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Presentation at the ESPP Bio-nutrient circular economy seminar
European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Sustainable management of nutrients is crucial for agriculture, food, industry, water and the environment. ESPP brings together companies and stakeholders to address the Phosphorus Challenge and its opportunities for the circular economy.
Countries:
Austria AT
Belgium BE
Bulgaria BG
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
Germany DE
Denmark DK
Estonia EE
Spain ES
Finland FI
France FR
Greece EL
Hungary HU
Ireland IE
Italy IT
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Latvia LV
Malta MT
Netherlands NL
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Romania RO
Sweden SE
Slovenia SI
Slovakia SK
United Kingdom UK
Switzerland CH
Phosphorus:
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Fosforon
Pesticium
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European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Sustainable management of nutrients is crucial for agriculture, food, industry, water and the environment. ESPP brings together companies and stakeholders to address the Phosphorus Challenge and its opportunities for the circular economy.
Countries:
Austria AT
Belgium BE
Bulgaria BG
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
Germany DE
Denmark DK
Estonia EE
Spain ES
Finland FI
France FR
Greece EL
Hungary HU
Ireland IE
Italy IT
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Latvia LV
Malta MT
Netherlands NL
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Romania RO
Sweden SE
Slovenia SI
Slovakia SK
United Kingdom UK
Switzerland CH
Phosphorus:
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Presentation at the ESPP Bio-nutrient circular economy seminar
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www.phosphorusplatform.eu
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Countries:
Austria AT
Belgium BE
Bulgaria BG
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
Germany DE
Denmark DK
Estonia EE
Spain ES
Finland FI
France FR
Greece EL
Hungary HU
Ireland IE
Italy IT
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Latvia LV
Malta MT
Netherlands NL
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Romania RO
Sweden SE
Slovenia SI
Slovakia SK
United Kingdom UK
Switzerland CH
Phosphorus:
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Fosforimi
Fosforo
Fosforon
Pesticium
Presentation at the ESPP Bio-nutrient circular economy seminar
European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Sustainable management of nutrients is crucial for agriculture, food, industry, water and the environment. ESPP brings together companies and stakeholders to address the Phosphorus Challenge and its opportunities for the circular economy.
Countries:
Austria AT
Belgium BE
Bulgaria BG
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
Germany DE
Denmark DK
Estonia EE
Spain ES
Finland FI
France FR
Greece EL
Hungary HU
Ireland IE
Italy IT
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Latvia LV
Malta MT
Netherlands NL
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Romania RO
Sweden SE
Slovenia SI
Slovakia SK
United Kingdom UK
Switzerland CH
Phosphorus:
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Phusphuru
Fosforimi
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Fosforon
Pesticium
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Workshop on Instigators and Barriers to Renewable Energy Development and Deployment - 16 November 2015
Mr. Paul VAN DEN OOSERTKAMP
ECN
Renewable energy and the Dutch context
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Presentation at the ESPP Bio-nutrient circular economy seminar
European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Sustainable management of nutrients is crucial for agriculture, food, industry, water and the environment. ESPP brings together companies and stakeholders to address the Phosphorus Challenge and its opportunities for the circular economy.
Countries:
Austria AT
Belgium BE
Bulgaria BG
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
Germany DE
Denmark DK
Estonia EE
Spain ES
Finland FI
France FR
Greece EL
Hungary HU
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Netherlands NL
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Romania RO
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Resource efficiency and low-carbon economy - French vision, framework and experimentation
1. Crédit photo : Arnaud Bouissou/MEEM
G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency
13th December 2016, Tokyo
Resource Efficiency
and Low-Carbon Economy :
French vision, framework
and experimentation
Stéfan Le Dû
Ministry of Environment, Energy
and the Sea
French Embassy in Japan
2. 2
Climate change mitigation :
a high level priority in France
• Law for energy transition and green growth (July 2015)
• Carbon tax : target 56 €/ton (2020) and 100€/ton (2030), outside
the scope of EU ETS
3. 3
Material efficiency :
a pillar to reduce GHG
• GHG emissions arising from material management
account for more than 50% of national emissions
(life-cycle perspective – OECD 2012)
→ Significant opportunity to reduce
GHG emissions through material
management policies
• Build on synergies between material management
policies and climate change policies by integrating a
whole section on circular economy in the French
law for Energy Transition and Green Growth (2015)
4. 4
Waste prevention and recovery
present many opportunities to
reduce territorial GHG emissions
and GHG footprint.
