Technological Progress, Energy and Climate Change

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Technological Progress, Energy and Climate
Change

• IPIECA National Workshop on International Policy
  Approaches
• to Address the Climate Change
  Challenge
• Beijing, 25-26 October 2005
• Sozaburo OKAMATSU
• President of Industrial Property Cooperation
  Center
• (IPCC)

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• 1 Balance of 3Es
• 2 Cooperation Between Developed Countries
• and Developing Countries
• 3 The Basic Concept of so-called New Earth 21
• 4 Measures that lead to emission limitations
  in
• developing countries
• 5 Development and Diffusion of Innovative
• Technologies
• 6 Closing remarks

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1 Balance of 3Es

• To address the Climate Change Taking a balance
  between Economy, Energy and Environment.
• To purchase Environment alone is not the right
  way.

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2 Cooperation Between Developed Countries and
Developing

• Climate Change related with civilization and
  culture of human beings.
• The increase in population and the standard of
  living in Developing CountriesCO2 emissions by
  the Developing Countries gtby the Developed
  Countries in 2020.
• Cooperation between Developed Countries and
  Developing Countries is necessary
• cfcommon but differentiated responsibilities

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3 The Basic Concept of so-called New Earth 21
(1990)

• The Climate Change has been occurring since the
  Industrial Revolution ?the rapid increase of
  energy consumption.
• To reduce CO2 to the level of pre-Industrial
  Revolution in a short period of time is
  impossible .
• The concept of The New Earth 21
• ? Plan covers 100 years
• ?Target of GHG emissions levelpre-
• Industrial Revolution by the end of 21st
• century.

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New Earth 21(conti.)

• ? The first 50 years
• ?) Transfer of existing energy conservation
• technologies to the Developing Countries
• ?Not to take the same path of energy
• consumption as that of the Developed
• Countries
• ?) To challenge the development of innovative
• technology (such as Reversing
  desertification
• through biotechnology, space solar power
  generation
• and nuclear fusion)?Role of Developed
  Countries

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New Earth 21(conti.)

• ? The second 50 years
• ?)To apply those newly invented innovative
  technologies first in the Developed Countries
• ?)Then transfer those technologies to the
  Developing Countries

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Image of New Earth 21
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4 Measures that lead to emission limitations in
developing countries

• Once some production process constructed/installed
  based on the conventional technologies, it
  would not be reconstructed for many years to
  come.
• Introduction of energy-saving technologies has
  significant impact on medium and long-term global
  emission trends.

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Measures that Lead to emission limitations in
developing countries (conti.)

• 20 of energy is saved in developing countries,
  the increase in CO2 emissions from developing
  countries in 2020 will decline to roughly half
• With regard to Asia ,China in particular, Japan
  encourage energy-saving and environmental
  cooperation and play an active role not only in
  addressing Climate Change but also in stabilizing
  energy supply/demand

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Potential of CO2 emission reduction by energy
conservation in developing countries (METI)
(Source) Calculated by METI,
using IEA (2004)
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5 Development and Diffusion of Innovative
Technologies

• ? Energy-supply side CO2 sequestration and
• storage, renewable, nuclear energy and fuel
  switch
• among fossil fuels,
• Energy-demand side hydrogen technology
  and
• energy-saving technology.
• ? Development of multiple technologies is
  necessary.
• ? International cooperation should be
  strengthened
• carbon sequestration and hydrogen technology
• In these field, the Climate Technology
  Initiative
• (CTI) is playing an important role.

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Development and Diffusion of Innovative
Technologies (Conti.)

• ?Innovative technologies, once developed, need
  to be diffused on a global scale.
• ?At RITE some new technologies have already
  been developed and applied on an experimental
  stage
• ?)Genetic engineering of
  chloroplasts?Greening of Unused
• Land
• ?)Bacterial metabolic function ? Highly
  efficient bioprocess
• ?)Low cost CO2 capture/fixation ?Reduce CO2
  Emissions
• ?)CO2 Sequestration Technology ?Geological
  and Ocean
• Sequestration
• RITEResearch Institute of Innovative
  Technology for the Earth
• Established in 1990, Kyoto,
  JAPAN

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CO2 Emission Reduction Scenario for 550 ppmv
Stabilization(RITE)
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6 Closing remarks

• To increase population and level up the standard
  of living ?Energy consumption ?the accumulation
  of GHG
• The only solution fully depends on
  technologies.
• Without international cooperation the Climate
  Change can not be addressed .

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Closing remarks (Conti.)

• The Developed countries to challenge the
  development of the new innovative technologies /
  international collaborations.
• The Developing countries, China and India in
  particular to cooperate with the Developed
  Countries, to participate in the international
  scheme, based on their development stage

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Closing remarks (Conti.)

• The issue of the Climate Change has been started
  by the civilization of human beings, I believe
  that it should be solved by the wisdom of
  mankind.
• Or who else can solve the problem? Let's commit
  ourselves to address this matter by ourselves
  together hand in hand.
• Thank you for your kind attention.