2013 - RTCC - Responding to Climate Change

2013
Rio conventions
les conventions de rio
las convenciones de Río
Конвенции Рио
Foreword
Andy
J. Miller
Poor land management practices
are leading to the shrinking of
arable land, increasing pressure
on water resources and leading to
water scarcity. Already arable land
per person has decreased from 0.38
hectares in 1970 to 0.23 hectares in
2000, with a projected decline to
0.15 hectares per person by 2050.
Water
L’EAU
El Agua
Water security is now one of the top natural resource challenges facing humanity. Many regions of the
world already experience severe water scarcity. Some estimates suggest that one third of humanity
already lives in water stressed areas. This is projected to rise to as much as two thirds by 2030, by which
time the demand for fresh water is expected to increase by 30% as the world population grows.
Water availability is already a major constraint to increasing food production over the same period.
Assurer l’approvisionnement en eau est l’un des plus grands défis que confronte l’humanité quant il s’agit
de ses ressources naturelles. Plusieurs régions du monde sont déjà touchées par de graves pénuries d’eau.
Quelques estimations suggèrent que déjà un tiers de l’humanité vit dans des régions où existent des stress
hydriques. Ce taux s’élèvera à deux tiers d’ici 2030. À ce même moment on prévoit que la demande pour
l’eau potable aura augmentée de 30% en raison de la croissance démographique. La disponibilité de l’eau est
déjà une contrainte majeure à l’augmentation de la production alimentaire pour cette même période.
La seguridad hídrica es uno de los retos principales a los que se enfrenta la humanidad en lo que se
refiere a los recursos naturales. Muchas regiones del mundo ya están experimentando una severa
escasez de agua. Algunas estimaciones sugieren que un tercio de la humanidad vive ya en zonas con
estrés hídrico. Se prevé que pueda aumentar hasta los dos tercios hacia el año 2030, en cuyo momento la
demanda de agua dulce se espera que aumente 30% conforme la población mundial crece. Dentro de este
mismo período de tiempo, se prevé que la disponibilidad del agua sea una limitación importante para el
incremento de la producción de alimentos.
Water sustains all life on Earth. It is vital for all people, whether rich or poor. Water is also the Earth’s
most abundant resource, covering nearly 70% of its surface. But most of it is salty.
In fact, less than 3% is fresh water and less than 1% of this is available as fresh flowing surface water found
in springs, rivers and lakes. Although water is renewable, through the water cycle, it is not replaceable.
Freshwater is also very unevenly distributed within and across regions and local areas. Many major
sources of fresh water cut across state or regional boundaries. All these factors make fresh water one of
the most important but limited resources of our planet. It is essential for most economic activities and is
central to sustainable development.
Water is a key thread that weaves together the actions needed to be taken by governments at the nexus of
the desertification, biodiversity and climate change Conventions, providing an opportunity for boosting
synergy among these agreements.
Ecosystems perform essential roles that determine water availability and quality, at any time and place.
Water in turn underpins all ecosystem services. These include direct benefits to biodiversity, such as
water for animals, and plant growth, as well as direct human use. Water regulation, including flood
and drought regulation, is a crucial ecosystem service in fighting land degradation and mitigating
climate change. Climate change affects ecosystems (and thus people) mainly through changes to water
availability. Indeed, a large component of adaptation to climate change will have to focus on managing
changes in water.
Water, biodiversity loss, climate change and desertification are strongly linked. The loss of vegetation
cover and soil biodiversity reduces water retention in soils and triggers desertification. Climate-induced
droughts, which are becoming more common with climate change, intensify desertification and
biodiversity loss, which then further increases water scarcity, making it even harder for many countries
to achieve water security. Importantly, understanding these linkages helps us identify solutions.
By conserving or restoring biodiversity, we can rehabilitate ecosystems, improving water security
and helping to combat desertification.
