Mobilising Business Henrik Dissing 24.nov. 09 The Climate Change Adaptation Challenge – A Business...

Mobilising BusinessHenrik Dissing 24. nov. 09

The Climate Change Adaptation Challenge – A Business Perspective

ETAP Forum 7CPH, November 24th, 2009

Mobilising Business 24. nov. 09Henrik Dissing

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Lack of investments in sewers in DK

•Rating – from 1 to 5

•Tendency

•Ability to adapt

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Business can make a difference

•Knowledge

•Innovation

•Sales

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And business want to make a difference, but…

•Barriers must

be removed and

pre-conditions need

to be in place

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Solutions

Pre-conditions


Removing barriers / establish conditions

•Water Scarcity

•Floods

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A reality check of the value chain

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The pro-active public sector

Projects: RD&D instead of R&D

Financing the Valley of Death

Businesses benefit from redefining

Mind-set: not just another day in the office

The Global Perspective


Research needs to be tied to implementation

The WSSTP timetable:

•Vision document in 2005

•A range of recommendation

papers by 2008-2009

•Input to 7th EAP process (2012)

•Tenders by 2014, results by 2016…

•Then dissimination will follow…

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Money makes a difference

•Valley of Death

•Cost-heavy sector

•Great Risks

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The public sector must be more pro-active

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Business may benefit from redefining itself

Grundfos LIFELINK

From producer of pumps

to provider of water

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Recommendations for ETAP

•Speed up various programs and processes

•R&D R,D&D

•Technical solutions hand-in-hand with reviews of regulatory and statutory framework

•Financing Valley of Death – a few, very innovtive demonstration rojects rather than a broad range of small projects

•High level of innovation - Greening via ICT is a key

•Barriers for adaptation should be analysed and addressed

•A Pro-active Public Sector to facilitate change

•Keep the global outlook in mind12


We are at War – and you are the pilot

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Contact details

Head of Cleantech Program

Henrik Dissing

Confederation of Danish Industries

H C Andersens Boulevard 18

DK - 1787 CPH V

+45 3377 3922 / +45 2128 9077

•[email protected]

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