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A sustainable world - SENG · 2012-11-23 · • Limits to Growth archetypes are all around us: •...
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A sustainable world Quantifying the engineering challenge Bill Grace September 2012
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Sustainability – sorting out the concept
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Brundtland
'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'
Source: Our Common Future
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Brundtland
'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs'
Enduring human wellbeing
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Systems thinking
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Sustainability as a ‘place-based’ concept • Interconnection between places • Dependencies
• between people, and • between people and the bio-physical environment, and • within the bio-physical environment
• Circular causation - feedback
“Complex systems are composed of a large number of active elements whose rich patterns of interactions
produce emergent properties that are not easy to predict by analysing the separate parts of the
system.”
Source: Ostrim 1999
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Places are complex, dynamic, non-linear socio-ecological systems
Sustainability as a ‘place-based’ concept
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Sustainability & resilience
• Resilience is about dynamic stability • Necessary but insufficient for sustainability
Resilience “The capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and
reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain essentially the same function, structure,
identity, and feedbacks”
Source: Resilience Alliance
Sustainability Goal Healthy & Resilient Socio-ecological Systems
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System dynamics
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Invented by an engineer
Jay W. Forrester Professor Emeritus, MIT
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The simulation of dynamic systems Urban Dynamics (1969)
JW Forrester World Dynamics (1971)
JW Forrester Limits to Growth (1972)
Meadows, Meadows, Randers & Behrens
Beyond the Limits (1992) Meadows, Meadows & Randers
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update (2004) Meadows, Meadows & Randers
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The problem with models!
The system dynamics mantra:
‘All models are wrong – some are useful’
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A simple global sustainability model
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The dynamics of Human Wellbeing
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Human Development Index
Source: UNDP
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Key historical dependencies ….
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Circular causation …..
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A reinforcing loop
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Reinforcing loops - exponential growth / decline
• Virtuous / viscous cycle
• Compound interest
• Escalation • Market growth
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Exponential growth - population
Source: US Dept Commerce / UN
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Exponential growth - economy
Source: Measuring Worth, 2011.
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The Economy – growth on growth!
Source: Measuring Worth, 2011.
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Reinforcing loops - exponential growth
Source: UNDP
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Exponential growth doesn’t last forever
There are limits to growth!
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Balancing loops – counteract growth
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Global population growth is slowing
Source: UN Population Division
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And the other balancing loops … More accurately, the energy and material throughput of the economy
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Two other important balancing loops
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Focus: Ecosystem Services The benefits people obtain from ecosystems
Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
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The ecological footprint
Source: WWF Living Planet Report 2010
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The ecological footprint calculation
Source: WWF Living Planet Report 2010
Ecological Footprint represents demand for renewable resources Biocapacity represents the availability of resources EF ratio = Ecological Footprint / Biocapacity expressed in units called global hectares (gha) 1gha representing the productive capacity of 1ha of land at world average productivity
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The ecological footprint calculation
Source: WWF Living Planet Report 2010
Does not include: • Waste and pollution (except carbon) • Non-renewable resources – minerals and
fossil fuels • Loss of regeneration capacity
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Ecological Footprint history
Source: Global Footprint Network
Overshoot
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Model data
World Bank
UN HDI
Global Footprint Network
UN Population Division
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Ecosystem Capacity
How deep is the well?
12e9 Gha/yr 18e9 Gha/yr
Depletion = 6e9 Gha/yr EF ratio = 1.5
? Gha
EcosystemCapacityBiocapacity Ecological
footprint
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Model run 1 1960-2010
8 B person0.8 Units
6e+013 Dollars/Year8,000 Dollars/(Year*person)
20 gha/Year
0 person0.4 Units
0 Dollars/Year0 Dollars/(Year*person)0 gha/Year
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50Time (Year)
Population : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 personLiving standards : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 UnitsGDP : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 Dollars/YearGDP per capita : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 Dollars/(Year*person)Ecological Footprint : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 gha/Year
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Model run 2 100 yrs ES capacity at depletion rate of 5 Gha/yr
1960-211020 B person
0.8 Units600 gha
10 B person0.4 Units300 gha
0 person0 Units0 gha
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Time (Year)
Population : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 personLiving standards : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 UnitsEcosystem Capacity : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 gha
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Model run 2 100 yrs ES capacity at depletion rate of 5 Gha/yr
1960-211020 B person
0.8 Units600 gha
10 B person0.4 Units300 gha
0 person0 Units0 gha
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Time (Year)
Population : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 personLiving standards : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 UnitsEcosystem Capacity : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 gha
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Model run 2 100 yrs ES capacity at depletion rate of 5 Gha/yr
1960-211020 B person
0.8 Units600 gha
10 B person0.4 Units300 gha
0 person0 Units0 gha
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Time (Year)
Population : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 personLiving standards : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 UnitsEcosystem Capacity : Constant Biocapacity EC 500 gha
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Model run 3 – Double ES capacity 1960-2110
20 B person1 Units
2,000 gha
10 B person0.5 Units
1,000 gha
0 person0 Units0 gha
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Time (Year)
Population : Constant Biocapacity EC 1000 personLiving standards : Constant Biocapacity EC 1000 UnitsEcosystem Capacity : Constant Biocapacity EC 1000 gha
200 yrs ES capacity at depletion rate of 5 Gha/yr
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What if the resource base is degraded?