Today, over 1 billion of the people living in the arid and semi-arid areas have little or no access to
renewable water resources. Every year, 12 million hectares of land, an area that could produce 20 million
tons of grain, turn into new man-made deserts through desertification and drought alone. Over the next
25 years, desertification and land degradation may reduce global food production by up to 12%.
Clearly, any actions that sustain and restore water on the land - such as sustainable land management practices,
which include biodiversity conservation - are part of the global efforts to make our future sustainable.
The outcomes of United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 (Rio+20) reflect
increasing awareness of the importance of water. The UN member states recognized the key role
that ecosystems play in maintaining water quantity and quality and that global biodiversity loss and
degradation of ecosystems threaten the provision of and access to water. Their agreement to strive for a
land-degradation neutral world and to monitor, globally, land degradation and restore degraded lands in
the drylands will be crucial in tackling water scarcity.
Since the year 2013 is the International Year of Water Cooperation and 2015 marks the end of the
International Decade for Action “Water for Life”, let us reflect on the mutually supporting roles the three
Rio Conventions can play to foster sustainable development through the sustainable supply and use of,
and access to, water.
L’eau sous-tend toutes formes de vie sur Terre. Elle est vitale aux êtres humains, qu’ils soient riches ou
pauvres. L’eau est également la ressource la plus importante de la Terre recouvrant près de 70% de sa
surface. Cependant, la majorité de cette eau est salée.
En fait, l’eau douce représente moins de 3% de l’eau de la Planète et moins de 1% de cette eau douce est
disponible en tant qu’eau douce de surface coulant dans les sources, les rivières et les lacs. Même si
l’eau est renouvelable à travers le cycle hydrique est n’est pas remplaçable. L’eau douce est aussi très
inégalement répartie au sein des régions et collectivités locales. Beaucoup des grandes sources d’eau douce
s’étendent au-delà des frontières étatiques ou régionales. Tous ces facteurs rendent l’eau douce l’une des
ressources les plus importantes mais limitées de notre planète quoiqu’elle reste essentielle à la plupart des
activités économiques et au cœur du développement durable.
L’eau est un fil conducteur qui relie les actions nécessaires devant être entreprises par les gouvernements
à la croisée des Conventions sur la désertification, la biodiversité et les changements climatiques.
Elle fournit une occasion de renforcer les synergies entre ces accords.
Les écosystèmes jouent des rôles essentiels qui détermine la disponibilité et la qualité de l’eau, partout
et en tout temps. L’eau en retour, sous-tend tous les services écosystémiques. Il s’agit notamment des
avantages directs pour la biodiversité, comme l’eau pour les animaux et la croissance des plantes ainsi
que l’utilisation directe par les êtres humains. La régularisation de l’eau, notamment la régularisation
des inondations et des sécheresses, est un service écosystémique crucial dans la lutte contre la dégradation
des terres et pour l’atténuation des changements climatiques. Les changements climatiques affectent les
écosystèmes (et donc les gens), principalement grâce à des changements de disponibilité de l’eau. En effet,
une composante importante de l’adaptation aux changements climatiques devra se concentrer sur la
gestion des changements des ressources en eau.
L’eau, la perte de la biodiversité, les changements climatiques et la désertification sont fortement liés.
La perte de la couverture végétale et la biodiversité des sols réduisent la capacité de rétention de l’eau
des terres et accentuent ainsi la désertification.
Les sécheresses induites par le climat, devenant de plus fréquentes avec les changements climatiques,
intensifient la désertification et la perte de biodiversité, amplifiant à leur tour la rareté de l’eau.
Ainsi, il devient difficile pour de nombreux pays d’assurer l’approvisionnement en eau. Fait important,
la compréhension de ces liens nous aide à trouver des solutions. Par la conservation de la biodiversité ou
sa restauration, nous pouvons réhabiliter les écosystèmes, améliorer la sécurité de l’approvisionnement
en eau et aider la lutte contre la désertification.
