16th World Petroleum Congress June 14, 2000 Calgary Canada

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16th World Petroleum CongressJune 14, 2000 -
Calgary - Canada

• Achieving Consensus on
• Social and Environmental Responsibility in a
  global Economy,
• towards
• the Certainty of Sustainability
• Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel
• Director Division of Technology, Industry and
  Economics
• United Nations Environment Programme

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Malmö - UNEP Global Ministerial Environment Forum
outcome

• Major environmental challenges
• of the 21st century
• climate change and atmosphere pollution
• freshwater
• depletion of biological resources
• land degradation
• environmental emergencies
• awareness raising, education

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Malmö - UNEP Global Ministerial Environment Forum
outcome

• Root causes
• of environmental degradation
• poverty
• unsustainable production and consumption patterns
• social and economic problems
• inadequate functioning of the market

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Malmö - UNEP Global Ministerial Environment Forum
outcome

• Responses
• integration of environmental considerations in
  mainstream decision making
• precautionary approach
• environmental compliance, enforcement and
  liability
• knowledge building, sharing of information
• awareness raising, education

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Malmö - UNEP Global Ministerial Environment Forum
outcome

• Role of government
• create an enabling environment
• regulatory framework
• economic instruments (including fiscal reform)
• institutions

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Malmö - UNEP Global Ministerial Environment Forum
outcome

• Role of the private sector
• accountability and transparency
• reporting
• technology innovation
• inclusion of the precautionary approach in
  decision making
• partnership building
• government, NGOs
• technology transfer
• life cycle economy

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UNEP the Petroleum SectorNetwork

• through
• Ministries of Environment
• Associations, ...OGP, IPIECA, World LPG
  Assoc.,
• Companies, EHS divisions
• NGOsWWF, IUCN, SustainAbility...

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UNEP the Petroleum SectorReporting

• The Social reporting Report
• The Oil Sector Report
• Accountability, companies requested to report,
• UNEP is promoting the Global Reporting Initiative

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UNEP supports the Petroleum Sectors Innovations

• GHG voluntary initiatives cf Kyoto Protocol
• emissions trading launched internally by some
  companies
• CO² removal offshore and depot in a reservoir
• NOx reductions cf Gothenburg Protocol under LRATP
  Convention, dec 99
• produced water reinjected on the sea floor
• 3D seismic -multilateral wells

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UNEP supports the Petroleum Sectors Innovations

• Zero flaring commitments- LNG plants
• decommissioning of platforms, recycling
• safe devices for automotive LPG
• no lead gasoline-low sulfur diesel-aquazole
• Renewables could be 15 of the energy mix in 20
  years- wind, 13000 Mewatts in 50 countries, 30
  increase/an- photovoltaics, micro hydro,
  biomass,

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UNEP the Petroleum SectorGlobal Standards

• towards
• a core set of standards to be applied in all
  major oil producing nationsin addition to other
  regional or national requirements
• UNEP ready to work on it with the petroleum
  industry

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UNEP has a catalytic roleRio10

• 2nd Expert Meeting in Stavanger, end June- cf
  CSD47 to share information, between devep/deving
  countries. website managed by UNEP
• The Energy programme, next CSD on Energy
• The Rio10 initiative 10 industry sectors
  will be invited to set perspectives commitments
  for the next decade

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Key Messages

• Sustainability pressures will increasevia
  consumer / NGO demand government pressure
• the Certainty of Sustainability is in the hands
  of the private public companies. 90 of World
  petroleum reserves belongs to the National Oil
  Cies
• those Cies shall develop cleaner energy
  technologies and renewables