Sustainability and Climate Change

Leeds University Business School

Sustainability and Climate Change

Dr Hinrich Voss LUBS5234M/LUBS5233M

Interrelatedness of ‘sustainabilities’

Marshall and Harry (2005)

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Societal Risk

Water Supply Crises

Food shortage crises

WEF, 2013

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Water Scarcity

NIC (2012)

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Environmental Risk

Rising GHG emissions

Failure of climate change adaptation

WEF, 2013

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Economic Risk

Extreme volatility in energy and agriculture prices

WEF, 2013

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Risk Likelihood

X X

X X

X

X X

X

WEF, 2013

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Risk Impact

X

X

X

X X

X

WEF, 2013

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Global Factory – an example

Core functions Distributed mfg Local market adaptation

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Sustainability and the Global Factory

Core functions Distributed mfg Local market adaptation EPI Score: 100-90 89.99-80 79.99-70 69.99-60 59.99-50 49.99-39 no data

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Source: YCELP, CIESIN, WEF, and JRC (2008)

Total GHG Emissions, 2009

total mn metric tons

1556.7

541.0

3898.9

5424.5

443.6

7706.8

1591.1

414.9 425.2

417.7 451.2

EIA. 2011

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GHG Intensity, 2009

Metric tons of carbon dioxide per thousand year 2005 US$

0.45

0.35

0.81

0.42

0.32

0.92 0.47 0.47

0.24

0.99

0.54

EIA. 2011

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Emissions per Capita, 2009

Metric tons of carbon dioxide per person

11.1

8.5 17.7 4.0

1.4

5.8

1.7

2.1

9.2

EIA. 2011

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Major developed countries – pledges and the scale of challenge

Country Pledge for...