How does environmental sustainability support Rotary’s areas of focus? Members of the new Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) will share information and projects that promote environmental sustainability and climate change awareness in addition to how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate disruption. Learn how to identify, plan, and implement local and global environmental projects and how ESRAG can help.

1. 2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Making the Climb:
Environmental Sustainability

2. • Intro/ESRAG & you
• Your environmental projects
• Addressing the global climate crisis:
huge opportunities for health – Dr. Jonathan Patz
• Climate change & solutions/Making the climb
• Grants
• Your environmental projects – small groups
• Dialogue & wrap-up
TODAY’S PROGRAM
Climate change is a challenge and an opportunity -
not just a problem.
Rotarians hunger to give and flourish; it draws us to
Rotary.

3. Paul Riehemann, PP
Rotary Club of Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Founding Chair

4. • Why are you a Rotarian?
• Why are you here in Seoul?
• Why are you interested in the environment?
Why are you here??

5. Learn, think and participate
AND
identify a project you are going to work on.
Breakout purpose

6. Rotary. Proactive.
Quote from Bruce Key, Rotary Club of Belvoir-Wodonga, Australia on
Rotary being PROACTIVE:
There is no greater issue than climate change. It is largely
pointless for Rotary to be providing support for the victims of
weather-related disasters, when such disasters worldwide have
increased by 300% since 1980 (see chart), without Rotary also
attacking the major cause – climate change.

7. Rotary. Proactive.

8. Why titled “Making the Climb?”
Swiss climber Ueli Steck……

9. Jeremy Wright, PP
Rotary Club of Sydney Cove, Australia
Chair Communications & Marketing Committee

11. We stand on the shoulders of giants…

12. Sept. 2013
Oct. 2015
2016
Council
on
Legislation
How did ESRAG get started?
Application
approved by RI
Board of Directors

14. PROPOSED ENACTMENT 16-98 by District 6250, WI & Minn.,U.S.
To amend the STANDARD ROTARY CLUB CONSTITUTION as
follows:
This club, through its club service projects, may support
actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate
the global humanitarian crisis of climate change.

15. Melissa J. Mills
Rotary Club of Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Chair Awareness, Education, & Empowerment Committee

16. What contribution do you want to make?
YOUR
projects??

17. Dr. Jonathan Patz
Director, Global Health Institute,
University of Wisconsin, U.S.
Shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore and
other Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) scientists

18. Jonathan Patz, Professor & Director
Rotary International Annual Conference
Seoul, S. Korea, May 31, 2016

19. Observed global warming
About
0.85° C
global
warming
so far
Courtesy: D Liverman

20. Future Projections
Range: from 1 – 7°C average global warming by 2100
IPCC, AR5, 2013

22. CLIMATE
CHANGE
Temperature Rise 1
Sea level Rise 2
Hydrologic Extremes
Urban Heat Island
Effect
Air Pollution &
Aeroallergens
Vector-borne Diseases
Water-borne Diseases
Water resources & food
supply
Mental Health &
Environmental
Refugees
Heat Stress
Cardiorespiratory failure
Respiratory diseases, e.g.,
COPD & Asthma
Malaria
Dengue
Encephalitis
Hantavirus
Rift Valley Fever
Cholera
Cyclospora
Cryptosporidiosis
Campylobacter
Leptospirosis
Malnutrition
Diarrhea
Toxic Red Tides
Forced Migration
Overcrowding
Infectious diseases
Human Conflicts
1 3°C by yr. 2100
2 40 cm “ “
IPCC estimates
Patz, 1998
HEALTH EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
HTN and Preeclampsia

23. PRECIPITATION
Climate Variability and Change

24. USA: Combined sewer
overflows (CSOs)
1.2 trillion gal. of sewage & stormwater a year
discharged during combined sewer overflows
– would keep Niagara Falls roaring for 18 days
Courtesy: K. Schwab

25. U.S. CCSP, 2008Globally Averaged
In Future, when it
rains…it will pour.
By 2050, Chicago could
see >100% increase in
“Combined Sewage
Overflow” (CSO) events
(Patz et al. 2008)

