Ecological Footprint Accounting: Navigating Resource Constraints - Mathis Wackernagel
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Transcript of Ecological Footprint Accounting: Navigating Resource Constraints - Mathis Wackernagel
Ecological Footprint Accounting: Navigating Resource Constraints
Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D.
Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition: June 29, 2010
Ecological Creditors and Ecological Debtors
Ecological Creditors and Ecological Debtors
Biocapacity per person
Ecological Footprint
Summary
• The planet has limits. It becomes critical to know how much biocapacity you have? and how much you use?
• Blindness brings risks and costs lives – and misses opportunities.
• Why this matters for economic stability and competitiveness
The Ecological Footprint
CARBON footprint
Metabolism like a cow
Humanity’s Ecological Footprint (1961 onwards)
EITHER: 350 ppm ~ 2° C
OR: 1700 ppmYes, but…
Mathis’ life (1962 – onwards)
Annual deficit adds up to a global ecological debt
UN’s Most Moderate ScenarioMathis’ life
WBCSD Vision 2050 - Who’s in?
13WBCSD Vision 2050
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Sustainability wedges for ending overshoot by 2050 (WBCSD)
UN’s Most Moderate ScenarioMathis’ life
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Long-term waste
302050 is being built today (as a trap or an opportunity)
Houston, you
have a problem..
The Ecological Footprint and biocapacity (per capita) of three countries from 1961-2005. A country runs
an
if its Footprint exceeds what its ecosystems can renew. The deficit is made up through net-imports, net-carbon emissions to the global atmosphere, or local resource degradation.
Switzerland
Ecological Footprint
Ecological Footprint
Biocapacity per person
Biocapacity per person
Uganda IranBiocapacity per person
Ecological Footprint
ecological deficit
Ecological Creditors and Ecological Debtors in Africa Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity PER CAPITA,1961-2005
What do these graphs show?
All 24 African countries are rapidly loosing per-capita biocapacity.
Four (blue-shaded) countries have assets that allow them to have a net-import and to burn significant quantities of fossil fuel.
Twelve (yellow-shaded) countries’ development is limited by their declining biocapacity, leading to SEVERE conflicts.
Biocapacity
Ecological Footprint
Shrinking Ecological Credit
Increasing Ecological and Social Instability
Ecological Creditors and Ecological Debtors in Europe Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity PER CAPITA,1961-2005
HU
DKATDE
ES
RO
SECH
IT
PT
NL
FR
PO
GR
RU
BE
FI
UK
IR
SK
CZ
BY
RS UA
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Impact: The Eco-Footprint of a General Retailer (vintage poster facsimile)
How Does it support Business?
• Internal communication and alignment• Motivating cost savings and organizational
development• External Communication and stakeholder
engagement• Core strategy
– Markets– Branding– Innovation needs– Real Asset investments
What’s next?
Can Footprint help give leading companies the extra edge?
Can leading companies help nations to recognize the significance of resource issues’?
Can pasta change the world?