14th meeting of the mediterranean commission on sustainable development alessandro galli global...

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

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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 Networkalessandro@footprintnetwork.org