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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY Dr. A.M.C. (Lex) Lemmens
Director Centre Technology for Sustainable Development
Director MSc Sustainable Energy Technology
Slide4: Sustainable energy
Cleaner production
Sustainable building
Environmental behaviour
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
Care for the environment 1970-1980: Care for the environment 1970-1980 Environmental care
1980-1990 Sustainable development
1990 onwards
Club of Rome: Limits to Growth (1971): Club of Rome: Limits to Growth (1971)
The Brundtland report (1987): The Brundtland report (1987) ‘A process of change in which the use of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change must all be in harmony with each other and increase all present and future possibilities to meet human needs and desires’.
Rio (1992) Johannesburg (Rio+10) (2002) : Rio (1992) Johannesburg (Rio+10) (2002)
Population size: Population size [billions] year Population size
Slide11: Future population size 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 Year Population size [billions]
Energy use: Energy use
How long will fossil fuels last?: How long will fossil fuels last?
Stocks of fossil fuels in 1980 and 1992: Stocks of fossil fuels in 1980 and 1992
CO2 - trend: CO2 - trend
Global temperature rise : Global temperature rise
Slide18: D = P x W x M Environmental pressure D - indication of use environmental capacity
Factor 4 (8) (10): 2050: D = P x W x M Factor 4 (8) (10)
Factor 8 in a graph: Factor 8 in a graph
The role of technology: The role of technology 70 %
Backcasting: Backcasting (presentation uses audio!!)
Integrated chain management: Integrated chain management
cultural aspects of energy provision : NIMBY cultural aspects of energy provision
structural aspects of energy provision : structural aspects of energy provision
Technological aspects of energy provision : Technological aspects of energy provision