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“What Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Climate Change and Prospects for a Green Economy?” March, 02 2009 UNESCO. Prof. José Goldemberg University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil. Problems with the present energy system. Exhaustion of fossil resources Security of supply
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“What Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Climate Change and Prospects for a Green Economy?”March, 02 2009UNESCO Prof. José Goldemberg University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
Problems with the present energy system • Exhaustion of fossil resources • Security of supply • Environmental impacts
Security of supply Petroleum fluxes 5
Global anthropogenic greenhouse emissions in 2004 7 Source: IPCC, 2007
GHG emissions by sector in 2004 8 Source: IPCC, 2007
Modern renewables projections for 2010 and 2020 Note: Projections of modern renewables (including small hydro, excluding large) based on 11.5 percent growth per year, over the period 2001-2005. Sources: UNDP, UNDESA, and WEC, 2000 and 2004; REN21, 2006; And IEA, 2006 11
TECHNOLOGICAL LEAPFROGGING Rather than mimicking the industrialized nations, going through an economic development phase that is dirty and wasteful creating a enormous legacy of environmental pollution, developing countries can leapfrog over some of the steps originally followed by industrialized countries and incorporate currently available modern and efficient technologies into their development process.
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