Stories to Watch 2015 #stw15

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THINGS ARE HEATING UP
Source: NOAA

ENERGY PRICES ARE COOLING DOWN
Source: US Energy Information Administration

Image: Joe DeSouza/Wikimedia

2014: A YEAR OF MOMENTUM
Image: United Nations/Flickr

2014: A YEAR OF MOMENTUM
38 countries have
a price on carbon
Source: World Bank

A SHIFT IN DIALOGUE

GLOBAL EMISSIONS RISING
Source: wri.org/blog/2014/05/history-carbon-dioxide-emissions, image: Theophilos Papadopoulos, Fli...

CARBON BUDGET RUNNING OUT:
ONLY 3 DECADES LEFT
Image: Walter/Flickr

COUNTRY PLEDGES: HOW AMBITIOUS?
Image: The White House/Flickr

US: TAKING A LEAD?
Image: Wigwam Jones/Flickr

POWER PLANT RULES BY THE SUMMER?
Source: NRDC Summary of EPA's Clean Power Plan

COP21: WHAT WILL THE DEAL LOOK LIKE?
• How Ambitious?
• Regular Review?
• Role of Finance?
• Long-Term Goal?
Image: Simone...

Will the world
rise to the climate
challenge?

Image: Ollivier Girard for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

SEPTEMBER 2015
Image: utenriksdept/Flickr

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 1990-2015
Source: United Nations

PROGRESS: GLOBAL POVERTY
Extreme
poverty
cut in half
Source: World Bank data (POVCAL)

PROGRESS: CHILD MORTALITY
17,000
fewer children
are dying
each day
Source: UNICEF

PROGRESS: UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
Number of
children out of
school halved
Source: UNDP

BUT…
Photo: Anduze Traveller/Flickr
1.2B
people live
in extreme
poverty
6.5M
million
children
under age 5
die annually
58M...

GOAL 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY- FALLING SHORT
Source: Oxfam International/Flickr

THE SDG PROCESS SO FAR
Image: CIFOR
June 2013:
High Level
Panel Report
July 2014:
Open Working Group
on SDGs Proposal
Augu...

WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
• Universality: A New Global Reality
Image: United Nations/Flickr

WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
• Universality: A New Global Reality
• More Comprehensive in Scope
Image: United Nations/Flickr

WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
• Universality: A New Global Reality
• More Comprehensive in Scope
• Sustainability at the Core...

WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
• Universality: A New Global Reality
• More Comprehensive in Scope
• Sustainability at the Core...

FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT: JULY 2015
Image: Addis Ababa; Flickr/David Stanley

Will the world
embrace a new
approach?

Image: Wikimedia Commons

SUSTAINABLE COMMODITIES:
TROPICAL FOREST ALLIANCE
Partnership to eliminate tropical
deforestation from commodities by 2020...

RENEWABLE ENERGY: SE4ALL
• Universal energy access
• 2x the global rate of improvement
in energy efficiency
• 2x renewable...

SUSTAINABLE CITIES: COMPACT OF MAYORS
• 228 cities worldwide
• Commitment to cut 13 gigatons by 2050
Image: J.P. Engelbrec...

RESTORING LANDSCAPES: NY DECLARATION
Commitment to restore
350M hectares by 2030
Image: WRI

RESTORING LANDSCAPES:
GLOBAL MOMENTUM BUILDING?
60M
hectares
committed
so far
Source: WRI

INITIATIVE 20 X 20
Source: WRI

PRICE ON CARBON CLUB
Image: Julie Falk/Flickr
73 governments,
1000+ companies

Will Clubs Drive
Global Results?

Image: Wikimedia

A GLOBAL PROBLEM
Image: UN Photo/Albert González Farran
1.2B
people facing
water scarcity

36 COUNTRIES FACE EXTREME WATER STRESS
Source: Aqueduct

US WEST: WORST DROUGHT IN 1,200 YEARS
California produces
nearly 50%
of US-grown fruits,
nuts and vegetables
Source: Aqued...

`
SÃO PAULO: WORST DROUGHT IN 80 YEARS
20M
People Affected

BRAZIL: A WATER RICH COUNTRY…
Amazon basin: 50% of
Brazil’s water, but only 4%
of population
Image: Keith_Rock/Flickr

…A WATER-STRESSED COAST
80%
of Brazil’s pop.
in coastal
mega-cities
Source: Aqueduct

CHINA
90%
of coastal
cities face
water stress
Source: Aqueduct

EAST CHINA: WORST DROUGHT IN 60+ YRS.
Image: Asian Development Bank, Flickr

RESPONSE: PRIVATE SECTOR
Image: MPhotographe, Flickr

RESPONSE: PRIVATE SECTOR
Image: Raiffeisenverband Salzburg/Wikimedia Commons
Aqueduct maps
on Bloomberg
terminals reach
32...

RESPONSE: GOVERNMENT
Image: US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles/Flickr
• More water laws?
• Water pricing?
• Efficienc...

RESPONSE: INFRASTRUCTURE
Image: Circleofblue.org
Total cost
at least
$62B

WHAT'S COMING IN 2015
Source: Aqueduct

Will Water Risk Rise to
the Top of the Global
Agenda in 2015?

Image: Salil Wadhavkar/Flickr

A NEW MANDATE
Source: Al Jazeera English/Flickr

FOCUS ON GROWTH
Source: World Bank 2014

CITIES ARE BOOMING
Source: Ankur Dave/Flickr
Urban
population
2x by 2030

AIR POLLUTION RISING
• Delhi: World’s worst air pollution
• 5th leading cause of death in India
Image: Kara Newhouse/Flickr

MORE ENERGY NEEDED
300M+
Indians lack
access to
electricity
Image: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for I...

URBANIZATION: 100 SMART CITIES
Source: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center/Flickr

HEALTHIER, BETTER CITIES
• less sprawl
• less pollution
• safer streets
• less infrastructure costs
Image: EMBARQ

BETTING ON RENEWABLES
Image: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development
100GW
of Sola...

A LIGHTBULB IN EVERY HOME
Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh

A BALANCED APPROACH?
Image: R E B E L, Flickr

LEADERS MEET
Image: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza/Flickr

Will India Successfully
Embrace High Efficiency,
Low-Carbon Growth?

Image: Kreshna Aditya/Flickr

NEW MANDATES: 1.8 BILLION PEOPLE
President Dilma
Rousseff, Brazil
Prime Minister
Nahendra Modi,
India
President Recep
Tayy...

AND IN THE U.S.
Image: Adam Fagen/Flickr

A SUSTAINABLE LEGACY
Image: Christopher Dilts, Obama for America/Flickr

AND 2016?
Image: Justin Brown/Flickr

Image: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department of International Development/Flickr

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