Transcript ICES/NAFO Symposium - Instituto Español de Oceanografía

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Oswaldo López Monzón
INNOVA oceanografía litoral SL
The role of companies in climate change
URL: www.esa.org
ICES/NAFO Symposium
Santander (Spain). May 11th, 2011
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1.-Introduction
Thanks and Intro
-Thanks to the organization for giving us the opportunity of taking
part in this Symposium
- Business perception of CC
- The role agents:
Industry (companies)
Governments
Scientists & technicians
Our company
Illustration by John M. Evans, USGS, Colorado District
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2.-Bussines view: RISKS
According to The Economist Intelligence Unit after a pooling process
with a universe of 705 world companies, contracted by the UK Trade
& Investment, in relation with the Climate Change:
-This is THE moment for considering both risks and
opportunities in the business.
-The kind of risks companies are worried about are late
arrival of workers, floods, reinforcing their supply change
or reinforcing the piles of their buildings. More of the same
Around 55% of the companies have suffered an increase in
damages (significantly 14% or slightly 41%) related to CC
According to the UK Trade and Investment report
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2.-Bussines view: OPPORTUNITIES
According to The Economist Intelligence Unit after a pooling process
with a universe of 705 world companies, contracted by the UK Trade
& Investment, in relation with the Climate Change:
The kind of OPPORTUNITIES companies are observe are
- Construction companies: civil and private works
- Financial opportunities
- Mitigation
- R+D+I (seeds, water treatment, software, materials)
- Planning, consultancy, risk management
- Education and healthcare
- Between 39 and 46% of the companies are doing something
According to the UK Trade and Investment report
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2.-Bussines view
Percentage of world companies that are planning their
future under the climate change perspective
World average
Australia
Asia
South
America
Europe
According to the UK Trade and Investment report
Africa &
Middle East
North
America
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3.- Role: Members
The triangle of actors in CC: A dynamic one
INDUSTRY
(main agent)
GOVERNMENT
(regulator)
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
(actuators)
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3.- Role: Rules
The triangle of actors in CC: A dynamic one
INDUSTRY
GOVERNMENT
Education
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
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3.- Role: Victim
The triangle of actors in CC: A dynamic one
INDUSTRY
Environment,
Society,
NGO and
you too
GOVERNMENT
Education
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
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3.- Role: ALL
The triangle of actors in CC: A dynamic one, due to certain forces
INDUSTRY
Environment,
Society,
NGO and
you too
GOVERNMENT
Education
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
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3.- Our role
Our role, our opportunity
- Our goal is being considered an external service among our
clients: scientists, consultants, government or industry
- Our intention is assisting in their field work through instruments
and services.
- Our way is through monitoring the meteocean environment in a
sustainable manner
Image: URL Instituto Español de Oceanografía CO Santander
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4.- Monitoring
Currents measurement with Nortek profilers
Deploying an Acoustic Doppler Current
profiler and wave measurer, AWAC
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4.- Monitoring
Waves measurements with Datawell wave buoys and Radac radars
Deploying a Datawell MKIII
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OTH Radar WERA from Helzel
The role of companies
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4.- Monitoring
Messtechnik
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4.- CTD
Multiparametric instruments Idronaut
Water sampling systems
Ocean Seven 320 Plus WOCE CTD
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4.- Monitoring
Extra sensors CO2 and HC sensors
CH4 sensors
Contros underwater CO2 sensors
- AQUAtech Group
- Seapoint
- Zebra Tech, etc
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4.- Monitoring
Autonomous profilers and gliders from Teledyne Webb Research
Gliders are just starting a new way of observing ocean
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4.- Monitoring
Shear velocity and turbulence measurements by Rockland Scientific
Rockland Scientific MicroRider on the top of a Slocum
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4.- Thanks
Contribute to mitigate your CO2 impact!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND YOUR ATTENTION
INNOVA will contribute to compensate the CO2 generated during this activity by sponsoring
two pine trees that will be named ICES-NAFO and Santander.