system change requires eco-efficient infrastructure design & approaches infrastructure provides...
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Changing the visible structure of the economy
• System change requires eco-efficient infrastructure design & approaches
• Infrastructure provides the foundation for our socio-economic systems
Eco Efficiency
Urban design and planning
Buildings
Transport
Water
Energy
Waste
Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission
Infrastructure is one of the main determinants of resource efficiency and carbon intensity of economic growth patterns
BROWN GREEN
Green Buildings
Renewable Energy
Technologies
Public Transport
Railways
Rainwater harvesting
Decentralized wastewater treatment
Quality of growth and livability
• AP countries stand to be hardest hit by oil price increases and volatility
• Severe traffic congestion that can amount to 10% of annual GDP!
Infrastructure should be designedthinking 30-50 years ahead
• Long lifespan • Urbanization• In 2030, 2.6 billion will live in cities or towns• Adding 3.5 million people / month in next 20 years
Investments in the next five to ten years are critical
• Investments in infrastructure: US$ 8 trillion to US$ 10 trillion in the region
• Will lock the Asia and Pacific economies into patterns of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come
Failure to integrate eco-efficientinfrastructure development
Failure to integrate eco-efficiency
Growing externalities
Growing number of poor peopleRapid urbanization
Cities become centers for poverty and environmental
problems
Promoting eco-efficient infrastructureincludes retrofitting the old
Good for the environment & Good for the economy