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Source: World Bank (2009) World Development Report 2010
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Source: World Bank (2009) World Development Report 2010
ACCELERATING DIFFUSION AND INNOVATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE SYSTEMS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Jean-Louis Racine, The World BankMay 7, 2010Knowledge Economy Forum IX - Berlin
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WHAT IS CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION?Sector Mitigation Adaptation ExamplesTransport √ Electric vehicles
Industry √ Energy efficiency
Energy supply √ Renewable energy
Waste management
√ Recovering/reducing methane from waste
Building √ √ Storm-resistant buildings, energy efficiency
Agriculture √ √ Drought resistant crops
Forestry √ √ Processing and use of forest products
Human health √ Health monitoring and surveillance systems
Coastal adaptation
√ Geographical planning systems for coastal zones
Water √ Non-water based sanitation
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Water availability is expected to decrease everywhere but Russia
WHY BOTHER WITH CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA?-> REASON 1: ADAPTATION RELIES ON LOCAL INNOVATION
Decrease in yields
Yield gap is already 4.5 times larger than yield
increase from climate change
Source: World Bank (2009) World Development Report 2010
ECA’s poor transport, power and housing infrastructure is expected to be under significant stress
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WHY BOTHER WITH CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA? -> REASON 2: THERE ARE WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITIES
Energy technology can promote business competitiveness
Source: World Bank (2010) Lights Out? The Outlook for Energy in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
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WHY BOTHER WITH CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA? -> REASON 2: THERE ARE WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITIES
Many climate change technologies are already financial viable
Source: World Bank (2009) World Development Report 2010
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WHY BOTHER WITH CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA? -> REASON 3: DON’T BE THE LAST ONE IN THE GAME
Clean technology investments are experiencing phenomenal growth
Global cumulative wind capacity
Source: World Bank (2009) World Development Report 2010
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WHY BOTHER WITH CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA? -> REASON 3: DON’T BE THE LAST ONE IN THE GAME
But where is ECA?
Source: World Bank (2009) World Development Report 2010
Location of investments of top 5 global wind equipment firms in 2009
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WHY BOTHER WITH CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA? -> REASON 3: DON’T BE THE LAST ONE IN THE GAME
ECA has the world’s highest carbon intensity
Total primary energy supply in kiloton oil equivalent per GDP
Source: World Bank (2010) Lights Out? The Outlook for Energy in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
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HOW CAN YOU STIMULATE CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA?
Command and control: Regulations and mandatory performance standards ...but careful, this is a double-edged sword
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HOW CAN YOU STIMULATE CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA?
Price signals Remove subsidies to high-carbon technologies Remove tariffs on climate-smart technologies Tax carbon Introduce feed-in tariffs for renewable energy
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Number of electric bicycles produced in China:
1998 = 40,000 2008 = 21,000,000
($11 billion industry)
Source: World Bank (2009) World Development Report 2010
HOW CAN YOU STIMULATE CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA?
Regulation and price signals in action in China
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HOW CAN YOU STIMULATE CLIMATE-SMART INNOVATION IN ECA?
But regulations and price signals alone can’t solve the market and system failures associated with innovation
Improve the business environment Facilitate climate-smart FDI and create conditions for local production
of climate-smart technologies Introduce climate-smart innovation policy
Public R&D on climate-smart innovation Research-industry linkages Climate-smart industry standards Climate-smart technology extension programs in industry and agriculture In countries with a critical mass of innovation such as Russia, Poland and
Turkey, introduce climate-smart innovation support promotion instruments in the private sector: matching grants, innovation prizes, etc.
http://blogs.worldbank.org/ climatechange/
http://worldbank.org/wdr2010
http://www.worldbank.org/eca/ climatechange
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