sustanibility and leadership

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Sustainability &

Leadership

Mr. Howard Shaw

Executive Director

Singapore Environment Council


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LIVING PLANET INDEX


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WORLD CO2 EMISSIONS FROM FOSSIL

FUELS


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Energy Demand

By 2050:

2.5 billion more than today

double the number today

using twice as much

energy as now


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Three hard truths will shape the

future of the ecosystem


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Energy &

Climate Change

Impacts from climate change:

Temperature rise

sea level rise

massive biodiversity loss

increase of extreme events

Depletion of fresh water resources

Increase of vector born diseases economic and social instabilities

.

Climate change is real and a very serious threat to global stability

The greatest challenge

of the 21st century


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People at the heart of the storylines

individually and collectively

People choose the easiest

option for them

Fear is not enough to

change behaviours

Climate change is too difficult

Delegating action to the state

Adapt rather than change


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Solution:

Biofuel Generation from

Algae The current biofuel production process is highly

unsustainable (land use, energy requirements)

=> negative impact on agriculture

Biofuel generated from algae could solve these

issues:

- saving in energy

- saving in land use- high yield

Fuel of the future?


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Solution: Carbon Sequestration

Sequestrating carbon emissions

underground is a safe process

Similar technology used for the

extraction of natural gas can be

applied

The carbon will remain trapped

for millions of years


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Solution: Renewable

Energies on a Large Scale

A combine use of renewable energy sources couldmeet our current energy needs:

- Solar energy (photovoltaic and thermal)

- Hydroelectric energy

- Wind energy

- Geothermal energy

- Ocean Thermal energy

- Ocean wave energy

- Tidal and currents energy

These technologies are available today

We must however rapidly make the shift going awayfrom fossil fuel based energies


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Solution: Sustainable

Transportation

Transportation accounts for almost one

third of all greenhouse gas emissions

Improving energy efficiency and

emission reducing technologies within

transport is a priority

- Hybrids

- Fuel cells

- CNG vehicles

- Mass public transportation

- Human energy vehicles

- Solar and wind energy vehicles


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0 60 mph in 3.9 Secs

244 mile range

2 X more efficient than a Prius

Tesla Roadster


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17/38Source: McKinsey & Company - Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy 2009

H N l F i


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Hope: Nuclear Fusion Currently used nuclear fission is a clean process

when it comes to emissions but it generatesradioactive waste and poses security risks

Fusion is the energy of the future by excellence Clean process occurring within the sun

It can be done

Major problems remaining to be solved:

- Maintaining a stable reaction

- Confining the extremely hot plasma

We might be able to harvest fusion energy in 50 yearstime

However, our climate will not waitother alternatives mustbe put into place


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Waste

Facts:

Cities are growing fast

Landfills are reaching saturation/

incineration produces emissions

Waste has a lot ofvalue but is notexploited

We must shift from a global unsustainable

waste management model to a sustainable

one


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Garbage Output

Waste Output 2002: 7,677 tonnes/day

Equivalent to1,100truck loads!

Equivalent to 2.8 million tonnes/yr

If stacked to an average mans height

(1.7m), it would occupy 350footballfields


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Tuas South Incineration Plant


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Waste Disposal at

Pulau Semakau


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Pulau Semakau Landfill:

Completed 1999

Cost: $610 million

Life Span : 30 years350 hectare


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Pulau Semakau Yesterday 5 Nov 2009


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Solution: Waste to

Energy

By 2050 80% of the world population

will be living in mega cities

The tremendous amount of waste

generated can be valued

Entire cities can be powered out of

energy generated from waste

- Capture of gases (CO2 & CH4)- Use of heat energy generated from the

decomposition process


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Solution: Waste

Engineering

Non-traditional waste recovery

Bio-plastics

Hi-Tech & Hi Value Add


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Solution: Traditional

Recycling

Value waste

Use of recycled content within

products

Reduce massive consumerisms

1) Educating the community

2) Implementation of infrastructures to

treat the waste accordingly

Technology will not solve all our problems,we must also change our behaviors


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Nature &

conservation

Facts:

. Species are going extinct at least 1000 times

faster than the natural rate

We could lose 30-40% ofall species on the

planet through the impacts of climate change

alone by the end of the century

At the current rate primary forests will have

completely disappeared in places such as Borneo

or PNG within 20-30 years


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Solution: Sustainable

Cities

Cities of the future must incorporate

nature (green walls, green roof tops,

natural parks, connectors)

Green buildings (energy efficiency)

Good water management

Good waste management

Most importantly, biodiversity and

natural ecosystems around cities

should be preserved at all costs

They have a critical role to play

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Solution: Learning

from Nature

We have a lot to learn from ourenvironment:

We must understand that there istremendous amount of knowledge which

will disappear with the loss ofbiodiversity

- Potential remedies and medicines

- Potential for optimal design(biomimetics)

The preservation of biodiversity is crucialin our own interest

Biomimetics is the study of nature to

come up with innovative ideas and

optimal designs


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We know more about our solar system them we do about life in

the deep oceans of our own planet!


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Solution: Valuing

Nature There is a lot of economical gain inpreserving our environment:

Revenues generated from:

Ecotourism

Agroforestry Medicines

We must learn to work with our

environment and not against it

The destruction and loss of natural

ecosystems will end up costing much more

than their destruction for short term profit


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Awareness

In order to judge we need to know what we are

losing

Sharing of knowledge => Snow-Ball effect

Awareness is primordial

Small actions by individuals can lead tosignificant changes if applied on a large scale

Share your knowledge

You are in a position

to influence people


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Schools Green Audit Awards Schools achieve awards of varying levels based

on their performance in environmental audits.


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Project Carbon Zero

180 in contest trial. Average: 22% reduction

www.climatechange.sg


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Current Model vs. Future Sustainable Society

At the current rate we will

need at least 2 planet Earth

by 2050

Our current business model

Is not sustainable

OUR BANK


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WITHDRAWALS

USE OF RESOURCES

POLLUTION

DEPOSITS

ENVIRONMENTAL

ACTION

NATURALRESTORATION

OUR BANK

WITHDRAWALS

USE OF RESOURCES

POLLUTION

DEPOSITS

ENVIRONMENTAL

ACTION

NATURAL

RESTORATION


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Thank you for your

attention

www.sec.org.sg

The SEC team
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