mdia p3-04 air pollution (greenhouse gases)

2. EXPLANATION This slideset is A WORK-IN-PROGRESS. It will be upgraded periodically. It is part of a series of more than 50 slidesets. Navigation to all of these is available here: FEEDBACK is welcome. Please email to Peter Burgess [email protected] with a catchy phrase in the subject line so that it gets attention, and please identify the specific slideset(s) involved. This explanation is version v150801. The most current text is available at: MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING http://www.truevaluemetrics.org/DBadmin/DBtxt001.php?vv1=txt00010199 http://www.truevaluemetrics.org/DBadmin/DBtxt001.php?vv1=N1-Slidesets-p3

3. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING INVISIBLE AIR POLLUTION

4. Some air pollution can be seen or smelled. Some air pollution cannot be seen or smelled, but is still dangerous with the potential to do immense damage. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

5. The next slide shows the composition of air pollution: (1) greenhouse effect, (2) particulate contamination, (3) increased UV radiation, (4) acid rain, (5) increased ground level ozone concentration, (6) increased levels of nitrogen oxides. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

6. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun

7. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING ACID RAIN is caused by sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the atmosphere ...

8. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun ACID RAIN CYCLE

9. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING ACID RAIN causes tree to die

10. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SPRUCE TREES DEAD FROM ACID RAIN

11. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION is also increasing most likely caused by increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere ... MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

12. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun OCEAN ACIDITY

14. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION has the potential to disrupt the life cycle of many of the organisms that make up the ocean ecosystem with all sorts of consequences that are difficult to predict MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

16. The next slide also shows the composition of air pollution MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

17. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun EOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION

18. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING CLIMATE CHANGE the next slide shows temperature data going back 150 years

19. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPTEMPERATURE HISTORY

20. and this slide is a plot of data going back 1,000 years MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

21. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPTEMPERATURE HISTORY

22. and in recent years global fossil fuel carbon emissions have increased dramatically MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

23. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPGLOBAL FOSSIL FUEL CARBON EMISSIONS

24. with the Asia Pacific region increasing the most MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

25. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPCO2 EMISSIONS ASIA PACIFIC, UNITED STATES, EU COUNTRIES

26. as well as the Middle East though on a very much smaller scale MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

27. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPCO2 EMISSIONS AFRICA, CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST NOT ON THE SAME SCALE !!!!!!!!

28. The United States is a profligate user of energy, with per capita carbon emissions far exceeding that of any other nation MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

29. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPPER CAPITA CO2 EMISSIONS

30. The last slide is perhaps the most important in this collection MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

31. and should drive a commitment to upgrade the performance of the US economy not towards more corporate wealth and GDP growth but to more efficiency and less bad impact on the environment MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

32. The United States has a very low price for energy compared to most other countries MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

33. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPPRICE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY BY COUNTRY

34. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPPRICE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY BY COUNTRY

35. Many sectors contribute to high energy use and high carbon emissions in the United States MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

36. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY SECTOR USA

37. The buildings we live in are a very big part of the US carbon footprint, almost twice that of the passenger cars we use MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

38. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPIMPORTANCE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

39. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun EOPIMPORTANCE OF BUILDINGS

40. Electric power generation is a major source of emissions MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

41. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING SunSun BOP Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun SunSun Financial Capital Human Capital Man Built Capital Natural Capital Sun INVISIBLE TOXINS IN AIR POLLUTION EOP

42. SOME THOUGHTS (1of 4) The RISK associated with climate change is bigger than anything we have faced in all of history ... MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

43. SOME THOUGHTS (2 of 4) It is STUPID to ignore this RISK and very SMART to think about ways to reduce the risk and at the same time build a better world MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

44. SOME THOUGHTS (3 of 4) Part of the solution is going to be deployment of new technologies that have been researched already using our brains to the maximum ... MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

45. SOME THOUGHTS (4 of 4) Part of the solution is going to innovation in FINANCE and in BETTER METRICS so that really good decisions can be made about the allocation of human and financial resources to this challenge. MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING

46. REMINDER This slideset is A WORK-IN-PROGRESS. It will be upgraded periodically. It is part of a series of more than 50 slidesets. Navigation to all of these is available here: FEEDBACK is welcome. Please email to Peter Burgess [email protected] with a catchy phrase in the subject line so that it gets attention, and please identify the specific slideset(s) involved. This explanation is version v150801. The most current text is available at: MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING http://www.truevaluemetrics.org/DBadmin/DBtxt001.php?vv1=txt00010199 http://www.truevaluemetrics.org/DBadmin/DBtxt001.php?vv1=N1-Slidesets-p3

47. THANK YOU Some links and contact information: Peter Burgess [email protected] Peter Burgess LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterburgess1 Link to TrueValueMetrics.org website http://www.truevaluemetrics.org/ Link to navigation to other slides in this series: MULTI DIMENSION IMPACT ACCOUNTING http://www.truevaluemetrics.org/DBadmin/DBtxt001.php?vv1=N1-Slidesets-p3

mdia p3-04 air pollution (greenhouse gases)

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