Federal Department of the Environment,Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

World Resources Forum WRF, 14 October 2015

Political Solutions forResource Efficiency

Dr Bruno OberleDirector of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland

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Consequences of InactionDestabilising Climate Change

Source: OECD, 2012

GHG emissions by region: Baseline, 2010 to 2050

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Planetary BoundariesA safe operating space for humanity

Source: Steffen et al. (2015)Design: F. Pharand-Deschênes /Globaïa

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Consequences of InactionMass Extinction of Species

Source: OECD, 2012

Effects of different pressures on terrestrial MSA: Baseline, 2010 to 2050

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Figure: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org

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Ecological Footprintin Number of Earths

Source: Global Footprint Network

World:

Switzerland:

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Glacier Retreat

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Sardona Trient Grosser Aletsch

Cumulative length change of three glaciers, in m; Source: Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network

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Dialogue in SwitzerlandExamples

• Ressourcen-Trialog• Swiss Team for the UNEP-Inquiry• Green Economy Dialogue

www.gruenewirtschaft.admin.ch