consequences that are difficult to predict MULTI
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15. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural
Capital Sun OCEAN ACIDITY
16. The next slide also shows the composition of air pollution
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17. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural
Capital Sun ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
18. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING CLIMATE CHANGE the next
slide shows temperature data going back 150 years
19. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPTEMPERATURE HISTORY
20. and this slide is a plot of data going back 1,000 years
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21. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPTEMPERATURE HISTORY
22. and in recent years global fossil fuel carbon emissions
have increased dramatically MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING
23. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPGLOBAL FOSSIL FUEL CARBON EMISSIONS
24. with the Asia Pacific region increasing the most MULTI
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25. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPCO2 EMISSIONS ASIA PACIFIC, UNITED STATES, EU COUNTRIES
26. as well as the Middle East though on a very much smaller
scale MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING
27. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPCO2 EMISSIONS AFRICA, CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST NOT
ON THE SAME SCALE !!!!!!!!
28. The United States is a profligate user of energy, with per
capita carbon emissions far exceeding that of any other nation
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29. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPPER CAPITA CO2 EMISSIONS
30. The last slide is perhaps the most important in this
collection MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING
31. and should drive a commitment to upgrade the performance of
the US economy not towards more corporate wealth and GDP growth but
to more efficiency and less bad impact on the environment MULTI
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32. The United States has a very low price for energy compared
to most other countries MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING
33. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPPRICE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY BY COUNTRY
34. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPPRICE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY BY COUNTRY
35. Many sectors contribute to high energy use and high carbon
emissions in the United States MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT
ACCOUNTING
36. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY SECTOR USA
37. The buildings we live in are a very big part of the US
carbon footprint, almost twice that of the passenger cars we use
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38. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPIMPORTANCE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
39. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun EOPIMPORTANCE OF BUILDINGS
40. Electric power generation is a major source of emissions
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41. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial
Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun
Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital
Sun INVISIBLE TOXINS IN AIR POLLUTION EOP
42. SOME THOUGHTS (1of 4) The RISK associated with climate
change is bigger than anything we have faced in all of history ...
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43. SOME THOUGHTS (2 of 4) It is STUPID to ignore this RISK and
very SMART to think about ways to reduce the risk and at the same
time build a better world MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING
44. SOME THOUGHTS (3 of 4) Part of the solution is going to be
deployment of new technologies that have been researched already
using our brains to the maximum ... MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT
ACCOUNTING
45. SOME THOUGHTS (4 of 4) Part of the solution is going to
innovation in FINANCE and in BETTER METRICS so that really good
decisions can be made about the allocation of human and financial
resources to this challenge. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING
46. REMINDER This slideset is A WORK-IN-PROGRESS. It will be
upgraded periodically. It is part of a series of more than 50
slidesets. Navigation to all of these is available here: FEEDBACK
is welcome. Please email to Peter Burgess [email protected] with
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47. THANK YOU Some links and contact information: Peter Burgess
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