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Water Day Bonn 2 June, 2010. Water, Energy and Climate. Henk van Schaik. CPWC. Started 2001 after Third Assessment Report of IPCC. 2001 – 2005: Building awareness International events: WWF, WWW, IWA Documentation: books and films Local dialogues
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Water Day Bonn 2 June, 2010 Water, Energy and Climate Henk van Schaik
CPWC • Started 2001 after Third Assessment Report of IPCC. • 2001 – 2005: Building awareness • International events: WWF, WWW, IWA • Documentation: books and films • Local dialogues • Since 2005: Towards operational responses • International events: WWF, WWW, COP, IWA, WASH, Mediterranean • Information and expertise: website, tools development • Adaptation programmes: Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Bangladesh
IWA • International Water Association • Global network for water professionals • Over 10,000 members from 130 countries • Focus on urban water solutions • Since 2004 Specialist Group on Water and Climate, and Task Group on Mitigation and Energy
Climate change: Political positions Good news last week: UK Conservative Liberal Government announced its target to reduce global GHG emissions with 30 % by 2020. Climate change became top priority in less than 10 years and will continue as top priority
Assessment Yvo de Boer, SG of UNFCCC • While disappointing to some, Copenhagen was nonetheless a crucial event in the negotiating process… • Copenhagen reached consensus on $30 billion for 2010-2012 for adaptation and mitigation and $100 billion by 2020 per annum.
Water and Energy nexus • Water management and water services need energy for transportation and treatment • Water utilities contrubute approximately 4 % to global GHGs (equal to air traffic) • Water utilities are class A energy consumer in cities (up to 60 %) • Water utilities have enormous outreach to customers. • Irrigation water pumping (groundwater equals to one third of total power consumption in India. • Energy generation needs water for exploration, cooling and production of bio fuels
Water World • Mainly discussing and working on adaptation at global level • Utilities (IWA members) are working hard on energy reduction. It saves costs • Pumping water for agriculture in India consumes one third of all power. • Pumping groundwater in arid areas
Mitigation measures utilities Direct utility measures • Reduction targets for GHGs, e.g. from fossil energy to green energy • More energy efficiency in particular in LDC country utilities • Fuel switch and even fuel production (anaerobic WWTPs) Indirect measures utilities as vehicle e.g. manufacturers and clients • Raw materials e.g. for treatment • Household level awareness raising
Examples • Europe • 30 % GHG reduction target • 20 % saving on energy target on 2008 levels • 20 % contribution renewable energy • Introduction climate footprints to monitor progress.
other utilities • Australia mandatory reporting dury on GHGs • USA mandatory reporting duty on GHGs • Latin America no stated reduction goals • Asia major investments but no reporting on GHGs • IFC manor investment in energy reductions • African water conference (March 2010) did not attend to mitigation
Messages to negotiators • Linkages water, energy and climate YES • Water services Class A emitter of GHGs • Northern utilities are working on energy reduction • Southern utilities are investing in development, buit have no mitigation targets • Mitigation and energy saving is about cash • UNFCCC should encourage southern utilities to adopt emission and energy reduction targets. • Where twinning arrangements between utilities, GHG reduction should be included.