Aujourd’hui, plus de 1 milliard de personnes vivent dans les zones arides et semi-arides et ont peu ou pas
accès aux ressources en eau renouvelables. Chaque année, 12 millions d’hectares de terres, un domaine qui
pourrait produire 20 millions de tonnes de céréales, se transforment en nouveaux déserts artificiels par le
biais de la désertification et de la sécheresse seule. Au cours des 25 prochaines années, la désertification et
la dégradation des terres pourraient réduire la production alimentaire mondiale de 12%.
De toute évidence, toutes les actions qui soutiennent et rétablissent les ressources en eau sur les terres
comme les pratiques de gestion durable des terres, notamment par la conservation de la biodiversité,
font partie des efforts mondiaux visant à nous assurer un avenir durable.
Les résultats de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le développement durable en 2012 (Rio +20)
reflètent la prise de conscience croissante sur l’importance de l’eau. Les États membre des Nations
Unies reconnaissent le rôle clé que jouent les écosystèmes dans le maintien de la quantité et de la
qualité de l’eau et reconnaissent que la perte de biodiversité et la dégradation des écosystèmes menacent
l’approvisionnement et l’accès à l’eau. Leur accord à œuvrer pour un monde où la dégradation des sols
serait au neutre à surveiller, au niveau mondial, la dégradation des terres et la restauration des terres
dégradées dans les zones arides sera crucial dans la lutte contre la pénurie d’eau.
Puisque l’année 2013 est l’Année internationale de la coopération dans le domaine de l’eau et que 2015
marquera la fin de la Décennie de l’Action sur « L’eau pour la vie », réfléchissons sur les rôles d’appui
mutuel que peuvent jouer les trois conventions de Rio pour favoriser le développement durable à travers la
prestation, l’accès à l’eau et son utilisation durable.
El agua sostiene toda vida sobre la Tierra. Es de vital importancia para todas las personas, ya sean ricos o
pobres. El agua es también el recurso más abundante de la Tierra, cubriendo casi el 70% de su superficie.
Pero la mayor parte de ella es salada.
De hecho, menos del 3% es agua dulce y de esta, menos del 1% la que está disponible como agua dulce que
fluye en la superficie como en fuentes, ríos y lagos. Aunque el agua se puede renovar, a través del ciclo
hídrico, no se puede reemplazar. El agua potable se encuentra distribuida de una manera muy desigual
dentro de las regiones y áreas locales. Muchas de las fuentes principales de agua dulce trascienden las
fronteras estatales o regionales. Todos estos factores hacen que el agua dulce sea uno de los recursos más
importantes, pero también uno de los recursos más limitados de nuestro planeta. Su existencia es esencial
para la mayor parte de las actividades económicas y es fundamental para el desarrollo sostenible.
El agua es el elemento que entrelaza las acciones necesarias que deben adoptar los gobiernos en el nexo
de las Convenciones sobre la desertificación, la diversidad biológica y el cambio climático, proporcionando
una oportunidad para impulsar la sinergia entre estos acuerdos.
Los ecosistemas cumplen funciones esenciales que determinan la disponibilidad y la calidad del agua,
en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar. El agua a su vez sostiene todos los servicios de los ecosistemas.
Estos incluyen beneficios directos para la diversidad biológica, tales como agua para los animales, para
el crecimiento de las plantas, y para el uso directo del hombre. La regulación del agua, incluyendo las
inundaciones y las sequías reguladas, es un servicio ambiental importante en la lucha contra la degradación
del suelo y el cambio climático. El cambio climático afecta a los ecosistemas (y por lo tanto a todas las
personas), principalmente a través de cambios en la disponibilidad de agua. De hecho, un gran componente
para la adaptación al cambio climático tendrán que centrarse en la gestión de los cambios en el agua.