• Model to date assumes Biocapacity is constant and unaffected by the depletion of Ecosystem Capacity, ie
• The regenerative capacity of the system remains intact
• Many examples of overshoot do not exhibit this behaviour, eg • Conversion to grasslands from forest • Desertification
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Model run 4 – Degraded ES capacity 1960-2110
20 B person0.8 Units600 gha
10 B person0.4 Units300 gha
0 person0 Units0 gha
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Time (Year)
Population : Degraded Biocapacity EC 500 personLiving standards : Degraded Biocapacity EC 500 UnitsEcosystem Capacity : Degraded Biocapacity EC 500 gha
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Limits to Growth 1972
Source: Smithsonian.com and G.Turner
Wrong! No predictions – just several scenarios
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Why does this happen?
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System dynamics 101 • All systems comprise combinations of reinforcing and balancing loops
• Limits to Growth archetypes are all around us: • Predator / prey relationships • The overshoot and collapse of the human population on
Easter Island • Overgrazing in the Sahel region of Africa by cattle
herders • Overfishing of the oceans by fishermen • Business growth limited by the size of the potential
market
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In the beginning - exponential growth
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Smooth transition to equilibrium, or
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Overshoot, followed by …..
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Transition to a lower level equilibrium, or
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Collapse
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A really simple example
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Population growth – finite resource
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Base case – smooth transition to equilibrium LtG archetype
80 Critters2,000 RU
40 Critters1,000 RU
0 Critters0 RU
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500Time (Year)
Population : Base Case CrittersResource stock : Base Case RU
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Faster growth rate LtG archetype
80 Critters2,000 RU
40 Critters1,000 RU
0 Critters0 RU
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500Time (Year)
Population : Faster growth CrittersResource stock : Faster growth RU
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Faster growth rate with degrading regeneration LtG archetype
80 Critters2,000 RU
40 Critters1,000 RU
0 Critters0 RU
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500Time (Year)
Population : Faster growth regen feedback CrittersResource stock : Faster growth regen feedback RU
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Original growth rate with faster degrading regeneration
LtG archetype80 Critters
2,000 RU
40 Critters1,000 RU
0 Critters0 RU
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500Time (Year)
Population : Normal growth with GF1regen and GF1Cdepletion CrittersResource stock : Normal growth with GF1regen and GF1Cdepletion RU
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What causes these differences in behaviour? Population
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Time (Year)
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Population : Base CasePopulation : Faster growthPopulation : Faster growth regen feedback modified depletionPopulation : Normal growth with GF1regen and GF1Cdepletion
Smooth landing - early and strong feedback - constant resource regeneration
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What causes these differences in behaviour? Population
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Crit
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Population : Base CasePopulation : Faster growthPopulation : Faster growth regen feedback modified depletionPopulation : Normal growth with GF1regen and GF1Cdepletion
Overshoot and oscillation - faster growth - constant resource regeneration
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What causes these differences in behaviour? Population
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Time (Year)
Crit
ters
Population : Base CasePopulation : Faster growthPopulation : Faster growth regen feedback modified depletionPopulation : Normal growth with GF1regen and GF1Cdepletion
Overshoot and collapse - degrading resource regeneration
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Technology is no answer
Source: Sterman 2011
“It makes no difference how large the resource base is: to the extent technology and markets alleviate scarcity today, the result is more growth tomorrow, until the resource is again insufficient, some other resource becomes scarce, or some other environmental problem arises. Solve these, and growth continues until some other part of the carrying capacity is lost, some other limit reached. As long as growth is the driving force there can be no purely technological solution to the problem of scarcity.”
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Everything is dependent on these flows
EcosystemCapacityBiocapacity Ecological
footprint
Resilience requires a dynamic equilibrium that matches ecological footprint to bio-capacity
Sustainability requires that this equilibrium occurs at a level that provides adequate ecosystem services to
ensure human wellbeing
Enduring human wellbeing
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So where are we now?