26. Bradford Beach
South Shore Beach
Bradford and South Shore Beach on Lake Michigan
E. coli CFU/100 ml
235-999
0-100
100-235
1000-9999
10,000-20,000
Rainfall
Urban stormwater
Sewage overflow
Courtesy: Sandra
McLellan

27. Monday’s News

28. TEMPERATURE
Climate Variability and Change

29. HEAT WAVE - EUROPE
Heat Index Summer 2003
70,000 deaths
in 11 days
Vandentorren et al. Mortality in 13 French
cities during the August 2003 heat wave.
Am J Public Health 2004; 94(9):1518-20.
TIME LINE (FRANCE)

30. Increase in hot days in USA
Average NYC summer
(current) = 13 days
Average summer (2046-
65) = 39 days
Patz et al. 2014
32°C

31. Future summers
warmer than
warmest on
record
Today’s 900 million
at risk for hunger
could double by
mid-century.
Battisi and Naylor, Science
2009

32. Semi-Arid and Arid Sub-Tropics and Tropics & Areas w/
High Population Density
In the 20th century the world population
tripled – while water use multiplied six-fold! 32
Courtesy: Prof.
Paul Block
By 2025 two thirds of the people in the
world are expected to live in areas of
water shortage or stress.

34. Relationship between temperature and
malaria parasite development time
inside mosquito (“extrinsic incubation
period” or EIP). EIP shortens at higher
temps, so mosquitoes infectious sooner.

35. CLIMATE ROLE IN
ZIKA EPIDEMIC??
Climate Variability and Change

36. Aedes aegypti (the “small container” mosquito)

38. El Niño causing high temperature (SE Asia)
Temperature anomaly
Latitude
Month
Oceanic Niño Index
Month
van Panhuis et al. PNAS, 2015

39. El Niño of 2015
may be the strongest in the
recent hisorical record,
surpassing the 1997-98
event

40. ETHICS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE & HEALTH
Differences in vulnerability & responsibility

42. Patz, Gibbs et al. 2007
Americans emit 6-times the global average
CO2 per capita
Distribution of 200,000 deaths/yr from
recent warming.
.
Patz et al. 2007

43. Could Policy to Combat Climate
Change be cost-free?
PUBLIC HEALTH co-benefits could
even make climate change policy a
net gain.

44. The opportunity to avoid:
• 8.0 million deaths/yr. from air
pollution
WHO and the Global Burden of Disease
Report, 2013.
• Cardiovascular risk from high
meat diet.
• 3.2 million deaths/yr. from
physical inactivity

45. “…health benefits…can
offset 26-1050% of the
cost of US carbon
policies”

46. • Cost of cleaner
energy:
< $30/ tCO2
West et al. 2013
• Benefits of cleaner
energy:
• $200*/ tCO2
WHICH NUMBER IS BIGGER???
(* Range: $50 to $380)
For E. Asia, co-benefits are 10 to 70 times greater

47. Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance
1977 - $76.67/watt
2014 - $0.67/watt
THE WHOLESALE PRICE
OF SOLAR
PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV)
PANELS ($/WATT) HAS
DROPPED BY 99% SINCE
1977.
Evolution of Solar
Energy . . .

48. Neighborhoods designed for
automobiles rather than for people
are not health promoting and are
contrary to a “LIVABLE CITY”

49. Trends in the number of obese and severely obese people by region
The Lancet 2016 387, 1377-1396DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30054-X)
Copyright © 2016 NCD Risk Factor Collaboration. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC
BY Terms and Conditions

50. A Low-carbon economy can make
us healthier …and save money
Especially from changes in:
Energy production
Food systems
Transportation and urban planning

51. Role for Rotary
International
• Advance distributed
power for fair energy
access
• Require clean &
healthy energy
sources in any
development project.

