hia of oil and gas projects: cumulative impacts martin birley salim vohra balsam ahmad
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HIA of oil and gas projects:cumulative impacts
Martin BirleySalim Vohra
Balsam Ahmad
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Content
ObjectionsRole of IAWater scarcity and waterborne diseasesClimate change and general morbidity
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Objections to advertised paperToo specific– Excess secrecy
Too general
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Role of impact assessment?Complicity with clientComplacency about impactsChallenge to client groupthink
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Cumulative impacts and policy
Cumulative impacts
Policy/strategy vacuum
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Water scarcity
river
villages
irrigation
Oil fields
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Reducing domestic water supplyIncreasing waterborne diseasesIncreasing cost of water– Poverty– Inequality
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Climate change
Global cumulative impact>150,000 annual deaths globallyWithin lifetime of new projectsDenialUrgent
Safe
Oct 2011
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National climate change impacts vary – Middle East example
Increasing water scarcityTemperature extremesReduced food supplySea flooding
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Corporate climate change policies
Acknowledge issue?Propose mitigation?Monitor and report?
Independent evaluation?
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Conclusions
Excessive secrecy Challenge v complicityCumulative impacts poorly managed/ policy vacuum– Water management– Climate change management
• Denial, urgency, acknowledgement, delivery
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