Dr Bruno OberleDirector of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland, at the Eco Forum Global Annual Conference Guiyang 2015, 26 June 2015
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Mountainous Economy – Green Development
1. Federal Department of the Environment,
Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Eco Forum Global Annual Conference Guiyang 2015, 26 June 2015
Mountainous Economy –
Green Development
Dr Bruno Oberle
Director of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland
4. 4Mountainous Economy – Green Development | Dr Bruno Oberle
Environmental Performance
China versus Switzerland
Source: Global Footprint Network; Ecological Footprint in number of earths
World:
Switzerland:
China:
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Environmental Performance
Guizhou
Average per capita Ecological Footprint of China’s provinces
Source: China Ecological Footprint Report 2012
Chinese average at 2.1
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Economic Performance
China versus Switzerland
GDP-Data: IMF (2015); Figures: Wikimedia Commons (2015)
Area: 9.6 million km2
Population: 1.3 bn
Languages: Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan etc.
GDP per capita (current USD): 7’500
GDP per capita (PPP intern. $): 12’000
(Guizhou: GDP/capita current USD: 3’100)
Area: 41,285 km2
Population: 8.2 million
Languages: German, French, Italian, Romansh
GDP per capita (current USD): 87’500
GDP per capita (PPP intern. $): 58’000
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Resource Use and Prosperity
A Fatal Relationship
Sustainability
quadrant
China
Cuba
France
Germany
India
Mexico
Norway
Qatar
Russian Federation
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
United Arab Emirates
United States
-
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
- 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.800 1.000
Human Development Index
EcologicalFootprint
World biocapacity per capita
Veryhigh
humandevelopment
Sources: Ecological Footprint 2007: www.footprintnetwork.org, Human Development Index 2012: UNDP
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Infrastructure Investments
World’s Leader China
Source: McKinsey (2015)
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Infrastructure Investments in China
Pictures: Wikimedia Commons, Windpower monthly, Wikipedia, stuffpoint
Power supply: Tianhuangping hydroelectric project
Railways: Kunming Shanghai
high speed railway
Energy: Jiuquan Wind Farm
Roads: Hangzhou Bay Bridge
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Global Investment Requirements
Source: WEF, 2013
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Economic Performance
Guizhou versus Switzerland
Sources: Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons (2015)
Area: 176’000 km2
Population: 35 million
Languages: Southwestern Mandarin
GDP per capita (current USD): 3’100
Area: 41,285 km2
Population: 8.2 million
Languages: German, French, Italian, Romansh
GDP per capita (current USD): 87’500