Lezing Dr. Peter Tom Jones (SIM² KU Leuven) voor UDLL, Mechelen, 20210216). Topic: Welkom in het Antropoceen - Over(leven) bnnen planetaire grenzen. Over de "global ecosystem breakdown" en de mogelijke uitwegen uit de crisis. Over Business As Usual vs. een gedegen transitiebeleid naar een klimaatneutrale, veerkrachtige circulaire economie.
3. Sir David
Attenborough
“… if we don’t take
action, the collapse
of our civilisations
and the extinction of
much of the natural
world is on the
horizon”
(Katowice, VN
Klimaatconferentie-COP24,
December 2018)
17/12/2019
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2018
5. "Only if humanity acts quickly and resolutely can we limit global
warming, halt the ongoing mass extinction of animal and plant
species, and preserve the natural basis for the food supply and
well-being of present and future generations. This is what the young
people want to achieve. They deserve our respect and full support.“
(Science, 2019: getekend door meer dan 3,000 wetenschappers)
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09/09/2019
2019
6. In juni 2019 roept de Paus de
klimaatnoodtoestand uit
09/09/2019
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7. Het Europees Parlement volgt in
november 2019
2/12/2019
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Source:
The Guardian,
28-11-2019
9. Jones
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“We live in the midst of a pandemic, but
climate change is just as much of a crisis as it
was before. (…) This is not a time to be silent.”
The Guardian, 21 September 2020
Vandaag…
Pre-corona
11. "We must remember
there is no vaccine to
fix our changing
climate. (…)
I am deeply concerned that
in domestic stimulus plans
dirty measures that increase
carbon emissions outnumber
green initiatives by four to
one”
(Ban-Ki Moon, Climate Adaptation
Summit, January 2021)
2/18/2021
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13. We leven niet in een
“tijdperk van
verandering” dan wel in
een “verandering van
[geologisch] tijdperk”
Cf. Jan Rotmans, Verandering van tijdperk, 2014
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16. Planetaire grenzen worden doorboord
18/02/2021
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Source:
Adaptation of Steffen et al.,
Science, 2015 - Update from
Rockström et al, Nature, 2009
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17. Planetaire grenzen worden doorboord
18/02/2021
Jones
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KU
Leuven
Source:
Adaptation of Steffen et al.,
Science, 2015 - Update from
Rockström et al, Nature, 2009
9 (onderling afhankelijke) planetaire
grenzen
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18. 25% van de wereldbevolking lijdt aan
waterstress
Source: WRI, 2019
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19. België (lees: Vlaanderen) staat op nr.
23 in de waterstress-rangorde
Source: WRI, 2019
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20. Planetaire grenzen worden doorboord
18/02/2021
Jones
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KU
Leuven
Source:
Adaptation of Steffen et al.,
Science, 2015 - Update from
Rockström et al, Nature, 2009
9 (onderling afhankelijke) planetaire
grenzen
2 kengrenzen (core planetary
boundaries):
• Biosfeerintegriteit
• Klimaatverandering
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21. Planetaire grenzen worden doorboord
18/02/2021
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Leuven
Source:
Adaptation of Steffen et al.,
Science, 2015 - Update from
Rockström et al, Nature, 2009
9 (onderling afhankelijke) planetaire
grenzen
2 kengrenzen (core planetary
boundaries):
• Biosfeerintegriteit
• Klimaatverandering
BIO
BIO
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22. 1 miljoen soorten worden met uitsterven
bedreigd (UN IPBES, 2019)
“The biosphere, upon
which humanity as a
whole depends, is
being altered to an
unparalleled degree
across all spatial
scales. Biodiversity
(…) is declining faster
than at any time in
human history.”
(6-5-2019, SFP-
IPBES, 2019
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BIO
BIO
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“Because of the way things have been
going in the world, it’s more likely
we’ll have zoonotic infections causing
outbreaks in the future” (…)
Greater population density, greater
travel, deforestation – all of these
things make it more likely that these
outbreaks will happen and then
something will spread.”