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Direct drivers growing in intensity
• Most direct drivers of degradation in ecosystem services remain constant or are growing in intensity in most ecosystems
Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
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Source: WWF Living Planet Report 2010
Back to the Ecological Footprint
Too late for a smooth transition
Overshoot
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Too late for a smooth transition
RESILIENCE
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Threats to resilience – non linear change
Source: Ecology & Society 2009
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Planetary boundaries • climate change • ocean acidification • stratospheric ozone • biogeochemical nitrogen (N)
cycle and phosphorus (P) cycle
• global freshwater use • land system change • biological diversity loss • chemical pollution • Atmospheric aerosol loading
‘We estimate that humanity has already transgressed three planetary boundaries: for climate change, rate of biodiversity loss, and changes to the global nitrogen
cycle. Planetary boundaries are interdependent, because transgressing one may both shift the position of other boundaries or cause them to be transgressed.’
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Towards resilience
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Daly’s conditions for sustainability 1. Renewable resources cannot be used faster
than they regenerate; 2. Pollution and wastes cannot be generated
faster than they decay and are rendered harmless; and
3. Non-renewable resources cannot be consumed faster than they can be replaced by renewable substitutes (in the long run, they cannot be used at all).
Source: Daly 1991
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In stock and flow terms ….
Source: Sterman 2011
RenewableResources Harvest
Pollution &Wastes Waste
Generation
Regeneration
Recycling,Decay
NonrenewableResources Extraction
Ecosystem Services
Production & Consumption
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Priorities Stabilise / reduce
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Priorities Stabilise / reduce
Reverse growth in energy &
material demand per
capita
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Priorities Stabilise / reduce
Reverse growth in energy &
material demand per
capita
Dramatically improve resource
intensity of production & consumption
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And the challenge for engineers?
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Madly building for millenia 10,000BC – industrial revolution • Settlements – basic infrastructure • Agriculture Industrial revolution – now • Cities – water, power, communications • Industrial production • Resource extraction
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21st century Given that: • We are at or approaching limits • Population is heading for 9-10 billion Engineers respond: • Urgent improvements is resource efficiency
• Less energy & materials per unit of GDP • Less pollution & waste per unit of energy / materials • Lower (to near zero) GHG emissions per unit of energy • Substitution of non-renewable resources / recycling
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Put this picture on your wall
RenewableResources Harvest rate
Pollution &Wastes
Generation rate
Regenerationrate
Recycling,Decay rate
NonrenewableResources Extraction rate
HabitatConversion rateRehabilitation
rate
Production &Consumption
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How big is the challenge?
1960 2000 2035 2070 2100
Consider constant year on year
improvement over 50 years starting NOW!
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25% improvement 1960-2110
20 B person0.8 Units600 gha
10 B person0.4 Units300 gha
0 person0 Units0 gha
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Time (Year)
Population : TR Rim 75 personLiving standards : TR Rim 75 UnitsEcosystem Capacity : TR Rim 75 gha
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50% improvement 1960-2110
20 B person0.8 Units600 gha
10 B person0.4 Units300 gha
0 person0 Units0 gha
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Time (Year)
Population : TR Rim 50 personLiving standards : TR Rim 50 UnitsEcosystem Capacity : TR Rim 50 gha
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60% improvement 1960-2110
20 B person1 Units
600 gha
10 B person0.7 Units300 gha
0 person0.4 Units
0 gha0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (Year)Population : TR Rim435 personLiving standards : TR Rim435 UnitsEcosystem Capacity : TR Rim435 gha
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Non linear behaviour EC status
2
1.5
1
0.5
00 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (Year)
Dm
nl
EC status : BaseCaseTREC status : TR Rim 75EC status : TR Rim 50EC status : TR Rim435
Base case Resilience
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How big is the challenge?
Resource intensity has been dropping
steadily for 50 years
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Required to offset GDP growth Resource intensity
2e-012
1.5e-012
1e-012
5e-013
00 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (Year)
gha/
dolla
r
Resource intensity : BaseCaseTRResource intensity : TR Rim 75Resource intensity : TR Rim 50Resource intensity : TR Rim435
~ 60%
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This is urgent EC status
2
1.5
1
0.5
00 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (Year)
Dm
nl
EC status : TR Rim435EC status : TR435 slowedEC status : TR435 delayed
Same reduction in resource intensity but: - delayed (25 years)
- slowed (occurs over 100 years)
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This is urgent EC status
2
1.5
1
0.5
00 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (Year)
Dm
nl
EC status : TR Rim435EC status : TR435 slowedEC status : TR435 delayed
Year on year reductions required for 50 years Materials intensity: -2.5% pa Energy intensity: -2% pa GHG intensity: -2.5% pa
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But remember It’s not all engineering • De-materialising the economy requires:
• Less stuff required per unit GDP • Less energy & materials in the stuff
Exploiting diminishing resources requires: • More energy and materials per unit of resource • We are at that point for hydrocarbons and many minerals
(including iron ore).
• There are many “limits” missing from this model
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Can engineers solve this alone?
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Strengthening Social Capital
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Insert new feedback loop here!
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How much of this …
Has turned into this ….
… during this talk?
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Can engineers really make it happen?