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• Small.

Fragile.
Interconnected.
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Climate impact of industrilisation
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Upsala Gletscher, Patagonia, Argentinien
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Upsala Gletscher, Patagonia, Argentinien
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Areas Under Water Four Regions
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The projected shift of permafrost boundary in
North Asia due to climate change by 2100
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Rise so far 0.7 C At 440 ppmCO2e (current
level) some models estimate around 70 chance of
exceeding 2.0C Earth absorption 9.9 billion
tonnes CO2 in 2030 8.2 billion people Less
than 1 tonne per person by 2030
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National carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per
capita in 2002
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No shortage of technologies
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Nanosolar Powersheet
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Lac de Sainte Croix, France.
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Marchlyn Mawr reservoir, Dinorwig Power Station,
North Wales
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Powering Seville
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FRESNEL MIRROR SYSTEMS
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DISH/ENGINE SYSTEMS
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Honda FX Clarity Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car
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Past and projected costs of PV system components.
Source Research Institute for Sustainable Energy
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Global problem solving today

• 200 nation states focusing on national Interests
• No easy way to learn from experience of others
• Slow, difficult negotiations to reach agreement
• International institutions with weak democratic
  legitimacy
• Global problems unsolved or worsening - climate,
  deforestation, AIDS, wars, nuclear weapons,
  poverty, etc

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New systems needed

• Fast, flexible, global
• Share best practice among lawmakers
• Enable closer cooperation across borders
• Democratic

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Connecting parliaments
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e-Parliament process

• Poll legislators to set joint priorities
• Gather ideas that work for online Ideas Bank
• Discuss ideas in video conferences
• International parliamentary committee hearings
• Support national parliamentary action

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e-Parliament Hearings

• Review the issues
• Examine ideas that work
• What can legislators do now?
• Action in national parliaments
• Working together across borders

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Benefits of action, with or without global
agreement

• Protect the planet
• Stop worrying about price of oil
• Energy for as long as the sun shines
• Unlimited supply
• Less lung disease
• More jobs

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The moral equivalent of war