One Planet & ICT - WWF at Ovum

8/9/2019 One Planet & ICT - WWF at Ovum

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One Planet and ICT

Oliver Greenfield

Head of Sustainable Business and Economics, WWF-UK

[email protected]


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Key areas of discussion

What is happening - a planetary systemperspective 4 slides

Scale of industry transformation 3 slides

Opportunities for ICT 6 slides


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1. System

loading

Planetary operating system: loading, health, services

2. System

health

3. Services


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One Planet 9 Ecological BoundariesCLIMATE CHANGE: CO2concentration (parts per

million)

Preindustrial value: 280Current: 387

Boundary: 350

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: Aragonite saturationstate in surface water (Omega units)

Preindustrial value: 3.44Current: 2.90Boundary: 2.75

STRATOSPHERIC OZONE

DEPLETION: Concentration

(Dobson units)


Boundary: 276

NITROGEN: Rate of human removalfrom atmosphere (million tons per year)

Preindustrial value: 0

Current: 133Boundary: 39

PHOSPHORUS: Rate offlow into oceans (million

tons per year)


Boundary: 12

FRESHWATER USE:Rate of human

consumption (cubickilometres per year)

Preindustrial value: 415

Current: 2,600Boundary: 4,000

LAND USE: Percent converted tocropland

Preindustrial value: Negligible

Current: 11.7

Boundary: 15

BIODIVERSITY LOSS: Extinctionrate (species per million per year)

Preindustrial value: 0.1-1.0Current: >100Boundary: 10

AEROSOL LOADING:Particular concentration in

atmosphere, regional

Values to be determined

CHEMICAL POLLUTION:Amount emitted to, or

concentrated in, environment

Values to be determined

Source: Stockholmresilience.org


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Planetary operating system: overloaded, eroded, declining

services1. System

overload

Ocean acidification + 30%Land use change Freshwater use

Biodiversity loss >100 species pm/yr 35% loss of species numbers since 1975

2. System

health -

eroded


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More floods risking infrastructure, less freshwater risking cooling, less availability of resources

More floods risking infrastructure, less freshwater risking viability of homes, less availability ofbuilding resources

More floods risking infrastructure, less availability of resources, costs of carbon change

transportation viability

Less nutrient cycling, and poorer soils, more floods, less predictable climate, more invasivespecies and diseases, imbalanced nitrogen cycles leading to algal blooms, dead marinezones, less fish


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Food price rises, crops and fish failure, food availability, housing flooded, energy price rises andsystems failing, transport price rises, roads & rail system failures

Increased anxiety Changing consumer

behaviours & preferences

Declining confidence in

governance

Disruptive change, opportunities and liabilities, stranded carbon assets, loss of profitability,

Litigation, Licence to operate

Crisis of confidence -

response?

Carbon price, reporting legislations, removal of subsidies, water

rationing, major political change


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Our Transformational challenge

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Food, housing and transport account for 63% of global

ecological footprint, 65% of total CO2, 72% material use

Global ecological footprint by demand areas

23% Food

26% Housing

14 %

Personal

Mobility

4% Hotels / Restaurants

5% Other

10% Recreation / Culture

1% Communication

2% Clothing

2% Health

5%Alcoh. Bev.

& Tabacco

8 % Household

Equipm.

Source: WWF One Planet Business


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3 Cs for achieving transformational change

Consume better, different, less,

1990 2050

GHG emissions

Time

Business as usual

Source: WWF One Planet Mobility achieving 80% reductions from transport

One Planet Future

1. Consume better

e.g. electric cars

3. Consume lesse.g. travel less from

better town planning,work from home

2. Consume differently

e.g. public transport


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INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Source: An Inefficient Truth

ICT Consume less power


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ICT help society consume better, differently and less

ICT solutions for the first billion ton of GHG emission reductions

Source: WWF - The potential global CO2 reductions from ICT use


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Source: The potential global CO2 reductions from ICT use

Dematerialization


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WWF-UKs One in Five Challenge

the ICT solution video conferencing


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ONE PLANET & ICT

Reduce power consumption of devices

Help society consume better, differently, less

Factor in climate change in to all R&D

Target high carbon activities with low carbon solutions

Help build a smarter society

Thank you

Oliver Greenfield

Head of Sustainable Business and Economics, WWF-UK

[email protected]

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