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Solutions to Climate Change Rotary Holiday
This document outlines solutions to climate change proposed by the Carbon Zero Institute during the holiday season. It discusses launching the Gigaton Gifts and Gigaton Kids programs to empower shoppers in rich countries to purchase gifts that support projects with major climate benefits, such as planting trees and improving cookstoves. These programs aim to plant a billion trees and eliminate open cooking fires and kerosene lamps to make a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Individuals and companies can support these efforts by shopping at GigatonGifts.org or volunteering their time.
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- 1. Carbon Zero Institute Solutionsto Climate Change During Holiday Season Elton Sherwin Executive Director Carbon Zero Institute esherwin@cz-i.org
- 2. The Carbon ZeroInstitute Promote Large, Innovative Solutions Facilitate Gigaton Scale Projects Net Zero Mid Century • Catalyst for big projects with no advocates • Innovative partnerships with NGOs • Innovative partnerships with business Focused on climate change 10,000 years of CO2
- 3. Elton B. Sherwin ExecutiveDirector of The Carbon Zero Institute 埃尔顿.宣威 执行董事 零碳研究所 Eight patents Twelve company board of directors 八项专利 十二公司董事会 www.EltonSherwin.com Recovering Venture Capitalist Environmentalist Author 创业投资,环保人士, 作者, www.cz-i.org
- 4. Overview • Good News •Bad News • One Solution
- 5. World Has aGrowing Appetite for Energy Billion toe Billion toe 18 18 16 16 14 14 Renew ables 12 12 Hydro 10 10 Nuclear 8 * 8 Coal Non-OECD 6 6 4 4 2 0 1990 OECD Gas Oil 2 0 2000 2010 2020 2030 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 * Includes biofuels Steve Westwell, Executive Vice President, BP
- 6. Energy Will HelpLift Millions Out of Poverty http://dougrobbins.blogspot.com/2011/08/ wealth-of-nations.html
- 7. Bad News: CO2 EmissionsWill Continue to Go Up
- 8. Bad News isthe World Gets Hotter IPCC AR5 2013
- 9. Y’all What is thefuss about 2 degrees? Buck it up
- 10. Communication Problem Land Warms Twiceas Much as the Ocean IPCC AR5 2013 Scientific Jargon* 2 3 4 5 6 Land Temp. Celsius 4 6 8 10 12 Texas and California Fahrenheit 7 11 14 18 22 * Average World-wide temperature increase in Celsius, including the air over the oceans
- 11. The chief economistfor the International Energy Agency: Current global energy consumption levels put the Earth on a trajectory to warm by 6 degrees Celsius Scientific Jargon* 2 3 4 5 6 Land Temp. Celsius 4 6 8 10 12 “…catastrophe for all of us” Fatih Birol: opening day of annual U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa Texas and California Fahrenheit 7 11 14 18 22 IPCC AR5 RCP85
- 12. My Head Hurts! How DoWe Even Begin to Solve This Problem?
- 13. Today’s Sources Greenhouse Gases andClimate Forcers Other Coal Other • Soot • Garbage • Cement • Refrigerants • Solvents • Chemicals • Misc. Livestock N. Gas Deforest Oil transport
- 14. Midcentury Need 2xEnergy Other Coal Livestock N. Gas Deforest Solar Other Coal Wind Livestock Conservation N. Gas Efficiency -Tree Oil Oil transport transport
- 15. No Silver Bullet CarbonZero Institute Launchpad Projects CH4 Monitor Gigaton Gifts Other Zero Meat Zero Dairy Biosequestra. Livestock Deforest Gigaton Kids Reforestation Cookstoves Solar Lighting Solar Wind Coal N. Gas Oil Smart Fridge Other CO2 Capture LCFS Ice Batteries Hall of Shame Livestock Coal HVAC 4 Zero Conservation Efficiency PM 4 Zero -Tree N. Gas Water 4 Zero Oil Zero Cities transport Zero Company Zero Utility Zero Fund
- 16. Today, GigatonGifts Coal Other Gigaton Kids Livestock &Gifts Deforest Solar Wind Other Natural Gas Oil Transport Livestock Conservation Efficiency -Tree
- 17. What Can IndividualsDo? 70 Suggestions • Home & Business The Carbon Zero Institute • New approaches • Act as the catalyst
- 18. Today, Holiday GiftGiving Coal Other Gigaton Kids Livestock & Gifts Deforest Natural Gas Oil Transport This can have a happy ending, but first
- 19. Background Almost 3 billion peopleuse polluting, inefficient stoves and open fires to cook their food 19
- 20. Hurts Families Fine particleslodge deep in the lungs Kills 3 million women and children More deaths than malaria 20
- 21. Hurts the Community Treesare cut Soil erodes 21
- 22. Hurts the Planet Sootheats the air Lands on snow and glaciers 22
- 23. Gigaton Gifts Empower shoppersin rich countries to make a meaningful difference in places where – $6 plants 25 trees – $15 is an extreme kitchen makeover 23
- 24. Gigaton Kids Program TwoPart Strategy Part 2- early 2014 Downloadable curriculum (grades 3-12) • Short video-based • Easy teacher prep 24
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- 27. Each Gift Comes witha Description Print or Email • Gift, • Stocking stuffer • Include a tree in each holiday card 27
- 28. Some Descriptions Havean Adult and Youth Version Omit In Youth Version
- 29. More Complete Story Whenyou cut and burn too many trees: Environmental devastation and poverty and trafficking and misery 29
- 30. GigatonGifts.org 1. Health benefits 2.Environmental benefits 3. Economic development – Most of money is spent in poor communities 30
- 31. GigatonGifts Long-term Vision • Planta billion trees • Eliminate open and inefficient cooking fires • Eliminate kerosene lamps 31
- 32. How You CanHelp GigatonGifts • Shop at GigatonGifts – Individual – Company gifts • Volunteers – Rotary section Sponsors • Add ten countries/yr. • Carbon Zero Institute Elton Sherwin elton@cz-i.org 32