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Kim CarstensenLeader, WWF Global Climate InitiativeDecember 2009

Climate change abatement

- can profitable solutions in the building industry help unthaw political inertia in the midst of a financial crisis?

Air temperatures rising

Sea ice melting

Ocean surface warming

Snow cover declining

Permafrost warming

Glacier retreat accelerating

Greenland Ice Sheet melting

The Arctic is warming...

Ice sheet melt will be the primarycontributor to future sea-level rise

Coastal SettlementsMost at Risk

Fossil fuel emissions track IPCC’s worst case scenario

(Global Carbon Project, 2008)

1990-1999: 1.5 ppm / yr2000-2007: 2.0 ppm / yr2007: 2.2 ppm / yr

Economic Mitigation Potential by Sector

Source: IPCC, 4th Assessment Report

Technologies are available

Source: IPCC, 4th Assessment Report

Key mitigation technologies and practices currently commercially available

Emerging Economies:The Growth Challenge

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• Rapid urban growth in China:• 193 cities in 1978 of which 13 mega-cities and 27 large cities• 661 cities in 2005, of which 54 mega-cities and 84 large

cities

Annual migration of appr. 10 million people fromrural to urban areas:

• 17 billion m2 of buildings in China's urban areas• 1 billion m2 added each year

Low-Carbon Cities in China

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• Shanghai and Baoding became the first cities joining a new WWF initiative

• Explore ways for low carbon development in China’s urban areas

• Focus on energy efficiency in buildings, renewable energy and manufacturing of efficiency products

• Show how rapid economic growth and energy consumption can be decoupled

• Reduce environmental impacts from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the growing energy consumption

Developed Economies:The Renovation Challenge

• Germany’s “efficiency in buildings” programme came first in this ranking

• Integrated package of building standards, subsidies, loans, grants and retrofit programmes

• Reduces emissions substantially in the short and in the long term

• Creates jobs in the building market

• Can easily be implemented in most countries

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Efficiency in buildings

Feed-in tariff

Bus rapid transit

Weatherization

Tax incentive for renewables

Reducing emissions from deforestation

Solar Thermal Obligation

Top Runner standards

CNG fuel obligation

Energy Efficiency Commitment

EU Emission Trading System

1000 Enterprise Program

Green effectsEconomic effectsOutreach

Figure 1 - 1 Overview of ‘best policy’ measures

Scorecards on best and worst policies

Questions?

The fight against climate change starts at home...

Thank you!

Kim CarstensenLeader,WWF’sGlobal Climate Initiative

Jens LaustsenSenior energy policyanalyst (buildings), the International Energy Agency (IEA)

Eelco van Heel Board member, EuropeanInsulation Manufacturers’Association (EURIMA)CEO, the Rockwool Group