The Global View Flashcards
India
What % of India’s land was vulnerable to degradation in 2011-2013?
1/3 of it’s land, totaling 96 million hectares
India’s own assessment shows that about 96 million hectares, almost one-third of its total geographic area, was undergoing land degradation between 2011 and 2013 – making the commitment on reversing land degradation I mentioned above even more important.
source: UN Environment
India
What % of land has India claimed to restore by 2030?
26 million hectares by 2030
Prime Minister Modi at the 14th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) announced that India would raise its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares by 2030.
source: UN Environment
Global Air Pollution
Out of 10 people, how many people in the world breath in polluted air?
Data from the WHO shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants…
Global Human Interferance
What % of non-ice land has humans altered?
We have intensified agriculture, expanded infrastructure and extracted resources – altering 75 per cent of the planet’s ice-free surface
Source:
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/speech/promise-action-sustainability-heart-covid-19-recovery
Global GDP and Nature based industries
Around half of global GDP is dependent on nature and its services.
What amount of CO2 does the apparel and footwear industry contribute to?
2.1 billion metric tons of CO2
contributes to 4%
A new report by sustainability platform Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and consulting firm McKinsey & Company, published Thursday, whips out a fresh set of numbers; in 2018, they say, the apparel and footwear industry churned out some 2.1 billion metric tons of CO₂, making up 4 percent of that year’s total. (McKinsey also consulted with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for its oft-quoted 2017 “New Textiles Economy” report, which likely explains the narrower disparity with the latter’s numbers.)
If no action is taken…
at what rate is CO2 increasing by 2030?
what is the total amount of CO2?
2.7% increase rate
by 2030 will go from 2.1 billion metric tonnes to 2.7 billion…
If no further action is taken over the next decade, “beyond measures already in place,” write the authors of “Fashion on Climate,” the industry’s CO₂ emissions will probably tick up to roughly 2.7 billion metric tons a year by 2030, reflecting an annual volume growth rate of 2.7 percent.
with climate action, what is the goes of total CO2 by the apparel / fashion industry?
the goal is to cut more than half, going from 2.1 billion metric tonnes to 1.1 billiob metric tonnes
The GFA and McKinsey say that the industry needs to turbocharge its efforts and halve its annual emissions to 1.1 billion metric tons by 2030—or risk losing the entire climate fight.
can we meet the 2030 goal?
Reducing emissions from upstream operations is a key step. Efforts to decarbonize materials production and processing, minimize production and manufacturing waste and decarbonize garment manufacturing through energy-efficiency schemes or transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy resources can deliver 1 billion tons of emissions abatement, or 61 percent of the total, the authors wrote.
https://sourcingjournal.com/topics/sustainability/mckinsey-global-fashion-agenda-climate-change-report-carbon-emissions-228022/
How much would it cost to invest in new green technologies?
Give estiamte of $x per metric ton of CO2
$50 per metric ton of CO₂ emissions
https://sourcingjournal.com/topics/sustainability/mckinsey-global-fashion-agenda-climate-change-report-carbon-emissions-228022/
