business advantage on a warming planet
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Business Advantage OnA Warming Planet
Jonathan Lash World Resources Institute
Climate Competitiveness with the Auto Industry
Source: World Resources Institute and Sustainable Asset Management
Comparison of Fuel Economy and GHG Emissions Standards
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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Concentrations
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299 ppmv
Highest in last 420,000 yrs
370 ppmvMost recent
Source: C.D. Keeling and T.P. Whorf, Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations (ppmv) derived from in situ air samples collected at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, August 1998. A. Neftel et al, Historical CO2 Record from the Siple Station Ice Core, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland, September 1994. See http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/co2/contents.htm
Millennial N. Hemisphere (AD1000-1999)
Source: IPCC TAR
Dramatic Changes: An Ice-free Arctic? 1979-2003:
Progressive Loss of Arctic Ice
1960 – World’s 6th largest lake
1963 – 2001 shrunk 95%, wetlands spoilt
Source: UNEP – ONE PLANET MANY PEOPLE: Atlas of our Changing Environment
Lake Chad
Water withdrawals from rivers/lakes doubled since 1960
The Frequency of Weather Related Disasters
Data from Swiss Re 2005
Global Ocean Currents
A More Poisonous Poison Ivy
U.S.: Emerging State-Level CO2 Regulation
Source: CO2e.com
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Projections of CO2 and Temperature to 2100
Temperature Projections and Risk
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Source: Robert Socolw, www.princeton.edu/~cmi
Energy Efficiency
Coal-based Synfuels with CCS
Wind power
Reforestation
Mass transit
Stabilization Triangle
2004 2054
7 GtC/y
14 GtC/y
Fill the Stabilization Triangle with Seven Wedges
Carbon Capture & Storage
Adapted from:
Robert Socolw, www.princeton.edu/~cmi
Biofuels
ClimateRisk
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How Climate Risk Influences Corporate Value
August 28, 2005
Photo Credit: NASA/Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
Hurricane Katrina
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How Climate Risk Influences Corporate Value
ClimateRisk
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Physical Risk
How Climate Risk Influences Corporate Value
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Products / TechnologyLitigation Reputation /
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How Climate Risk Influences Corporate Value
New Patterns of Pest Damage
The New York Times, June 25, 2002
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Sector Level
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Products / TechnologyLitigation Reputation /
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How Climate Risk Influences Corporate Value
ClimateRisk
Sector Level
Company Level
Products / TechnologyLitigation Reputation /
Brand
Political / Regulatory
Supply Chain
Physical Risk
How Climate Risk Influences Corporate Value
Potential Climate Change Impacts on Cash Flows and Cost of Capital
MeMAC: 4 Steps to Business Advantage
1. Measure - Quantify the Company’s Carbon Footprint
2. Manage - Mitigating Climate Value at Risk
3. Adapt - Use Knowledge Gained to Adapt to Climate Risk
4. Compete - Develop a “Climate Competitive Advantage”
Managing Risk: Measure/Manage
•Alcoa Inc.•Cargill Dow LLC•Delphi Corporation•Dow Chemical Company•DuPont•FedEx Kinko's•General Motors•IBM•Interface•Johnson & Johnson•NatureWorks LLC•Pitney Bowes•Staples•Starbucks
GPMDG
GE: Ecomagination
Producing plastics, for packaging and fibers, from 100% annually renewable resources
• Offset 100% of the company’s net greenhouse gas emissions from polymer production and the world’s largest lactic acid plant
• NatureWorks® PLA is now the world’s first greenhouse-gas neutral polymer
Business case
• 59 million kWh/year of Green-e® certified RECs
• Generated by 22 MW of wind turbines in Great Plains
2005 new green power purchase
Photo courtesy of Sterling PlanetPhoto courtesy of Sterling Planet
Insert photo of PLA Insert photo of PLA productproduct
Interface – GHG’s Down, Returns Up
New York City circa 1950
New York City December 2001