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1、2018/10/14,1,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,The sustainability challenge for local government the European experienceBob Evans Sustainable Cities Research Institute Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne,2018/10/14,2,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,Three themesThe nature of the sust
2、ainability challengeGoverning for local sustainable developmentInstitutional capacity for sustainable development,2018/10/14,3,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,Two questions.Why do we need to take sustainability seriously?How can sustainability be embedded into localgovernment decision-making?,
3、2018/10/14,4,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,Sustainable Development is not a thing its a way of doing thingsIts asking the question can we continue to do this indefinitely?Its asking the question what if?Its about taking our global responsibilities seriouslyBut its also about developing our r
4、esilience to cope with change,2018/10/14,5,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,Why do we need to take sustainability seriously?Because we are altruistic and responsibleWe care about global warming, our environmental footprint, unseen others and as yet unborn generationsBecause we are self-interest
5、edWe need to protect ourselves and our children,6,Western European societiesare major consumers of energy and naturalresourceswill inevitably have to reduce their consumption due to price increases, reductions in supply andchanges in the global distribution of power,7,Londons ecological footprintEqu
6、als 49 million global hectares (gha), which is293 times its geographical area (about twice thesize of the UK)This represents 6.63 global hectares per Londonresident. (If everyone on the planet had an equalshare of the earths bioproductive resources,we would each have 2.18 gha.) If this level of cons
7、umption were to be extendedworld-wide, we would require at least three planets,8,Environmental SpacePercentage reductions in consumption required in Europe to secure sustainable resource useEnergy use 50% Fossil fuels 75% CO2 emissions 77% Agricultural land 57% Wood 55% Aluminium 90% Cement 85% Chlo
8、rine 100%,2018/10/14,9,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,A quick look into the future.The problem of exponential growthEnergy security and resource useShifts in global prosperity and power,2018/10/14,10,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,Imagine a pond, with a lily in the middle,.which double
9、s its size each year.,and will take 30 years to fill the pond.,After 10 years, its hardly grown.,And in year 20, its not much larger,But, by the 29th year, it covers half the pond,And in the final year it covers the remaining half,2018/10/14,11,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,2018/10/14,12,Sus
10、tainable Cities Research Institute,2018/10/14,13,Sustainable Cities Research Institute,Shifts in global prosperity and powerCurrently there are about 1.5 billion people in theglobal economy65% of the human population has never made atelephone call. 1/3rd has no access to electricityAll indications a
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