Accelerating the green transition in a resource- challenged continent Dr. Hans Bruyninckx – EEA Executive Director EEB Annual Conference Brussels, 18 October 2013
Accelerating the green transition in a resource-challenged continent Dr. Hans Bruyninckx – EEA Executive Director EEB Annual Conference Brussels, 18 October.
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Accelerating the green transition
in a resource-challenged
continent
Dr. Hans Bruyninckx – EEA Executive Director
EEB Annual Conference
Brussels, 18 October 2013
The twin challenge
UNEP 2012 - GEO5‘good life’
Within environmental limits
Resource use
1980 1990 2000 2008 2010* 2020* 2030* 2040* 2050*0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
160.0
180.0
200.0
MetalsFossil fuelsMineralsBiomass
Note: *projection
SERI (2013): SERI Global Material Flows Database. 2013 Edition. Available at: www.materialflows.net
Decoupling – material use
SERI 2012
Material consumption
EU materials trade balance
EEA 2012
Transition needed to meet the targets
Living within ecological limits
Not about efficiency gains …
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Or about technological innovation
Is Europe on track to a ‘green economy’?
EEA 2012: Environmental Indicator Report 2012
Resource efficiency
Greenhouse gas emissionsTransboundary air pollutionAir pollutionMaritime transport emissionsWater useDecoupling / recycling
Key:improvingstable / mixed progress deteriorating
Ecosystem resilience
Global climate changeMarine biodiversityAir quality in urban areasTerrestrial biodiversityWater statusEcological footprint
Main challenges
Connecting the 2020/30 policies to 2050 vision
More effective global action Transition of fundamental socio-
technical systems Changing the message and the
discourse …
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