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TOWARDS LOW CARBON SOCIETY Innovation, Leadership and Changes

Rini Astuti, Indonesia, King’s College London Rini.astuti@kcl.ac.uk


“Whose neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future� Euripides


TOWARDS LOW CARBON SOCIETY Innovation, Leadership and Changes


Presentation Outline • Our One And Only Earth • The Political Context of Climate Change • The Low Carbon Society


I lost my friends, my food and my home


• More than 70% people live on less than US$ 2 a day • More than 2 billion people lack access to clean water • 150 million climate refugees by 2050, of which 80% will be women and children





Year 2005 = 5.8 MMT CO2

1.2 million elephants


Deforestation


Forest as big as a fifth of England is lost every year in Indonesia


Intensive farming and Agriculture management


THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY ONLY HALF OF THE STORY

Over half of the emissions are caused by how we live


Oil era and consumption patterns



Total 30 billion tonnes of CO2 in the world

6,000,000,000,000


Source: Niode, 2010


Climate Related Disasters


Impacts of Climate Change


The politics of Climate Change

Source: Niode, 2010


“Why should Chinese sacrifice our growth so that the west can continue to be stupid and profligate?�


The Copenhagen Accord

Source: Niode, 2010


Why Low Carbon Society? • Climate Change • Economic Reasons • Geopolitics • Moral imperative


Innovation •

R&D for a better and cheaper Green Technology

Green Business for a more sustainable world

Creativity for a better life


Changes 1. Changes the way we live and redefinition of wealth


And beyond.... 2. We need changes in our economic and democracy system


“You must become the changes you want to see in the world�


Leadership •

We need a new hero generation

Political will and global leadership


Where does this challenge of climate change lead us?


“All of us have an unprecedented amount of power to solve problems, save lives and help see the future.� Bill Clinton


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