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Indalo Yethu: Save Tomorrow, Today
60th AMEU CONVENTION
Muhloti Russell Baloyi
WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2007
Introduction
- South African environmental awareness & endorsement
campaign
- Legacy of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, Johannesburg 2002
- Established by Government through the Department of
Environmental Affairs & Tourism (DEAT)
• Government initiative
• Independent and works with Government, Civil Society
and Business
THE
OFFERING
OFFERING 1:
OFFERING 2:
EDUCATION & AWARENESS
ENDORSEMENT
water
biodiversity
energy
Economic and social
factors
Product lifecycle
pollution
waste
greening/
eco-friendly
Support systems
2007:
Why are we here?
Nobel Peace Prize, WEF, High Level Talks
2007:
Indalo Yethu
2006:
An Inconvenient Truth
2002:
WORLD SUMMIT 2002
2000:
UN Millennium Summit - MDGs
1997:
Kyoto Protocol of UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change
1992:
Rio Conference - Agenda 21
1972:
1987:
Stockholm, UN Conf
Brundtland Commission
on Human Environment ‘Our Common Future’ - SD
Everything is connected
We are not separate
from our environment
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
YOU ARE
HERE
SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT
• South Africa is the largest emitter of GHGs in Africa
• We are a developing country and rated amongst developed
countries in relation to GHG emissions
• Part of the United Nations and committed to various
international agreement, CSD, UNFCCC, MDG’s, etc
• Power failure
• Electricity Backlog
• Reliance on coal powered electricity
• Best practices emerging & THERE IS HOPE
• Power station going off line & reconnection
South African Context
The close link between energy use and economic growth
WORLD ANNUAL %s GDP:CO2 1960-1990
8.00
6.00
4.00
2.00
%
0.00
-2.00
-4.00
-6.00
1960
WORLD TOTAL CO2
1965
1970
WORLD TOTAL GDP
1975
1980
1985
1990
EXTRACTING ENERGY
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
PROBLEMS
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• When coal is burned as fuel, it gives off carbon dioxide, the
main greenhouse gas that is linked with global warming.
• Burning coal also produces emissions, such as sulfur,
nitrogen oxide (NOx), and mercury, that can pollute the air
and water.
• Sulfur mixes with oxygen to form sulfur dioxide (SO2), a
chemical that can affect trees and water when it combines
with moisture to produce acid rain.
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• Mercury that is released into the air eventually settles in
water.
• The mercury in the water can build up in fish and shellfish,
and can be harmful to animals and people who eat them.
• Legislation require industries to reduce pollutants released
into the air and the water.
• Emissions of nitrogen oxide help create smog, and also
contribute to acid rain.
COAL-NON RENEWABLE ENERGY
Coal is a nonrenewable energy source because it
takes millions of years to create.
The energy in coal comes from the energy stored
by plants that lived hundreds of millions of years
ago, when the earth was partly covered with
swampy forests.
OUR VISION
Sustainable Solutions
For Reducing Environmental Impact
• Legislative environment is conducive
• Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency
• Open the grid for independent power producers,
renewable energy in particular
• Encourage decentralized generation systems to
complement National power plants
• Lobby for point of consumption generation sell back
schemes
• Move beyond demonstration = roll out
Way Forward
• Explore possible partnership and collaborations around
energy awareness raising and capacity building
• Promote & show case your environmental commitment
• Share your experience through our website
• Do your bit and tell others to do their bit
• UNFCC in Born, Germany
www.indaloyethu.co.za