5. 5
Waste prevention and recovery :
1. Targets to improve recycling
• Already strong recycling level in 2010 (metals, glass,
plastics) : 19,5 MT GHG avoided emissions
• Example of new target : 65% non mineral, non
hazardous waste recycled in 2025 (50% in 2012)
• Example of new measure : all professional waste
producers have to sort their waste by 2016
6. 6
Waste prevention and recovery :
2. Targets to reduce waste production
• Quantified target for municipal waste
• Non quantified target for professional waste
(decoupling waste prodution from added value)
• Example : food
• 19% of French carbon footprint (2012)
• Food waste : currently 7 MT/year – Target -50% by 2025
• Example of measure : food sector retailers must set up
contracts with charity organizations to provide them with
unsold food
→ Environmental, but also social and economic benefits
7. 7
Material efficiency beyond waste policies
• Energy transition requires materials
• Metals and minerals require energy
(results from UNEP International Resource Panel reports)
→ Material consumption targets (create more with less)
• 30% GDP/DMC by 2030 vs. 2010
• A non quantified target to reduce consumption per inhabitant
→ Avoid trade-offs between material management and
climate policies
→ Use full synergy opportunities
8. 8
Material efficiency beyond waste policies
A target for material efficiency
An ambitious target (it is not a BAU scenario)
•France has already a high material productivity level and a low level of
consumption per inhabitant
•Energy transition will require more materials (biomass, metals, other
minerals)
•A program for a industrial redevelopment of France
Where we are
+50% (1990–2013)
2,63 €/kg (2013)
Where we aim to go
+30% (2010–2030)
3,32 €/kg (2030)
9. 9
Ongoing work for 2017
→ A strategic roadmap for a resource efficient
industry – because material efficiency is a
requirement for the industry
→ A resource use plan to better align French
needs for natural resources with their availability, in
compliance with the French low-carbon trajectory
10. 10
In a nutshell
• Not only energy and GHG emissions targets but also
material targets
• Global development will continue to rely on virgin
materials, even though we are accelerating the shift
to a circular economy
• Needs for virgin materials will grow with the
development of low carbon technologies
• Strong requirement to develop and disseminate
mining and processing technologies that are less
resource and environment intensive
• Social aspects are important in material efficiency
programs
Editor's Notes
Climate change mitigation has a high level of priority in France (Diapositive 2)
The French Law on energy transition for green growth, passed in July 2015, sets ambitious targets to achieve the energy transition to a low-carbon economy :
•a 40 % reduction in GHG emissions in 2030 compared to 1990
•a 30 % decrease in fossil fuel consumption in 2030 compared to 2012
•a 50 % reduction in final energy consumption in 2050 compared to 2012
•an increase of renewable energy production. France plans to increase the share of renewable energy sources to 32 % of the final energy consumption in 2030 and 40 % of the electricity production at the expense, particularly of nuclear power. The share of nuclear power is due expected to decline to 50 % by 2025.
The law also sets a carbon tax outside the scope of EU-ETS. The carbon based part of the domestic tax on consumption of energy products will reach 56 € in 2020 and 100 € in 2030 for a ton of carbon. This will allow to focus investments on long term horizons and to channel behaviours into low carbon economy.
In France, material efficiency is seen as a pillar to reduce GHG emissions (diapositive 3) -
An OECD report, published in 2012, shows that there are significant opportunities to reduce emissions through material management policies. On the basis of an analysis in 4 OECD countries, the report shows that GHG emissions arising from material management account for 55 to 65 percent of national emissions when they considered from a life cycle perspective.
By integrating a whole title on circular economy, the law on energy transition for green growth seeks to foster synergies between material management policies (and particulary waste policies) and low carbon transition.
