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Europe Network
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It is simply good business. We believe that
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to consolidate a common position towards
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1. 6th October 2010
Bundestag , Berlin
The Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Pavan Sukhdev
Study Leader – TEEB, &
Special Adviser & Head - Green Economy Initiative
UNEP
2. TEEB’s genesis …
“Potsdam Initiative – Biological Diversity 2010”
……the economic significance of the global
loss of biological diversity….
TEEB Interim Report
CBD COP-9, Bonn, May 2008
TEEB Climate Issues Update
Strömstad September 2009.
TEEB for Policy Makers
Brussels 13 Nov. 2009
3. What is TEEB?
Science & Economics
D0 Foundations, Policy
Costs, & Costs of Inaction
Policy Evaluation
D1 for National Policy-Makers
Evaluation & Decision
D2 Support
for Administrators
D3 Business Risks
& Opportunities
D4 Citizen & Consumer
Ownership (“teeb4me”)
TEEB's mission is to make Nature economically visible
4. TEEB Advisory Board
Joan-Martinez Alier Edward Barbier
Achim Steiner Jacqueline McGlade Giles Atkinson
Lord Stern Jochen Flasbarth Julia Marton-Lefevre Peter H. May Karl-Goran Maler
Herman Mulder Walter Reid Ahmed Djoghlaf Yolanda Kakabadse Ladislav Miko
5. “Private Profits, Public Losses”
US$/ha Shrimp Farm
Mangroves
$12,392ha
10,000
$9632ha
After adding
5,000 public
benefits
$1220ha from
$584ha $584ha mangroves
private profits private private Net of
0 profits profits public costs
less of
Source: Barbier 2007
subsidies restoration
after 5
years
If public wealth is included, the “trade-off”
choice changes completely…..
-ve $11,172ha
6. Why is it TEEB important?
• Ecosystem Services form 45%-90% of the “GDP
of the Poor” in rural and forested lands,
• But we are losing land ecosystem services valued
at $2tr-$4.5tr in terms of human welfare benefits
• Phase 1 sized the Problem, Phase 2 describes
Solutions
• Effective, Equitable and Economically justifiable
solutions EXIST - we describe 120 examples !
7. Valuations, Operating Spaces, Responses….
Norms, Regulations
& Policies
Regional Plans (24)
Legislations (3)
Economic
Value Certification (6) Mechanisms
Recognition
PA Evaluation (29)
PES (55)
Econ Value Markets
Demonstration Econ Value
Capture
8. Opportunities for mainstreaming
• Cancun UNFCCC COP
– Climate change mitigation policy needs to reflect wider
costs and benefits for biodiversity (Coral reef emergency /
REDD).
– Climate change adaptation finance needs to consider the
compelling economics of using ecosystem restoration.
• Rio+20
– Formally recognise the links between biodiversity, climate
change, development, water and food security
9. Recommendation : Invest in ecological infrastructure
• Tropical forests store a fourth of all terrestrial carbon
– 547 gigatonnes (Gt) out 2,052 Gt (Trumper et al. 2009)
• Tropical forest capture
– up to 4.8 Gt CO2 annually (Lewis & White 2009)
(total emissions p.a. ~32Gt)
• Stopping deforestation holds an excellent cost-benefit
ratio
– Halving deforestation generates net benefits of about
$ 3.7 trillion (NPV) including only the avoided damage
costs of climate change (Eliasch Review 2008)
9
10. Recomm : Recognise the value of protected areas
• Global spending on PAs p.a.: ~ $6.5-10 billion
• Need for PAs (15% land, 30% sea) p.a.: ~ $45 billion
• Need for Natura2000 p.a.: ~ $6.5 billion
• Benefits from effective PAs p.a.: ~$4-5 trillion
• International NGO funding: ~ >$1 billion
p.a.
• International gov funding (30-50% to PAs): ~$4-5 billion p.a.
• Market-based income to PAs ~ $1-2 billion p.a
• Percentage of total ODA: ~ 2.8%
(TEEB D1 ch8)
11. Investment in ecological infrastructure
Ecological infrastructure key for adaptation to climate change
• Afforestation: carbon store+ reduced risk of soil erosion & landslides
• Wetlands and forests and reduced risk of flooding impacts
• Mangroves and coastal erosion and natural hazards
• Restore Forests, lakes and wetlands to address water scarcity
• Coral reefs as fish nurseries for fisheries productivity / food security
• PAs & connectivity to facilitate resilience of ecosystems and species
From local to national to EU efforts
Global responsibility / contribution
12. Investments in Ecological Infrastructure
for Climate adaptation
• restoration can be cost effective way of
providing a service :
planting mangroves along coastline in Vietnam cost
$1.1 million but saved $ 7.3 million annually in
dyke maintenance (GRID-Arendal 2002; Reid and Huq
2005)
13. Example : Nature-based climate change
mitigation, Germany
• drainage of 930,000 ha peatlands in Germany for agriculture cause
emissions of 20 Mio. t of CO2-eq. per year
• total damage of these emissions amounts to 1.4 billion €
• peatland restoration: low cost and biodiversity friendly mitigation option
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
• pilot project between 2000-2008
• restoration of 30,000 ha (10%)
• emission savings of up to 300,000 t CO2-eq.
