IPCC WG3 Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation

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IPCC WG3Sustainable Development and Climate
Change Mitigation
Jayant A. Sathaye Co-CLA Chapter 12 Sustainable
Development and Mitigation Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory Berkeley, CA, USA
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Two-way Relationship Between Climate Change and
Sustainable Development

• Climate policy can have positive or negative
  effects on other factors
• -- Ancillary benefits or co-benefits
• Non-climate development policies can influence
  GHG emissions as much as specific climate
  policies
• -- Requires mainstreaming climate change in
  decision-making

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Climate change and other issues
3 dimensions of sustainable development
economic/social/environmental
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Examples of side-effects of climate mitigation
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Two-way Relationship Between Climate Change and
Sustainable Development

• Climate policy can have positive or negative
  effects on other factors
• -- Ancillary benefits or co-benefits
• Non-climate development policies can influence
  GHG emissions as much as specific climate
  policies
• -- Requires mainstreaming climate change in
  decision-making

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Development path as important as specific climate
mitigation policies
Development path with HIGH base emissions
Development path with LOW emissions
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Mainstreaming climate mitigation in development
decisions with climate consequences is essential

• Examples
• Economic policy (incl. fiscal, trade)
• Power sector deregulation
• Energy/oil import security
• Forestry
• Bank lending
• Insurance industry
• Rural energy

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Non-climate policies can influence GHG emissions
as much as specific climate policies
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3 Ways to Broaden Climate Policies (Mitigation
and Adaptation)
from climate to development policy
Development first
Climate first
Local and sector actions
International negotiations
from global agreement to local action
All actors (state, market, civil society)
State
from government to governance
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Mitigation and adaptation
synergies and trade-offs
Synergies, e.g. urban planning, increased water
efficiency, erosion control
Trade-offs adaptation (adaptive emissions),
e.g., air conditioning, irrigation
Trade-offs mitigation (new vulnerabilities),
e.g. climate-sensitive biofuels
Actions leading to non-sustainable development,
e.g. deforestation
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Conclusions

• Mainstreaming climate mitigation in development
  decisions with climate consequences is essential
  for a low-emissions path to emerge
• Entities state, markets, and civil society at
  all levels need to participate in the
  mainstreaming process
• National, state, and local governments,
• Oranized and unorganized industry,
• Non-governmental organizations, and
• General public

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• Thank you for your attention!