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World Resources Institute. Air Emissions in the OECD Countries, 1980-95 1980 = 0 GDP CO 2 Emissions SOx Emissions

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World Resources Institute

Air Emissions in the OECD Countries, 1980-95

60

90

120

150

1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996

1980 = 0

GDP

CO2 Emissions

SOx Emissions

260

280

300

320

340

360

1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950

PP

MEnergy Use is

Increasing CO2 Concentrations

Fair

Agro Coast Forest Fresh-water

Grass-lands

Food/FiberProductionWaterQuality

WaterQuantity

Biodiversity

CarbonStorage

Recreation

ShorelineProtection

WoodfuelProduction

Not assessed

Condition

Good

Poor

Bad

Decreasing

Mixed?

? ? Unknown

Excellent

Increasing

Changing Capacity

20002

TRI Releases, 1988-1998(using the 1988 core set of chemicals and manufacturing sectors)

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

in m

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of p

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s

Off-site Land/Underground Injection

Land

Underground Injection

Water

Air

Stabilizing at 2xCO2 (green curve) is by no means “safe”, but achieving this much will be very difficult and more might not be possible.

Developing corporate markets for 1,000 MW of new, cost-competitive green

power by 2010

Alcoa Inc.

Cargill Dow LLC

Delphi Corporation

DuPont

General Motors

IBM

Interface

Johnson & Johnson

Kinko’s

Pitney Bowes

Staples

The Dow Chemical Company

The Green Power Market Development Group

Frontier Forests 8,000 Years Ago

Frontier Forests Today

Pallisco Concession

Illegal loggingroads

Ikonos image – Cameroon

Cloud

Illegal logging road

Wetland area

Fallen tree

®

Los Angeles Times

NIKE PROTEST CHARGES ABUSES OF EMPLOYEESLabor: Crowd Cites Vietnam Reports In Demanding Basic Rights For All Workers. Company Vows To Correct Problems.Thao Hua, Times Staff Writer

0

4

8

12

16

20

24

28

32

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

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3

6

9

12

15

18

21

24

Sh

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)

Number of Resolutions

Shareholder Support

U.S. and Canadian Companies

Climate-related shareholder resolutions

Changing Drivers

The Impact of Climate Change

on Competitiveness and

Value Creation in the Automotive Industry

World Resources Institute &

SAM Sustainable Asset Management

World ResourcesInstitute

WRI’s Changing Drivers Report:

Carbon Positioning of Leading OEMs

$0

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$600

$700

40 50 60 70 80 90

Dec

reas

ing

Car

bo

n R

isks

Increasing Carbon Opportunities

Honda

Renault

Nissan Toyota

DaimlerChrysler

GM

Ford

BMW

VW

PSA

GHG Protocol Initiative

An internationally accepted An internationally accepted accounting standard for accounting standard for

measuring and reporting measuring and reporting business greenhouse gas business greenhouse gas

emissionsemissions

0%

30%

60%

90%

Latin

America

Africa & Mid

East

E & C Europe Western

Europe

North

America

I would like to spend more of my free time learning about the impacts ofenvironmental problems on me and my family

Our government is providing enough accessible information aboutenvironmental problems that could affect me and my family

Information Supply vs. Demand by Region

Data from Gallup Poll, 2002

Assessing Access to Information,

Participation, and Justice for the

Environment: A Guide

A CD-ROM tool from The Access Initiative

PP10 Members & Observers

International Organizations

European CommissionUNDPUNEPIUCN The World Bank

GovernmentsChileHungaryItalyMexicoSwedenUgandaUnited Kingdom

National NGOsChileHungaryMexicoSouth AfricaThailandUnited KingdomUgandaUnited States

ObserversIndonesiaGermanyKenyaTanzaniaThailandUnited States

EarthTrends: Bringing Data to Life

http://www.earthtrends.wri.org