water, energy and climate
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Water Day Bonn 2 June, 2010. Water, Energy and Climate. Henk van Schaik. CPWC. Started 2001 after Third Assessment Report of IPCC. 2001 – 2005: Building awareness International events: WWF, WWW, IWA Documentation: books and films Local dialogues - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CPWC Started 2001 after Third Assessment Report of IPCC.
2001 – 2005: Building awareness
– International events: WWF, WWW, IWA– Documentation: books and films– Local dialogues
Since 2005: Towards operational responses– International events: WWF, WWW, COP, IWA, WASH, Mediterranean– Information and expertise: website, tools development– Adaptation programmes: Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Bangladesh
IWA
International Water Association Global network for water professionals Over 10,000 members from 130 countries Focus on urban water solutions Since 2004 Specialist Group on Water and Climate, and
Task Group on Mitigation and Energy
Climate change: Political positions
Good news last week:
UK Conservative Liberal Government announced its target to reduce global GHG emissions with 30 % by 2020.
Climate change became top priority in less than 10 years and will continue as top priority
Assessment Yvo de Boer, SG of UNFCCC
While disappointing to some, Copenhagen was nonetheless a crucial event in the negotiating process…
Copenhagen reached consensus on $30 billion for 2010-2012 for adaptation and mitigation and $100 billion by 2020 per annum.
Water and Energy nexus
Water management and water services need energy for transportation and treatment
Water utilities contrubute approximately 4 % to global GHGs (equal to air traffic)
Water utilities are class A energy consumer in cities (up to 60 %)
Water utilities have enormous outreach to customers. Irrigation water pumping (groundwater equals to one
third of total power consumption in India. Energy generation needs water for exploration, cooling
and production of bio fuels
Water World
Mainly discussing and working on adaptation at global level
Utilities (IWA members) are working hard on energy reduction. It saves costs
Pumping water for agriculture in India consumes one third of all power.
Pumping groundwater in arid areas
Mitigation measures utilities
Direct utility measures Reduction targets for GHGs, e.g. from fossil energy to
green energy More energy efficiency in particular in LDC country
utilities Fuel switch and even fuel production (anaerobic
WWTPs)
Indirect measures utilities as vehicle e.g. manufacturers and clients
Raw materials e.g. for treatment Household level awareness raising
Examples
Europe– 30 % GHG reduction target– 20 % saving on energy target on 2008 levels– 20 % contribution renewable energy – Introduction climate footprints to monitor progress.
other utilities
Australia mandatory reporting dury on GHGs USA mandatory reporting duty on GHGs Latin America no stated reduction goals Asia major investments but no reporting on GHGs IFC manor investment in energy reductions African water conference (March 2010) did not attend to
mitigation
Messages to negotiators
Linkages water, energy and climate YES Water services Class A emitter of GHGs Northern utilities are working on energy reduction Southern utilities are investing in development, buit have
no mitigation targets Mitigation and energy saving is about cash UNFCCC should encourage southern utilities to adopt
emission and energy reduction targets. Where twinning arrangements between utilities, GHG
reduction should be included.