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Green MobilityNovember 2012
Simon GearTweet this presentation:@simongear
NOAA, 2009
MoE, Japan, 2011
Designing Adaptation / Mitigation Strategies
“while the climatic effects of mitigation measures are long term and dispersed
throughout the world, the health benefits are immediate and local”
Margaret Chan, Director General, WHO, 2011
The myth of sustainable growth
The myth of sustainable growth
3000 years
4.5% growth
Grantham, 2011
United Nations, 2004
after WWF, 2012
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Oil
Grantham, 2011
Food prices and unrest
Lagi et al, 2011
Food prices and unrest
Lagi et al, 2011
El Nino conflict
Hsiang et al, 2011
A new future of peaks
Oil April, 2056 BP, 2011
Natural Gas July, 2068 BP, 2011
Phosphorous <100 years GPRI, 2011
Coal 188 years Guardian, 2011
O N D J F M A M J J A S O
Price
Consumption
Designing Adaptation / Mitigation Strategies
“The systems to be strengthened are those that affect the majority of
people” Dr Stella Anyangwe, WHO, 2011
Designing Adaptation / Mitigation Strategies
Lessons for the transport industry
• Climate change response is not enough
Lessons for the transport industry
• Climate change response is not enough
• Tackle real, immediate impacts of motoring
Lessons for the transport industry
• Climate change response is not enough
• Tackle real, immediate impacts of motoring
• Culture is the main driver
Lessons for the transport industry
• Climate change response is not enough
• Tackle real, immediate impacts of motoring
• Culture is the main driver• Cost is secondary but still
important
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