Transcript From Climate and Water to Water and Climate Henk van Schaik

Water Day
Bonn
2 June, 2010
Water, Energy and Climate
Henk van Schaik
CPWC
 Started 2001 after Third Assessment Report of IPCC.
 2001 – 2005: Building awareness
– International events: WWF, WWW, IWA
– Documentation: books and films
– Local dialogues
 Since 2005: Towards operational responses
– International events: WWF, WWW, COP, IWA, WASH, Mediterranean
– Information and expertise: website, tools development
– Adaptation programmes: Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Bangladesh
IWA
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International Water Association
Global network for water professionals
Over 10,000 members from 130 countries
Focus on urban water solutions
Since 2004 Specialist Group on Water and Climate, and
Task Group on Mitigation and Energy
Climate change: Political positions
Good news last week:
UK Conservative Liberal Government announced its
target to reduce global GHG emissions with 30 % by
2020.
Climate change became top priority in less than 10 years and
will continue as top priority
Assessment Yvo de Boer, SG of UNFCCC
 While disappointing to some, Copenhagen was
nonetheless a crucial event in the negotiating process…
 Copenhagen reached consensus on $30 billion for 20102012 for adaptation and mitigation and $100 billion by
2020 per annum.
Water and Energy nexus
 Water management and water services need energy for
transportation and treatment
 Water utilities contrubute approximately 4 % to global
GHGs (equal to air traffic)
 Water utilities are class A energy consumer in cities (up
to 60 %)
 Water utilities have enormous outreach to customers.
 Irrigation water pumping (groundwater equals to one
third of total power consumption in India.
 Energy generation needs water for exploration, cooling
and production of bio fuels
Water World
 Mainly discussing and working on adaptation at global
level
 Utilities (IWA members) are working hard on energy
reduction. It saves costs
 Pumping water for agriculture in India consumes one
third of all power.
 Pumping groundwater in arid areas
Mitigation measures utilities
Direct utility measures
 Reduction targets for GHGs, e.g. from fossil energy to
green energy
 More energy efficiency in particular in LDC country
utilities
 Fuel switch and even fuel production (anaerobic
WWTPs)
Indirect measures utilities as vehicle e.g. manufacturers
and clients
 Raw materials e.g. for treatment
 Household level awareness raising
Examples
 Europe
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30 % GHG reduction target
20 % saving on energy target on 2008 levels
20 % contribution renewable energy
Introduction climate footprints to monitor progress.
other utilities
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Australia mandatory reporting dury on GHGs
USA mandatory reporting duty on GHGs
Latin America no stated reduction goals
Asia major investments but no reporting on GHGs
IFC manor investment in energy reductions
African water conference (March 2010) did not attend to
mitigation
Messages to negotiators
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Linkages water, energy and climate YES
Water services Class A emitter of GHGs
Northern utilities are working on energy reduction
Southern utilities are investing in development, buit have
no mitigation targets
 Mitigation and energy saving is about cash
 UNFCCC should encourage southern utilities to adopt
emission and energy reduction targets.
 Where twinning arrangements between utilities, GHG
reduction should be included.
www.waterandclimate.org
Thank You