52. • Promote local
economy for healthy
lifestyles
• Leverage RI
leadership for
communities to be
players in the new
“low carbon”
economy.
Role for Rotary
International (II)

53. Thank you very much!
http://ghi.wisc.edu/

54. Kazi Amdadul Hoque
Rotary Club of Sonargaon Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chair Strategic Alliances & Partnerships Committee

55. Talk Environment
Rtn. Kazi Amdadul Hoque, Bangladesh

56. The white
marble of
the Taj
Mahal is
turning
yellow

57. Uttarakhand forest fires
Glacie
rs
Melted

58. Floods DroughtWarming

61. Mothers and pregnant women
• Environmental toxics risk to maternal
health.
• Cooking and resting close to hearth after
birth can cause respiratory diseases.
• Lead in air and mercury in food can
cause infertility, miscarriage and birth
defects.
• Polluted air, contaminated water and lack
of sanitisation has put the health of
mothers on risk.
Children below age of 5
• Diarrhoea killing 1.6 million
children annually.
• Respiratory infections killing 1
million children annually.
• Malaria killing 1 million
children annually.
• Physical injuries killing
300000 children annually.

62. • Environmental impacts are responsible for nearly 25 per cent of all deaths
and there is an urgent need to place environmental issues at the centre of
efforts to improve human health, according to a new study published by the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• The reports show that environmental degradation and pollution is estimated
to cause up to 234 times as many premature deaths as occur in conflicts
annually.
• The report states that environmental impacts are responsible for the deaths
of more than 25 per cent of all children under the age of five.
• The report says that in 2012, an estimated 12.6 million deaths were caused
by deteriorating environment conditions, or 23 per cent of the total.

64. Bangladesh
30 million people to be displaced
in Bangladesh by end of century
due to sea-level rise due to sea
level rise. @ UNDP May 15
By 1980 and 2013, the average
Bangladeshi was personally
affected by two disasters

65. Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GHG emissions
Electricity and
Heat: 24.9%
Industry: 14.7%
Transportation:
14.3%
Agriculture:
13.8%
Reduce Emissions
Reduce Toxins in
Landfills
solar energy
eco-lawn
Green technology
grow foods
Organically
Personal Steps
Cycle or walk
Stop Disposable Plastic
End Junk Mail Reduce
Waste!
Turn Your Spoils into
Soil!
Buy local foods
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
worm compost
Friends of
Environment

66. 1.2 Million

67. Environmental Showcase
Rotary Club of Davis
RC Sonargaon Dhaka, District 3281
RC Uttra, 3281
planting
mangrove
seedlings
RC Hundred Islands
with Rotaract Club
of PASS
Today humans consume the equivalent of
1.5 planets’ worth of resources every year.
Unless changes are made, we are expected
to consume 2 planets’ worth of resources by
2050!

68. Looking ahead
Join our
online
Platform
Share
Actions
Inspire
and
Achieve

69. THANKS!
Any questions?
You can find me at @kaziamdadbd
&
hoqueka@gmail.com

70. Mark C. Krawczynski
Rotary Club Warszawa City, Poland
Chair Energy Advisory Committee
Air pollution: past, present & future

71. 20,000 BC
Air pollution was not a big problem because
very few people lived on our planet

72. Today we have nearly 7 billion people of which
4 billion live in cities. The GGE and air pollution
create an environment which looks like this.
In thousands of cities air pollution levels are
now often 5 to 10 times above WHO limits,
causing millions of premature deaths, illnesses
and costing nations billions in health care
costs
2016 AD

73. Recent problems
The main problem has been that the human race has
for hundreds of years been using basic fossil fuels
which are also the most polluting.

74. • Many countries have been gradually transferring to new, clean
energy technologies using sun, wind and water, creating huge new
industries and thousands of new jobs
• Progress is slow because people are not aware of all the latest
possibilites and benefits
• New, very sensitive solar panels will generate electricity
even in the shade
• New wind turbines can be placed in tight spaces between buildings
without causing discomfort to humans nor being a danger to birdlife
• Small, floating hydro-electric plants can be moored on rivers which
flow thru most big cities. No damage to the environment and no
interference with fish.
• L.E.G.s – Local Energy Generators, where city buildings themselves
create their own power by „catching” the enormous forces of nature
right on the spot.
Newest solutions
At 4pm I am hosting a 1 hr Breakout Session with the
Ambassador of the European Union, titled European
Union Climate Diplomacy”
You are invited!

75. Our goal
Our world in the future could all look this clean.
Our grandchildren would be able to breathe air without
pollution.
We could reduce GGE’s and stop climate warming.
It is our responsibility for future generations.

76. Melissa J. Mills
Rotary Club of Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Chair Awareness, Education, & Empowerment Committee

77. A W A R E N E S S , E D U C A T I O N & E M P O W E R M E N T

78. W H A T ’ S T H E P R O B L E M ?
DROUGHT
STORMS
FLOODS
WAR
RISING SEAS
SPECIES LOSS
AIR POLLUTION UNCLEAN WATER
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
FORCED MIGRATION
DISEASE
HUNGER
ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION

79. RISING [CO2] LEVELS Rising CO2 levels

80. GLOBAL [CO2] OVER MILLENIA
Global [CO2] over millenia

81. HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH

82. H U M A N S H A V E A C H O I C E !
Yeast Culture Collapse Limits to Growth Scenario 1

83. T H E O L D S T O R Y
GROWTH
Unintended
Consequences

84. T H E N E W S T O R Y
Prioritize Intrinsic Rewards
• Personal growth
• Trusted and joyful relationships
• Making contributions to the world
 COLLABORATE
 INNOVATE
 CREATE

85. E D U C A T I O N

86. T H E O L D S T O R Y
Extrinsic Rewards
• Money
• Image
• Power

87. A S O C I E T A L V I E W

88. I N D I V I D U A L E M P O W E R M E N T

89. R O T A R I A N S & E S R A G R E A C H F O R T H E S K Y !

90. P A R T N E R S

91. S U S T A I N E D C O O P E R A T I O N I S C I V I L I Z A T I O N
What can you do?

92. Paul Riehemann, PP
Rotary Club of Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Founding Chair
Solution:
Carbon Fee & Dividend (CFAD)

93. Hottest 11
years –
all after
1997
280 ppm
400+ ppm – up 41%

94. © 1978 Dr. Lonnie Thompson
1978Qori Kalis Glacier, Peru

95. © 2011 Dr. Lonnie Thompson
Ice that took 1,600
years to form has
melted in just 25
Qori Kalis Glacier, Peru
2011

96. Muir Glacier, Alaska
1880
Source: Hazard, G. D. 1880 Muir Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection, Boulder, Colorado USA; National
Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology

97. Muir Glacier, Alaska
2005
Source: Bruce F. Molnia, Bruce F. 2005 Muir Glacier: From the Glacier Photograph Collection, Boulder, Colorado USA;
National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology

98. Who is going to lead to global warming solutions?
• Businesses?
• Elected representatives?
• Environmental groups?
• Others??
Service clubs can/should be at the front –
awareness & projects.

99. The longer we wait to reduce GGEs:
• the greater the human suffering
• the higher the cost to slow the warming, and
• the greater the damage to world economies
Time is of the essence

100. Researchers Link
Syrian Conflict to a
Drought Made Worse
by Climate Change
New York Times, March 2, 2015

101. adaptverb:
“become adjusted to
new conditions”

102. Global
warming
- dialogue -

103. Carbon Fee and
Dividend
Pay more for fossils fuels;
get a dividend back
Renewables more
economically viable
Greenhouse emissions

104. Border adjustments:
• ALL countries reduce greenhouse gases
• No unfair competition

105. A revenue-neutral
carbon tax “is the
closest thing to a free
lunch in economics.”
Greg Mankiw, Harvard,
Former Chief Economic Advisor to
George W. Bush
a.k.a. - Carbon Fee
and Dividend

106. Fuel consumption
fell by 17.4% per
capita
BC’s GDP kept
pace

107. Numbers:
• 6,000’
• 64 since 1935
• 8/11/1858
9 hrs (not north face)
• 7/24/1938
3 days (north face)
Ueli Steck

109. Celelia Walter
Regional Grants Officer, Rotary
International
Grants

110. Grants
(have request into RI for a speaker – 4 min.
overview of terms and resources)
How can I obtain funding for my project?

112. What contribution do you want to make?
YOUR
projects??

113. Christopher Puttock
Rotary Club of College Park, Maryland U.S.
Executive Director

114. Dialogue
&
wrap-up
What’s on your mind?

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