cbi climate change summit - professor sir david king
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Professor Sir David King's presentation at the CBI climate change summit. London, November 2010.TRANSCRIPT
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Should business care about climate change?
Professor Sir David KingSenior Scientific Advisor to UBS
Director, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
17th November 2010
CBI 2010IET, 2 Savoy Place, London
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Source: Fedorov et al. Science 2006, 312, 1485 Source: ML Design. From "The Complete Ice Age: How Climate Change Shaped the World" edited by Brian Fagan, Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, 2009
Observed Global Temperatures
60 million years ago
40 million
20 million 0.5 million
Present2.5 million
2 million
1 million1.5 million
5
4
3
2
1
0
3 million
Carb
on
d
ioxid
e
400,000 years ago 300,000 200,000 100,000 Present
Tem
pera
tur e
0ºC
-2ºC
-4ºC
-6ºC
-8ºC175ppm
200ppm
275ppm
250ppm
225ppm
-300ppm
-325ppm
δ1
8 0
(p
pt)
Tem
pera
tur e
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Sea Level and Temperature Measurements
Source: Met Office & Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Liverpool
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Volume of conventional oil discovered
Volume of conventional oil consumed
Billion
s o
f b
arr
els
[G
b]
Year
50
40
30
20
10
2000198019601940
0
19201900 2020 2040 2060
Source: N.A. Owen, O.R. Inderwildi and D.A King, ‘The status of conventional world oil reserves - Hype or cause for concern?’ (2010) Energy Policy, doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.02.026
Conventional Oil Supply and Demand
Forecasted demand 1.2% p.a. growth
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Organisations with links to the Smith School
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The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford
Making an impact on the environmental changes facing the planet
www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk