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
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Green Business for a more sustainable world
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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
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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