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Sustainable Energy for AllA focus on efficiency and climate change
Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General
WMO, Geneva, 23.3.2012
The Age of Planetary Boundariesand Resource Scarcity
• 3 billion more middle class consumers expected
• 80% rise in steel demand by 2030
• Since the turn of the century, 147% increase in real commodity prices
• December 2010, FAO food price index at all time high (2010 to 2011 wheat prices rose by 75%)
• 100% increase in average cost to bring a new oil well into production in last two decades
• TGIF
• Water stress
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•The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, established a newHigh-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All
• Co-chairs: Yumkella and Holliday (Bank of America)
• Multi-stakeholder group with strong private sector participation
Full Action Agenda delivered at Rio+20, 2012
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By 2030:
•Universal Access
•Double the historical rate of improvement in Energy Efficiency
•Double the share of Renewable Energy in the overall mix
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Implications of achieving universal modern energy access
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World energydemand
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World energy demand in thecentral scenario
World CO2
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World CO2 emissions in thecentral scenario (right axis)
Additional CO2 emissions in theEnergy for All Case (right axis)
0.7% Additional energy demand in theEnergy for All Case 1.1%
Source: IEA 5
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Final energy demand and GHG Emissions in the GEA scenarios (blue lines) and compared to a business as usual case (red line)
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Low-income developing economies
Lower middle-income developing economies
Upper middle-income developing economies
High-income developing economies
Industrial energy intensity
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UNIDO database on Industrial Energy Efficiency policies
http://ieep.unido.org/
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Temperature profiles for one of the GEA scenarios and for a business as usual development. Climate sensitivity of 1.5-4.5 degrees C from IPCC 2007 AR4