Water, Energy and Climate

Water, Energy and Climate

Henk van Schaik

Water DayBonn

2 June, 2010

CPWC Started 2001 after Third Assessment Report of IPCC.

2001 – 2005: Building awareness

– International events: WWF, WWW, IWA– Documentation: books and films– Local dialogues

Since 2005: Towards operational responses– International events: WWF, WWW, COP, IWA, WASH, Mediterranean– Information and expertise: website, tools development– Adaptation programmes: Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Bangladesh

IWA

International Water Association Global network for water professionals Over 10,000 members from 130 countries Focus on urban water solutions Since 2004 Specialist Group on Water and Climate, and

Task Group on Mitigation and Energy

Climate change: Political positions

Good news last week:

UK Conservative Liberal Government announced its target to reduce global GHG emissions with 30 % by 2020.

Climate change became top priority in less than 10 years and will continue as top priority

Assessment Yvo de Boer, SG of UNFCCC

While disappointing to some, Copenhagen was nonetheless a crucial event in the negotiating process…

Copenhagen reached consensus on $30 billion for 2010-2012 for adaptation and mitigation and $100 billion by 2020 per annum.

Water and Energy nexus

Water management and water services need energy for transportation and treatment

Water utilities contrubute approximately 4 % to global GHGs (equal to air traffic)

Water utilities are class A energy consumer in cities (up to 60 %)

Water utilities have enormous outreach to customers. Irrigation water pumping (groundwater equals to one

third of total power consumption in India. Energy generation needs water for exploration, cooling

and production of bio fuels

Water World

Mainly discussing and working on adaptation at global level

Utilities (IWA members) are working hard on energy reduction. It saves costs

Pumping water for agriculture in India consumes one third of all power.

Pumping groundwater in arid areas

Mitigation measures utilities

Direct utility measures Reduction targets for GHGs, e.g. from fossil energy to

green energy More energy efficiency in particular in LDC country

utilities Fuel switch and even fuel production (anaerobic

WWTPs)

Indirect measures utilities as vehicle e.g. manufacturers and clients

Raw materials e.g. for treatment Household level awareness raising

Examples

Europe– 30 % GHG reduction target– 20 % saving on energy target on 2008 levels– 20 % contribution renewable energy – Introduction climate footprints to monitor progress.

other utilities

Australia mandatory reporting dury on GHGs USA mandatory reporting duty on GHGs Latin America no stated reduction goals Asia major investments but no reporting on GHGs IFC manor investment in energy reductions African water conference (March 2010) did not attend to

mitigation

Messages to negotiators

Linkages water, energy and climate YES Water services Class A emitter of GHGs Northern utilities are working on energy reduction Southern utilities are investing in development, buit have

no mitigation targets Mitigation and energy saving is about cash UNFCCC should encourage southern utilities to adopt

emission and energy reduction targets. Where twinning arrangements between utilities, GHG

reduction should be included.

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