Prof. Sarah Gilbert,
Oxford University
(August 30, 2020, The Independent)
Source: The Guardian,
17-6-2020
28. Planetaire grenzen worden doorboord
18/02/2021
Jones
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Leuven
Source:
Adaptation of Steffen et al.,
Science, 2015 - Update from
Rockström et al, Nature, 2009
9 (onderling afhankelijke) planetaire
grenzen
2 kengrenzen (core planetary
boundaries):
• Biosfeerintegriteit
• Klimaatverandering
CLI
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30. Wat is de impact van COVID-19 op de
uitstoot van broeikasgassen?
18/02/2021
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Source:
J. Tollefson, Nature, 2021
CLI
31. Some animals are more equal than others…
Source:
The Guardian,
21-9-2020
CLI
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32. IPCC SRCCL (2019) toont
opwarming atmosfeer…
Source: SPM Figure 1, IPCC SRCCL (2019)
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CLI
33. IPCC SROCC (2019) toont projecties
voor stijging zeeniveau…
Source: SROCC Figure 1 (2019)
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18/02/2021
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34. IPCC SROCC (2019) toont projecties
voor stijging zeeniveau…
Source: SROCC Figure 1 (2019)
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18/02/2021
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35. Thomas Slater:
“Although we
anticipated the ice
sheets would lose
increasing amounts of
ice in response to the
warming of the oceans
and atmosphere, the
rate at which they are
melting has accelerated
faster than we could
have imagined”
Lead author “Ice-sheet losses track
high-end sea-level rise projections”,
Nature Climate Change, 2020.
18/02/2021
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Source:
The Independent,
September 2, 2020
36. IPCC SR15 (2018) toonde aan waarom
zelfs 2°C opwarming te veel is
Source: Figure
3.20, IPCC SR15
[Special Report
Global Warming of
1.5 ºC]
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“to avoid dangerous
climate change by
limiting global warming
to well below 2°C and
pursuing efforts to limit it
to 1.5°C”
(Paris Agreement, 2015)
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37. Review in Science bevestigt de noodzaak
om opwarming beneden 1.5°C te houden
Source: Hoegh-
Guldberg et al.,
Science, 2019
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KU
Leuven
18/02/2021
“to avoid dangerous
climate change by
limiting global warming
to well below 2°C and
pursuing efforts to limit it
to 1.5°C”
(Paris Agreement, 2015)
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38. Opwarming van meer dan 1,5°C
brengt de SDGs in gevaar!
Source: Hoegh-
Guldberg et al.,
Science, 2019
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18/02/2021
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42. De hamvraag: is er een planetair
kantelpunt?
Source: Lenton et al., Nature, 2019
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17/12/2019
43. Naar een onomkeerbare sprong richting
“Hothouse Earth” systeemtoestand?
Source: Steffen et al.,
PNAS, 2018
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18/02/2021
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44. Naar een onomkeerbare sprong richting
“Hothouse Earth” systeemtoestand?
Source: Steffen et al.,
PNAS, 2018
Jones
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KU
Leuven
18/02/2021
“(..) the Earth System may be approaching a
planetary threshold that could lock in a
continuing rapid pathway toward much hotter
conditions—Hothouse Earth.
(…) a pathway that could not be reversed,
steered, or substantially slowed.
Where such a threshold might be is uncertain,
but it could be only decades ahead at a
temperature rise of ∼2.0 °C above
preindustrial, (…).
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45. Naar een onomkeerbare sprong richting
“Hothouse Earth” systeemtoestand?
Source: Steffen et al.,
PNAS, 2018
Jones
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KU
Leuven
18/02/2021
“(..) the Earth System may be approaching a
planetary threshold that could lock in a
continuing rapid pathway toward much hotter
conditions—Hothouse Earth.
(…) a pathway that could not be reversed,
steered, or substantially slowed.
Where such a threshold might be is uncertain,
but it could be only deacades ahead at a
temperature rise of ∼2.0 °C above
preindustrial, (…).
