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10174NYU: Global Civil Society Module

2013


The basecamp - Structure

1. The big trends

2. Energy demand

3. How energy transforms society


The BIG Trends


The World at night


1. Population Growth, Urbanization

2. Expansion of middle class (BRIC)

3. Increasing world energy demand

4. How will society look like in a de- carbonized economy?


Showcase: Incredible India


Energy demand


industrialization1776-1895

2010

Peak Oil


http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/timeline-energy-history.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/timeline-energy-history.htm


The growth and energy centres have shifted


US energy consumption

http://gailtheactuary.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/per-capita-world-energy-by-source.png

Structure of global energy consumption

http://gailtheactuary.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/per-capita-world-energy-by-source.png


Energy and Society


How do we keep the lights on?


industrialization1776-1895

2010

Peak Oil


How do we achieve a de-carbonization of our economies?

1.6

Billions of Tons Carbon Emitted per Year

Current p

ath = “ramp”

Historical emissions Flat path

0

8

16

1950 2000 2050 2100

Stabilization Wedges (Princeton Mitigation Initiative) http://cmi.princeton.edu

16 GtC/y

Eight “wedges”

Goal: In 50 years, sameglobal emissions as today

http://cmi.princeton.edu/


Integrated green cities, renewable energy


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