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Climate Governance and Development, Berlin, 28-30 Sep 2008 Lose-Lose Risks and Win-Win Options Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE Potsdam Institute, Oxford University, Tyndall Centre
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190020002100 Globally averaged warming (ºC) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 B1A1TB2 A1BA2A1FI Multi-model Averages and Assessed Ranges for Surface Warming
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(Ramanathan & Feng 2008 PNAS) Cooling Effect of Aerosols
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Dangerous Warming Commitment (Ramanathan & Feng 2008 PNAS)
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(Schellnhuber 2008 PNAS) G8-Scenario and R&F‘s Invisible Hand
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Integrated Assessment Consider 3 crucial aspects of sustainable climate protection measures: Mitigation Adaptation Development
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Identify Ecological Assets Economic Sectors Social Systems highly sensitive to subset / totality of aspects Prioritize accordingly! Action Field Check
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Development Lose Invest in Win-Win-Win Options Disencourage Lose-Lose-Lose Risks Adaptation Mitigation Win Stagnate LoseWinStagnate Lose Win Stagnate
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LLL Examples Urbanization of coastal zones, mountain ranges, arid regions „Stradification“ of natural habitats Expansion of single-purpose fossil-fuel-based power stations WWW Examples Reduction of black carbon emissions through biomethane generated from degraded-land afforestation Solarthermal power generation + desalinization by energy towers Sustainable architecture
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Vulnerable Coastal Megacity: Mumbai
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The Phoenix Metropolitan Area
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Nouakchott, Mauritania
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www.faszination-regenwald.de u. a.
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(1) Biodiv/Wilderness moderately protected (2) Cropland not expanded Erbrecht and Lucht, unpub. 17 % of current global primary energy demand 81 EJ/yr 557 Mha (not irrigated) Fractional Plantation Area (2nd Generation Bioenergy) Bioenergy Potential (no irrigation)
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Energy Tower Principle
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Climate-fit urban design invented 2000 years ago
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