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46. Naar een onomkeerbare sprong richting
“Hothouse Earth” systeemtoestand?
Source: Steffen et al.,
PNAS, 2018
Jones
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KU
Leuven
18/02/2021
“(..) the Earth System may be approaching a
planetary threshold that could lock in a
continuing rapid pathway toward much hotter
conditions—Hothouse Earth.
(…) a pathway that could not be reversed,
steered, or substantially slowed.
Where such a threshold might be is uncertain,
but it could be only decades ahead at a
temperature rise of ∼2.0 °C above
preindustrial, (…).
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49. Naar een “Stabilized Earth”
systeemtoestand?
Source: Steffen et al.,
PNAS, 2018
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50. Planetair rentmeesterschap →
“Stabilised Earth” toestand
Source: Steffen et al.,
PNAS, 2018
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Leuven
18/02/2021
“The Stabilized Earth trajectory requires
deliberate management of humanity’s
relationship with the rest of the Earth
System (..).
We suggest that a deep transformation
based on a fundamental reorientation of
human values, equity, behavior,
institutions, economies, and technologies
is required.”
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51. Planetair rentmeesterschap →
“Stabilised Earth” toestand
Source: Steffen et al.,
PNAS, 2018
Jones
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KU
Leuven
18/02/2021
“The Stabilized Earth trajectory requires
deliberate management of humanity’s
relationship with the rest of the Earth
System (..).
We suggest that a deep transformation
based on a fundamental reorientation of
human values, equity, behavior,
institutions, economies, and technologies
is required.”
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53. Transitie naar rechtvaardige duurzaamheid
& regeneratieve economie
18/02/2021
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Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics:
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st
Century Economist, 2017
55. Ingrediënten voor een ernstig
klimaat- en duurzaamheidsbeleid
140 onderzoekers
120 pagina’s
27 maatregelen
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Leuven
18/02/2021
https://www.klimaatpanel.be/nl
[Kernpanel voor Klimaat en
Duurzaamheid, 14-5-2019]
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56. Ingrediënten voor een ernstig
klimaat- en duurzaamheidsbeleid
Klimaatneutrale
energie en
industrie
Samenlevings
-opbouw
Natuurlijke
ecosystemen
beschermen en
uitbreiden
Omslag in
landgebruik
voor wonen,
mobiliteit &
voeding
Duurzame
productie en
consumptie
Samenhangend
beleid
Wetenschap &
innovatie
140 onderzoekers
120 pagina’s
27 maatregelen
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Leuven
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https://www.klimaatpanel.be/nl
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57. Technology alone will not save us….
140 researchers
120 pages
27 measures
https://www.klimaatpanel.be/nl
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2/12/2019
Source: LPR 2014, WWF
58. Maar is wel nodig…
2/12/2019
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New battery
technologies for
e-mobility &
energy storage
New resource-
efficient e-motors
for bikes, buses,
cars & ships
Carbon Capture
and Utilisation
Biobased,
recyclable
plastics
Magnetic cooling
devices
Advanced solar
cells & CSP
Hydrogen
steelmaking
Electrification of
metallurgy
Climate-neutral
cement
59. Cleantech wordt steeds goedkoper
18/02/2021
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Emissions Gap
Report, 2019
(UNEP)
61. Lokale secundaire voordelen van
regeneratieve economie
Gezonde lucht en minder
lawaai & “waterslimme”,
leefbare steden
Nieuwe jobs in cleantech
en andere sectoren
Veerkracht en sociale
cohesie
Verminderde materialen-
en energie-afhankelijkheid
Terugverdieneffecten
en vermeden kosten
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62. Contact: Peter Tom Jones (KU
Leuven) - peter.jones@kuleuven.be
[Book: P.T. Jones & V. De Meyere,
Terra Reversa, De Transitie naar
rechtvaardige duurzaamheid,
EPO, 2016.]
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Dank voor de aandacht
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