Speech and presentation of Dr Bruno Oberle, Director of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland Source: World Resources Forum WRF, 14 October 2015, Davos For more information, see: https://www.gruenewirtschaft.admin.ch/ http://www.bafu.admin.ch/green-economy/

1. Federal Department of the Environment,
Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
World Resources Forum WRF, 14 October 2015
Political Solutions for
Resource Efficiency
Dr Bruno Oberle
Director of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland

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Dr Bruno Oberle
Consequences of Inaction
Destabilising Climate Change
Source: OECD, 2012
GHG emissions by region: Baseline, 2010 to 2050

3. 3Political Solutions for Resource Efficiency | World Resources Forum WRF, 14 October 2015
Dr Bruno Oberle
Planetary Boundaries
A safe operating space for humanity
Source: Steffen et al. (2015)
Design: F. Pharand-Deschênes /Globaïa

4. 4Political Solutions for Resource Efficiency | World Resources Forum WRF, 14 October 2015
Dr Bruno Oberle
Consequences of Inaction
Mass Extinction of Species
Source:
OECD, 2012
Effects of different pressures on terrestrial MSA: Baseline, 2010 to 2050

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Dr Bruno Oberle
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Figure: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org

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Dr Bruno Oberle
Ecological Footprint
in Number of Earths
Source: Global Footprint Network
World:
Switzerland:

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Dr Bruno Oberle
Glacier Retreat
-4,000
-3,000
-2,000
-1,000
0
1,000
Sardona Trient Grosser Aletsch
Cumulative length change of three glaciers, in m; Source: Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network

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Dr Bruno Oberle
Dialogue in Switzerland
Examples
• Ressourcen-Trialog
• Swiss Team for the UNEP-Inquiry
• Green Economy Dialogue
www.gruenewirtschaft.admin.ch