• avoidance cost of 8 to 12 € / t CO2
• if alternative land use options are realized
(extensive grazing, reed production or alder
forest) costs decrease to 0 to 4 € / t CO2
• where Maize can be grown restoration can not
compete
Restored peatland in Trebeltal 2007
Source: Federal Environmental Agency 2007; MLUV MV 2009; Schäfer 2009
Foto: D. Zak, http://www.fv-berlin.de
14. Natural resource management & spatial planning
• Flooding of River Elbe, Germany (2002), Damage over EUR 2 billion
• Assessment that flood damage (+ cost of dams) by far exceed costs of
upstream flooding arrangements with land holders
→ The value of upstream ecosystems in regulating floods was re-
discovered
→ Local authorities start changing spatial planning & seeking
arrangements upstream (but still have a lot to do)
17. Opportunity ahead: Research needs for
Germany (and Europe)
• Give yourself an overview: What is the natural
capital in Germany?
>> A TEEB for Germany and a national
ecosystem assessment will help to show the
way
• More than 1000 studies on valuation of ecosystem
services across the world – but only few from
central Europe
>> More studies and better methods needed
• Major instruments have been developed (e.g.,
habitat banking, ecological fiscal transfer)
>> develop them further and implement them
18. TEEB and economic development
• From Interim Report (2008), & Report for local and regional
policy makers (2010) : biodiversity is acutely important for
the worst off in society
– Ecosystems contribution to the “GDP” of the poor -
subsistence farmers, pastoralists, forest-dwellers…
– Links to the MDGs : 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7.
19. Ecosystem Services and Poverty
Indonesia India Brazil
Ecosystem services dependency 99 million 352 million 20 million
21% 16% 10%
Ecosystem services as a 90%
79% 84%
% of classical GDP
11%
25%
Ecosystem services as a % of 47%
75% 53%
“GDP of the Poor” 89%
Ecosystem services
“GDP of the Poor” is most seriously impacted by ecosystem losses
Source: Gundimeda and Sukhdev, D1 TEEB
06.10.2010 19
20. Opportunity ahead:
The need for a
more ambitous CBD
strategy and
implementation
• foster mainstreaming
in all policy areas
• address indirect
drivers
• Develop and use
innovative financial
mechanisms
• ABS regime with fair
rules
21. TEEB in CBD COP-10…
CBD Strategic Plan : 14 (e) and (f)
(UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/L.9)
SBSTTA 14 - XIV/4.. (… protected areas…) ( c ) 8.
SBSTTA 14 - XIV/6… (.. Article 10 … (sustainable use
of biodiversity…) 1. )
SBSTTA 14 - XIV/15 (…. Incentive measures …)
(Article 11…(# 2, 4, 8 and 11) )
23. Post TEEB reports, Post Nagoya :
Stakeholder demands….
End-Users Demand Indications
Developing Countries… ESS valuations, local capacity-building, &
implementation support
EC, Brazil, India, Japan, Collaboration &TEEB Reps for National/ Regional
Germany …. TEEB studies
WB, ADB, UNEP, OECD, SEEA “first-mover nations” ( 5-6 each developed
others … and developing ) for Ecosystem Accounting
ICAEW, IASB, GRI, WBCSD, Sector Impact Estimates ( over 500 calculations
Corporations…. TEEB D3 “China/Cons/Forests” model… ) &
Sector TEEB (eg : Agriculture ; Finance ; etc)
Citizens, NGOs… TEEB Outreach, esp. through social media,
traditional media, advertising sector, cpartners,
CSR, NGOs …
• Shift from demand for research to demand for advice on
implementation of „TEEB‟ approach
24. “Demand for isolated theory is getting weaker,
for applied economics is getting stronger…”
(John Gowdy, President, ISEE - at Bremen)
• Capacity Building for Developing Countries
• “Country” and “Regional” TEEB - for Policy- makers
• Green Accounting Project – WB and Others
• Estimating Business Sector Externalities
• Stewardship & Quality Assurance - TEEB Approach
• Prioritizing Ecology & Valuation Knowledge Gaps
• Communicating the Issue to Society at Large
25. Challenge : ECUADOR’S Conservation Proposal
( Yasuni Preserved, ITT Oil stays in ground) ?
Yasuni National Park –
“the most biodiverse
wilderness on Earth”
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