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14th Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development
Alessandro GalliGlobal Footprint Network
Budva (Montenegro) 30 May 2011
Biocapacity:How much bioproductive area is available to us?
Ecological Footprint:How much bioproductive area do we demand?
Humanity’s Ecological Footprint (1961 – 2007)
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Ecological Creditors and Ecological Debtors: 1961
Ecological Creditors and Ecological Debtors: 2007
• GOALS of the Initiative– Bring ecological limits to the policy debate– Identify risks resource limitations pose to
economic and social well-being
• What do we offer? – Ecological bank statement for countries,
reflecting resource trends with potential economic, environmental and social consequences.
GLOBAL FOOTPRINT NETWORK’S MEDITERRANEAN ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT INITIATIVE
Ecological Footprint
Biocapacity
1961 2007
• Are Mediterranean nations and their economies ready for a resource constrained world?
BiocapacityEcological Footprint
What if this were a business – if this were income and expenditures?
Expenditure Income
Biocapacity
Ecological Footprint
Shrinking Ecological Credit
Risk of increasing Ecological and Social Instability
Ecological Footprint
Biocapacity
Deficit
ITALY
Ecological Footprint
Biocapacity
Deficit
ITALY
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Cropland Grazing Land Forest Land FishingGrounds
CarbonUptake Land
Built-up Land
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Food Housing
Mobility Goods
Services Government
GFC Other
2007
Next Steps• Development of a biocapacity-based socio-economic risk
assessment framework:
• Linking BC and EF (and sub-components) to key indicators and trends (e.g., debt/GDP ratio)
• What are the vulnerabilities (e.g., supply disruption, price volatility, instability, food /energy insecurity)
• Pilot in Mediterranean Region
• We invite you to engage with us
Timeline of the project• Launched in January 2010• Interim Report available since May 2011• June-August 2011: Consultation Phase• Development of a Risk Evaluation Framework:
ongoing• January 2012: Mediterranean Footprint Report
ready
Thank You !
For more information please visit:
http://www.footprintnetwork.org/med
Alessandro Galli, PhD.Senior Scientist
Global Footprint [email protected]