Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Lessons from the international community

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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Lessons from
the international community
Dr Peter DoranQueens University, Belfast
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The brief

• Lessons for Northern Ireland
• The experience of other developed countries
• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Impact on competitiveness and growth

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Outline of presentation

• A note on competitiveness
• Context
• International
• Local
• Risks and Opportunities
• Case Studies
• Recommendations

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Competitiveness

• Lisbon Agenda

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Rethinking Competitiveness

• Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs
• Stern Report
• Climate Change and Competitiveness
• Low Carbon Economy one key to EUs global
  competitiveness, growth and jobs

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Context
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Context International

• Twin Constraints Energy Security Climate
  Change
• White Paper on Energy
• EU Energy Strategy
• Kyoto Protocol Post-2012

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Context Northern Ireland

• Challenges for policy entrepreneurs
• Ownership of the agenda
• Sustainable Development as a core organising
  principle for the PFG
• Linking climate, sustainable development and
  peace building
• Harnessing climate change and sustainable
  development solutions to urgent policy agendas
  (e.g. PPS 14)

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Mitigation

• Overview

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Mitigation

• The IPCC Working Group III Report
• International Mitigation Stategies
• Lifestyle and behaviour change
• Co-benefits (e.g. health)
• Energy Security
• Transport (access)
• Energy Efficiency
• Industry, Agriculture, Forestry
• Waste treatment

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Mitigation

• IPCC Working Group III
• A range of policies, including those on climate
  change, energy security, and sustainable
  development, have been effective in reducing GHG
  emissions in different sectors and many
  countries. (IPPC 2007)

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Case Studies
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Germany

• Wind Energy

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Lessons from Germanys wind energy industry
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Installed Capacity
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Jobs Growth
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Supportive Political Framework
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Falling prices for wind energy
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Price supports a comparison
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Denmark

• Decarbonising the Economy

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CO2 Emissions in Final Energy Consumption the
downward trend
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Biomass in Denmark
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Wind Energy in Denmark
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CHP in Denmark
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CHP/District Heating in Denmark
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Energy Efficiency
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Cities and Communities
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The Leipzig Charter for European Cities

• Basis of a new urban policy for Europe
• Tackling climate change is also an urban task
• Cities account for almost three quarters of world
  energy consumption.

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Leading Cities
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London
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London
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Paris
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Berlin
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Case Studies

• Energy Efficiency
• On a macroeconomic scale, it is generally
  possible to extract at least four times, and in
  many sectors ten times, as much value added from
  one unit of energy than is presently achieved.

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Emerging Technologies

• Carbon Capture and Storage
• Hydrogen-based transportation fuels
• Energy-producing greenhouses

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Emerging Concepts

• Dematerialisation
• Eco-sufficiency (e.g. car sharing)
• Transition Management

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Conclusions

• Some lessons
• Effective responses are ultimately local
• Critical role of regulatory regimes
• Critical role of RD/International collaboration
• Effective responses are economics-led (e.g. early
  movers to seize emerging markets)
• Leadership (e.g. transition management)