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One Planet and ICT
Oliver Greenfield
Head of Sustainable Business and Economics, WWF-UK
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Key areas of discussion
What is happening - a planetary systemperspective 4 slides
Scale of industry transformation 3 slides
Opportunities for ICT 6 slides
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1. System
loading
Planetary operating system: loading, health, services
2. System
health
3. Services
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One Planet 9 Ecological BoundariesCLIMATE CHANGE: CO2concentration (parts per
million)
Preindustrial value: 280Current: 387
Boundary: 350
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: Aragonite saturationstate in surface water (Omega units)
Preindustrial value: 3.44Current: 2.90Boundary: 2.75
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE
DEPLETION: Concentration
(Dobson units)
Preindustrial value: 290Current: 283
Boundary: 276
NITROGEN: Rate of human removalfrom atmosphere (million tons per year)
Preindustrial value: 0
Current: 133Boundary: 39
PHOSPHORUS: Rate offlow into oceans (million
tons per year)
Preindustrial value: 1Current: 10
Boundary: 12
FRESHWATER USE:Rate of human
consumption (cubickilometres per year)
Preindustrial value: 415
Current: 2,600Boundary: 4,000
LAND USE: Percent converted tocropland
Preindustrial value: Negligible
Current: 11.7
Boundary: 15
BIODIVERSITY LOSS: Extinctionrate (species per million per year)
Preindustrial value: 0.1-1.0Current: >100Boundary: 10
AEROSOL LOADING:Particular concentration in
atmosphere, regional
Values to be determined
CHEMICAL POLLUTION:Amount emitted to, or
concentrated in, environment
Values to be determined
Source: Stockholmresilience.org
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Planetary operating system: overloaded, eroded, declining
services1. System
overload
Ocean acidification + 30%Land use change Freshwater use
Biodiversity loss >100 species pm/yr 35% loss of species numbers since 1975
2. System
health -
eroded
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More floods risking infrastructure, less freshwater risking cooling, less availability of resources
More floods risking infrastructure, less freshwater risking viability of homes, less availability ofbuilding resources
More floods risking infrastructure, less availability of resources, costs of carbon change
transportation viability
Less nutrient cycling, and poorer soils, more floods, less predictable climate, more invasivespecies and diseases, imbalanced nitrogen cycles leading to algal blooms, dead marinezones, less fish
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Food price rises, crops and fish failure, food availability, housing flooded, energy price rises andsystems failing, transport price rises, roads & rail system failures
Increased anxiety Changing consumer
behaviours & preferences
Declining confidence in
governance
Disruptive change, opportunities and liabilities, stranded carbon assets, loss of profitability,
Litigation, Licence to operate
Crisis of confidence -
response?
Carbon price, reporting legislations, removal of subsidies, water
rationing, major political change
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Our Transformational challenge
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1 61 1 66 1 71 1 76 1 81 1 86 1 1 1 6 2001
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Footprint
HLY
Efficiency
2 0 50
8 0 % reduction in CO2 emissions
Life Expectancy 8 0 yrs
Life Satisfaction 8 /1 0
Resource
efficiency to
improve by
over 8 0 %
So ur c e : NE F
Ne xt 1 0 y e ars
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Food, housing and transport account for 63% of global
ecological footprint, 65% of total CO2, 72% material use
Global ecological footprint by demand areas
23% Food
26% Housing
14 %
Personal
Mobility
4% Hotels / Restaurants
5% Other
10% Recreation / Culture
1% Communication
2% Clothing
2% Health
5%Alcoh. Bev.
& Tabacco
8 % Household
Equipm.
Source: WWF One Planet Business
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3 Cs for achieving transformational change
Consume better, different, less,
1990 2050
GHG emissions
Time
Business as usual
Source: WWF One Planet Mobility achieving 80% reductions from transport
One Planet Future
1. Consume better
e.g. electric cars
3. Consume lesse.g. travel less from
better town planning,work from home
2. Consume differently
e.g. public transport
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INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Source: An Inefficient Truth
ICT Consume less power
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ICT help society consume better, differently and less
ICT solutions for the first billion ton of GHG emission reductions
Source: WWF - The potential global CO2 reductions from ICT use
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Source: The potential global CO2 reductions from ICT use
Dematerialization
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WWF-UKs One in Five Challenge
the ICT solution video conferencing
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ONE PLANET & ICT
Reduce power consumption of devices
Help society consume better, differently, less
Factor in climate change in to all R&D
Target high carbon activities with low carbon solutions
Help build a smarter society
Thank you
Oliver Greenfield
Head of Sustainable Business and Economics, WWF-UK
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