Waste prevention and recovery present, indeed, many opportunities to reduce territorial GHG emissions and GHG footprint. (diapositive 4)
France recycles significant amount of waste. A study, carried by ADEME (the French Environment Agengy) in 2010, found that the recyling of ferrous and non ferrous metals, glass and plastics. avoided near 20 million tons GHG emisssions
The law on energy transition for green growth sets targets to increase recycling. For example, the recycling of non mineral, non dangerous waste is expected to increase to 65 % in 2025 (against 50 % in 2012). For information, in 2012, France produced 93 million tons of non dangerous, non mineral waste.
To reach these targets, many actions are planned. They are described in the waste mangement plan for the reduction and recovery of waste. For example, by 2016, all professional waste producers have to sort their waste.
Extraction and processing of virgin materials, particulary of metals, are energy intensive and harmful for the environment. France imports nearly 100 % of its primary metals needs. Replacing raw materials by secondary materials prevent the first material life cycle steps. Recyling help reduce the carbon footprint which is an objective of the French low-carbon strategy.
This should also be the case for prevention. (Diapositive 5)
France has set the objective to reduce the generation of municipal waste and to decouple generation of professional waste from the added value.
For example, food represents 19 % of the French carbon footprint (2012). In the same time, 7 millions tons of food waste are generated. The picture on the right side shows the distribution of food waste generation along the value chain ; You can see that households are, by far, the biggest producers of food waste (68 %). 15 % of food waste are generated by catering, 11 % by food sector retailers (2012, ADEME).
Food waste is a priority waste stream of national prevention program. Decouple food waste generation from the added value can contribute to reduce substantially GHG emissions.. In June 2013, the National Commitment against food waste set an ambitious waste food reduction target bu 2025 and an action plan.
Today, food sector retailers must contact charity organisations to set up constracts to provide them with unsold food. Conventions are built up gradually. It is also worth noting that these conventions have led to a a better stocks follow-up for fresh products and a reduction in losses for foods retailers.
This measure shows that waste prevention can lead not only to environmental benefits, but also so social and economic benefits.
Beyond waste prevention and recycling, France has the objective to decouple material consumption and economic growth. (diapositive 6)
Indeed, energy transition requires more materials such as biomass, metals and other minerals. Many low carbon technologies, whether at the supply side or on the demand side, require increased material use. Without significant improvements in ressource efficiency, it will be difficult and substantially more costly to keep average global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius as set in the Paris Agreement. This is what we can read in the summary for policy makers published by the UNEP’s International Resource panel and delivered to the G7 in May 2016)
France’s goal is to increase material productivy by 30 % between 2010 and 2030. In the same time, France seeks to reduce the material consumption per inhabitant. This is a provision of the law on energy transition for green growth.
The aim of this target is to avoid trade-offs between material management and climate policies, and to fully use synergy opportunities
Between 1990 and 2013, French material productivity has grown by 50 % to reach 2,63 € per kg in 2013. (diapositive 7)
These figures could suggest that 30 % material productivity increasing is an unambiitious targets.
This is not the case. We must place it in the French context today.
France has already a high material productivity level and a low level of material consumption per inhabitant
Energy transition will require more materials, metals and other minerals
At the same time, France is engaged in a reindustrialisation policy
Reaching this target requires France to engage new actions. Two on-going projects fit in this context :
- The development of a strategic roadmap for a ressource efficient industry conducted by the Ministry for Industry. Material efficiency is a requirement for the Industry.
- The development of a ressource use plan by the Ministry for Environment. Its aim is to better align French needs for natural ressources with their avalaibility (at national and at international level) in compliance with the French low carbon trajectory.
In a nusthell (diapositive 8)
The French experience on ressource efficiency and low-carbon economy shows that :
we need mateiial targets and not only energy and GHG emissions targets
our global (and national) economic and welfare development will continue to rely on virgin materials even though we are accelerating the shift to a circular economy ;
some of the virgin material needs will grow with the development of low carbon technologies (on the demand and on the supply side) ;
Thus, there is a strong requirement to develop and disseminate mining and processing technologies that are less ressource and environment intensive ;
Social aspects are important in material efficiency programmes. French experiences on waste food and on extended producer responsability schemes show that this can be successful.