THE GREEN ECONOMY “ Perspective on Climate & Weather 1900H? ”

THE GREEN ECONOMY“Perspective on Climate & Weather 1900H?”

Feibi YuanChemical Engineering

College of Engineering

www.eea.europa.eu

(UNEP 2010, Green Economy Initiative)An economy or economic development model

based on sustainable development and knowledge of ecological economics.

“Unfortunately, translating the idea into reality is hugely more complicated. Clearly it will require technological innovation. Bit it requires lots of

other changes, too—to the way we organise businesses; the way that we design cities; the

way we move people and goods around; the way we live, essentially.” ~ European Economic Area

CleanTransportation

RenewableEnergy

GreenBuilding

WaterManagement

WasteManagement

LandManagement

1. Reduce Emissions 2. Reduce Impact

3. Profit!

icanhascheezburger.com

RenewableEnergy

LOWER EMISSIONSNew York Times

processindustryforum.com

conserve-energy-future.com

evergreen.edu

Wikipedia

LOWER EMISSIONS?http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-clean-coal-finally-live-up-to-its-name-75209609/?no-ist=

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ResourceManagement

MINIMIZE IMPACT?

gcep.stanford.edu

MINIMIZE IMPACT?

scielo.br

west.berkeley.edu

MINIMIZE IMPACT?earthshift.com

LCA (or LCIA)Meaningful Impact Categories:HT, Casualties,

Noise, P.O. formation, CC,O3 depletion,ET, Acidification, Eutrophication, Land Use Impacts, Abiotic R.D.,Biotic R.D., Species & Organism Dispersal

“MINIMIZE IMPACT”SHORTCUTS ;)

http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home

http://www.earthshift.com/software/simapro/eco9o

http://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/

SYMBIOSIS?

The Take-Home Message?

To Profit (#3)in the Green Economy,

be aware of theEnvironment (#1 + #2).

Questions?

Referenceshttp://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/Portals/8

8/documents/research_products/Tradeopportunities/Promoting%20sustainable%20trade%20opportunities.pdf

www.eea.europa.euhttp://www.slideshare.net/kabani/presentatio

n-on-green-economy-for-sustainable-development

http://www.unece.org/greeneconomywelcome/what-are-the-main-purpose-and-the-related-objectives-of-green-economy.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect

References Continuedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energ

y http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energ

y_in_Scotlandhttp://www.solarwindapplications.com/http://www.ictsd.org/downloads/2012/06/kast

erine-green-economy-and-trade-uncsd-sideevent.pdf

http://www.biotrade.org/MeetingsEvents/GreenEco/GER_Trade%20and%20Sustainability.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_electricity

References Continuedhttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/c

ould-clean-coal-finally-live-up-to-its-name-75209609/?no-ist=

https://cbe.osu.edu/news/2013/06/l.s.-fans-clean-coal-technology-gains-further-national-attention

http://www.lcacenter.org/LCA9/presentations/228.pdf

http://www.symbiosis.dk/en/videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xfER4cm

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BONUS! (If you’re a geek like me who stays up late watching Newshour)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/thousands-march-to-urge-world-leaders-to-act-on-climate-change/