Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University. Special Advisor to United Nations Secreta[r]
(1)Suggested hashtag for Twitter users: #LSESachs
The Age of Sustainable Development
International Growth Centre public lecture
Professor Jeffrey D Sachs
Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General on Millennium Development Goals
Dr Jonathan Leape
(2)THE AGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
JEFFREY D. SACHS
International Growth Centre London School of Economics
(3)The Anthropocene:
(4)James Watt’s Engine:
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1971 1972 1974 1976 1978 1979 1982 1985 1989 1993 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2008 2010 2011 2012
INTEL 4004 2.3K
XEON PHI 5.0B
THE INFORMATION AGE
(11)0 19 47 19 49 19 51 19 53 19 55 19 57 19 59 19 61 19 63 19 65 19 67 19 69 19 71 19 73 19 75 19 77 19 79 19 81 19 83 19 85 19 87 19 89 19 91 19 93 19 95 19 97 19 99 20 01 20 03 20 05 20 07 20 09 20 11 20 13
(12)(13)(14)A WORLD IN FLUX
1 GLOBAL‐SCALE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
2 RAPID ICT‐ENABLED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
3 RAPID POPULATION GROWTH IN AFRICA AND SOUTH
ASIA AND AGING IN THE HIGH‐INCOME COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE DECLINE OF MIDDLE‐SKILLED JOBS
5 EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES
(15)(16)YET ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY
REDUCTION ARE HAMPERED BY THREE
LARGE HURDLES:
GROWING INCOME INEQUALITY AND
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
(17)GINI COEFFICIENT IN US, 1968‐2010
(18)(19)Tunis, January 2011 Cairo, January 2011 Athens July 2011
Tel Aviv, August 2011 Chile, August 2011 New York City, November 2011
(20)(21)Source: Rockström et al 2009a)
(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)CURRENT DROUGHT RISK MAP, OCTOBER 2014
INSET FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND WEST ASIA
(28)(29)Sustainable Development as a Framework
for Action
Sustainable Development is the Holistic Integration of Economic, Social, and
Environmental Objectives in an Approach to Scientific Analysis, Governance,
Problem Solving, and Human Action
The UN Member States are now negotiating
(30)2015 is the Decisive Year for Setting Sustainable Development Goals
Financing for Sustainable Development (Addis
Ababa, July 2015)
Sustainable Development Goals (UN HQ, September 2015)
(31)1 END POVERTY AND HUNGER
2 HEALTH FOR ALL
3 EDUCATION FOR ALL
4 REDUCE ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES; END GENDER INEQUALITIES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND DECENT JOBS
6 SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABLE CITIES
8 STOP HUMAN‐INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE
9. CONSERVE MARINE AND TERRESTIAL ECOSYSTEMS
10. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
SDG PRIORITIES
(CONSOLIDATING THE 17 STATED PRIORITIES
(32)Challenges to Meet the Sustainable
Development:
Rapid Technological Transformation Equity in Social Service Provision
Community Protection of Natural Resources Strengthening of Local Governance
Sharing Work, Learning, and Leisure Restraining Arbitrary Corporate Power
Responsible investing and Financial Markets Re‐Democratizing Our Democracies
(33)CRITICAL “SUSTAINBLE SYSTEMS” PRIORITIES: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION (“SMART CITIES”)
(34)NEED NEW GLOBAL PUBLIC‐PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
(PPPs) FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES: LOW‐CARBON ENERGY SYSTEMS
RESILIENT AND SUSTAINBLE AGRICULTURE SMART ICT‐ENABLED URBAN SYSTEMS
(35)EXAMPLES OF DIRECTED SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY:
VACCINES, MEDICINES, AND DIAGNOSTICS
RADAR
CRYPTOGRAPHY NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPUTING
SEMICONDUCTORS
SATELLITES AND SPACE SCIENCE INTERNET
HUMAN GENOME PROJECT HIGGS BOSON (CERN)
(36)(37)2‐degree C
BAU:
(38)Main Decarbonization Strategies
0% 25% 50% 75% 2050
2014
Share of Electricity and Electric Fuels
in Total Final Energy (%)
Str at e gy Ke y Me tric of Tr ans forma tion
0 200 400 600
2050 2014
Electricity Emissions Intensity (gCO2/kWh)
0.0 5.0 10.0
2050 2014
Energy Intensity of GDP (GJ/$2005)
Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency DecarbonizationElectricity of End Use Fuel Switching
(39)THE WORLD WILL NEED TO STRAND OIL, GAS,
AND COAL RESERVES
(40)(41)0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 19 75 19 76 19 77 19 78 19 79 19 80 19 81 19 82 19 83 19 84 19 85 19 86 19 87 19 88 19 89 19 90 19 91 19 92 19 93 19 94 19 95 19 96 19 97 19 98 19 99 20 00 20 01 20 02 20 03 20 04 20 05 20 06 20 07 20 08 20 09 20 10 20 11 20 12 Production Cumulative
(42)KEY ROLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DISCIPLINES
(1) Understanding Mechanisms: climate, biodiversity, economic
dynamics
(2) Monitoring and mapping Earth system states
(3) Developing integrated physical‐human systems for the “green
economy”
(4) Assisting directed technological change e.g. “deep
decarbonization,” ICT‐based health and education, sustainable
agriculture, smart cities
(5) Leading public and university education, and building a shared
(43)Some Recent Alliances for
Sustainable Development
• Earth League
• UN SDSN
• SDSN.Edu and MDP
• DDPP
(44)Suggested hashtag for Twitter users: #LSESachs
The Age of Sustainable Development
International Growth Centre public lecture
Professor Jeffrey D Sachs
Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General on Millennium Development Goals
Dr Jonathan Leape