The document discusses the need for international agreements on climate change. It contains quotes from 2011 and 2012 warning that without agreements to limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius, the goal will be impossible to reach. It also notes peak levels for oil, gas, coal, and unconventional gas production between now and 2100. The implication is that transitioning to renewable energy is both a moral and physical imperative given declining fossil fuel resources and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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9. “If we do not have an international agreement… put in place by 2017
then the door to holding temperatures to 2oC of warming
will be closed forever”
Fatih Birol, Chief Economist International Energy Agency November 2011
“I travel a lot and I see climate change sliding down politicians’ agendas
very rapidly”
Fatih Birol March 2012

12. That
was the
moral
imperative

14. decarbonisation

15. Peak oil Round about now
Peak gas Between 2020 and 2030
Peak coal Between 2030 and 2100
Peak unconventional gas Difficult to say

16. That
was the
physical
imperative

17. a
100%
renewable
future

18. It’s going to be a
whole lot easier

20. Image credits
Slide 5 http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/mp/p5s12.shtml
Slide 6 http://www.flickr.com/photos/7860803@N06/463098676/
Slide 7 http://openclipart.org/detail/64003/map-cymru-by-garethclubb
Slide 7 http://openclipart.org/detail/20424/bomb-by-rg1024
Slide 8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BreconCentre.jpg
Slides 10 and 11 http://flood.firetree.net/
Slide 13 http://inoveryourhead.net/the-complete-guide-to-snapping-the-f-k-out-of-it/
Slide 17 http://www.flickr.com/photos/primed_minister/2306496568/
Slide 19 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzpix/4547286525/

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