Federal Department of the Environment,Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

Eco Forum Global Annual Conference Guiyang 2015, 26 June 2015

Mountainous Economy –Green Development

Dr Bruno OberleDirector of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland

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EFG Conference 2013

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EFG Conference 2014

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Environmental PerformanceChina versus Switzerland

Source: Global Footprint Network; Ecological Footprint in number of earths

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Switzerland:

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Environmental PerformanceGuizhou

Average per capita Ecological Footprint of China’s provinces

Source: China Ecological Footprint Report 2012

Chinese average at 2.1

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Economic PerformanceChina versus Switzerland

GDP-Data: IMF (2015); Figures: Wikimedia Commons (2015)

Area: 9.6 million km2

Population: 1.3 bnLanguages: Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan etc.GDP per capita (current USD): 7’500GDP per capita (PPP intern. $): 12’000(Guizhou: GDP/capita current USD: 3’100)

Area: 41,285 km2

Population: 8.2 millionLanguages: German, French, Italian, Romansh

GDP per capita (current USD): 87’500GDP per capita (PPP intern. $): 58’000

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Resource Use and ProsperityA Fatal Relationship

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Infrastructure InvestmentsWorld’s Leader China

Source: McKinsey (2015)

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Infrastructure Investments in China

Pictures: Wikimedia Commons, Windpower monthly, Wikipedia, stuffpoint

Power supply: Tianhuangping hydroelectric project

Railways: Kunming Shanghai high speed railway

Energy: Jiuquan Wind Farm

Roads: Hangzhou Bay Bridge

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Global Investment Requirements

Source: WEF, 2013

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Economic PerformanceGuizhou versus Switzerland

Sources: Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons (2015)

Area: 176’000 km2

Population: 35 millionLanguages: Southwestern MandarinGDP per capita (current USD): 3’100

Area: 41,285 km2

Population: 8.2 millionLanguages: German, French, Italian, Romansh

GDP per capita (current USD): 87’500