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URGENTLY INTEGRATION WITH LOW CARBON ECONOMY - AUTHORS
URGENTLY INTEGRATION WITH LOW CARBON ECONOMY
Author: AUTHORS | 
Date: 22 / 02 / 2012
We adequately looked Climate Change subject from humanetarian and environmentalist window. Media sources warned and put this concept’s importance into our brains for decades. We became conscious. From now on we must look this matter from economical window too.
The Stern Report issued in 2005 wrote that if economical plans are not done; climate change will cause more than 20 % damage on the global GDP. However spending only 1 % of the global GDP will be enough to reduce the damages and harmfull effects of climate change. Experts accept this ratio as 2% in 2011.
Like English economist Sir Nicholas Stern; English government’s department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform ( BERR ) wrote in it’s 2009 report that the current volume of Low Carbon Economy reached to € 3,65 Trillion value. This amount is equal to 6 % of global GDP in year 2008.
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SEGMENTS OF LOW CARBON ECONOMY [ € 3,65 Trillion ] |
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NEW LOW CARBON SECTOR € 1,737 Trillion |
RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR € 788 Billion |
ENVIRONMENT SECTOR € 788 Billion |
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Alternative fuels ( 18,5 % ) Building technologies ( 12,8 % ) Alternative fules for vehicles ( 11,2 % ) Energy management ( 2,4 % ) New energy sources ( 1,2 % ) Carbon finance ( 1 % ) Carbon hold and storage ( 0,4 % ) |
Wind ( 11,5 % ) Geothermal ( 9,1 % ) Biomass ( 4,6 % ) Renewable-concultancy ( 0,5 % ) Hydro ( 0,4 % ) Wave ( 0,1 % )
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Water cleanse ( 7,8 % ) Waste management ( 6,1 % ) Air pollution ( 0,9 % ) Soil pollution ( 0,9 % ) Concultancy for environment ( 0,8 % ) Controlling the voice and vibration ( 0,2 % ) Environment observation ( 0,1 % ) Controlling the sea pollution ( 0,1 % )
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There are 22 countries are sharing € 3,65 Trillion worth Low Carbon Economy right now. The only African sharer is South Africa and RSA’s portion is 0,88 % ( € 32,281,000,000 ). So, RSA is 21st of this list.
We must understand that there are 2 factors of Low Carbon Economy: Opportunities and Risks.
It is very clear that Low Carbon Economy’s € 3,65 Trillion worth cake is presenting very big advantages. Furthermore there are only 22 countries share this huge cake. So, why other African countries must not be sharer?
Risks are as clear as the advantages. Official reports are warning us about urgency of the matter. If our governments don’t reserve 2 % of national GDP for economical preventations we will lose more than 20 % of the GDP. But the more interesting risk is about Carbon Taxes which is about to knock our doors by the end of 2012.
First UN’s IPPC agreement ( 1997 ), second Kyoto Protocole ( 2007 ) and last Bali Agreement signed. This last one ( BALI ) is bringing carbon tax to products of the countries which are weak to reduce Co2 emissions. The purpose is to equal the prices of the low carbon products against high carbon products. The measurement is carbon footprint. USA, EU and Australia almost finished the tax system and they are about to issue. This is very big risk on African economy. The simplest reason is that all cunsomer prices will rise extremely due to imports and also almost all African export merchandises will live difficulty to rival against others because of high tax additions at importer countries.
According to my close observations, no any African institution or government have any arrangement, planning or preperation yet.
I am strongly asking: How can you talk about sustainable development of Africa without harmonisation with Low Carbon Economy? Impossible. Therefore African governments and companies must immediately start Urgent Action Plan.
My dear African brothers and sisters; I seriously invite you Immediately learn the carbon economy and prepare your self for this new age system.
Carbon Economy is the surname of globalism. It brought the biggest and the most important opportunity to Africa, as never done before. Don't miss it. We know how to do it and yes we can together !
Serdar Manga
22 February 2012