Professor Sir David King's presentation at the CBI climate change summit. London, November 2010.

1. Should business care about climate
change?
Professor Sir David King
Senior Scientific Advisor to UBS
Director, Smith School of
Enterprise and the Environment
17th
November 2010
CBI 2010
IET, 2 Savoy Place, London

2. 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
Carbon
dioxide
400,000 years ago 300,000 200,000 100,000 Present
Temperature
0ºC
-2ºC
-4ºC
-6ºC
-8ºC
175ppm
200ppm
275ppm
250ppm
225ppm
-300ppm
-325ppm
180(ppt)δ
Temperature

3. Sea Level and Temperature Measurements
Source: Met Office & Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Liverpool

4. Volume of conventional oil discovered
Volume of conventional oil consumed
Billionsofbarrels[Gb]
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

5. Organisations with links to the Smith School

6. 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

7. 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