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Communicating Sustainability – how to get the balance right..
Chair: Renee Hancock, Member, GRI Australian Advisory Group
James Ensor, Director Public Policy, Oxfam Rod McGuinness, Social Media Producer, ABCKelvin O’Connor, Chief Operating Officer, Henry Davis York
Communicating Sustainability – a Development NGO Perspective
James Ensor - Policy Director, Oxfam Australia.
External Context for International Development
A rapidly changing external context
InequalityBased on gender,
race, disability, ethnicity and other forms of
identity
Volatility Food prices,
climate, energy prices
Changing Global
DynamicsEmerging role of BRICSAM’s and
G20
Gender Injustice.
Women as the face of 21st
century poverty
Scarcity Increasing
competition for land, water, energy and
carbon space
Scarcity: Increasing competition for land, water, minerals and carbon space.
The share of land devoted to food production has peaked
The landgrab legacy of the 2008 food price crisis?
• Inequality: Gender, ethnicity, disability, race.
Volatility: Climate, economy, food, fuel.
A Changing World – More Shocks
Volatility – Climate Change
Frozen Jet Stream Winds linked to Russian Fires and Pakistan Floods
The 4 Challenges
1. The production challenge – we must produce enough nourishing food for 9 billion people by 2050.
2. The ecological challenge – we must do so whilst keeping within critical planetary boundaries for the use of land, water, atmospheric space and genetic resources.
The 4 Challenges
3. The equity challenge – we must empower women and men living in poverty with the resources to grow or buy enough food to eat.
4. The resilience challenge – we must manage volatility in food prices,
and reduce vulnerability to climate change.
Nine planetary boundaries:
Stockholm Resilience Centre
Nine planetary boundaries
Stockholm Resilience Centre
CO2 350ppm
15% cropland4,000 km3 pa
35 m tonnes pa
276 Dobson units
2.75 aragonite
10 species/m pa
Environmental ceiling
climate change
chemical pollution
land use change
freshwater use
biodiversity loss
the safe operating space for humanity
Environmental ceiling:the nine planetary boundaries
aerosols
ocean acidification
nitrogen & phosphorus
use
ozonedepletion
Environmental ceiling
Social floor
climate change
aerosols
chemical pollution
nitrogen & phosphorus
use
land use change
ozonedepletion
ocean acidification
freshwater use
biodiversity loss
resilience
voice
social equity
genderequality
jobs
povertyfood
water
energy
education
health
the safe and just space for humanity
Social floor: here based on Rio20 priorities
Environmental ceiling
Social floor
climate change
aerosols
chemical pollution
nitrogen & phosphorus
use
land use change
ozonedepletion
ocean acidification
freshwater use
biodiversity loss
resilience
voice
social equity
genderequality
jobs
povertyfood
water
energy
education
health
the safe and just space for humanity
• Equity• Efficiency • Empowerment
• Governance
What increases room for manoeuvre?
inequitable and unsustainable economic growth
climate change
waste management
chemical pollution
soil degradation
land use change
desertificationmarine resources and acidification
freshwater use
biodiversity loss
resilience
voice
social equity
genderequality
jobs
povertyfood
water
energy
education
health
Old economic growth:beyond the floorbut through the ceiling
sustainable and inclusive
economic progress
climate change
waste management
chemical pollution
soil degradation
land use change
desertificationmarine resources and acidification
freshwater use
biodiversity loss
resilience
voice
social equity
genderequality
jobs
povertyfood
water
energy
education
health
New economy:
• inclusive• sustainable• resilienteconomicdevelopment