El agua, la pérdida de la diversidad biológica, el cambio climático y la desertificación están fuertemente
ligados. La pérdida de la cubierta vegetal y la diversidad biológica del suelo reducen la retención del agua
en los suelos desencadenando la desertificación. Las sequías causadas por el clima, que cada vez son más
frecuentes a raíz del cambio climático, intensifican la desertificación y la pérdida de diversidad biológica,
incrementando aún más la escasez de agua, lo que hace aún más difícil para muchos países el poder
lograr la seguridad hídrica. Es muy importante destacar que la comprensión de estos vínculos nos ayuda
a identificar las soluciones. Al conservar o restaurar la diversidad biológica, podemos rehabilitar los
ecosistemas, mejorar la seguridad hídrica y ayudar a combatir la desertificación.
Hoy en día, más de mil millones de personas viven en las zonas áridas y semiáridas con poco o casi
ningún acceso a los recursos hídricos renovables. Cada año, 12 millones de hectáreas, un área que podría
producir 20 millones de toneladas de grano, se convierten en desiertos creados por los hombres a causa
tan solo de la desertificación y de la sequía. En los próximos 25 años, la desertificación y la degradación de
la tierra pueden reducir la producción mundial de alimentos hasta en un 12%.
Queda muy claro que cualquier acción que sostiene y restaura el agua sobre la tierra — tales como las
prácticas sostenibles de manejo de la tierra, que incluyen la conservación de la diversidad biológica —
son parte de los esfuerzos globales para que nuestro futuro sea sostenible.
Los resultados de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible de 2012 (Río + 20)
reflejan un aumento en la conciencia sobre la importancia del agua. Los países miembros de la ONU
reconocen el papel tan importante que desempeñan los ecosistemas en el mantenimiento de la cantidad
y calidad del agua y que la pérdida de diversidad biológica mundial y la degradación de los ecosistemas
ponen en peligro la provisión y el acceso al agua. Durante la Conferencia se llegó a un acuerdo para luchar
por un mundo con una degradación neutral del suelo y supervisar, a nivel mundial, la degradación de
la tierra y restaurar las tierras degradadas en las tierras secas, lo que será crucial para hacer frente a la
escasez de agua.
Tomando en consideración que 2013 es el Año Internacional de la Cooperación en la Esfera del Agua y
que 2015 marca el final del Decenio Internacional para la Acción “El agua, fuente de vida”, reflexionemos
sobre como las Convenciones de Río se pueden apoyar mutuamente para fomentar el desarrollo sostenible
a través del suministro, el uso y el acceso sostenible del agua.
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Andrea
Manzati
More than 80% of global
agricultural land is rain-fed.
By 2020, in some African countries,
yields from rain-fed agriculture
could be reduced by up to 50% in
the face of frequent and severe
droughts and water scarcity.
Land degradation undermines
water availability and quality.
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Over the past four decades,
excessive nutrient loading has
emerged as one of the most
important direct drivers of
ecosystem change in inland and
coastal wetlands. Most landbased activities from agriculture
and human settlements
generate pollution, land erosion
(causing siltation) and nutrient
runoff (causing eutrophication),
which all exert their impacts on
inland waters.
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PADDY
MILLS
Innovative technologies and
integrated solutions are needed at
the appropriate scales to ensure
more effective water management.
Any adaptation measures, however,
need to be assessed for inadvertent
adverse effects, in particular on the
environment and on human health.
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Nils-Petter
Ekwall
Producing one kilo of beef
requires 15,000 litres of water,
while producing one kilo of wheat
requires 1,500 litres. By 2030,
the world will need at least 50%
more food, 45% more energy and
30% more water. Unfortunately,
desertification, land degradation
and drought are contributing to the
global water crisis.
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JAMIE
CULLEN
By 2050 sea level rise, droughts,
heat waves, floods and rainfall
variation could increase the
number of malnourished
children by 25 million. Land and
ecosystem degradation will also
add to malnutrition making it
imperative for national drought
policies to consider poverty
eradication, economic growth
and employment creation.
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Gentleman
Draughtsman
Water supplies stored in glaciers and
snow cover are projected to decline
in the course of the century, putting
pressure on nations that rely on
glacier melt to feed their rivers.
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Peskimo
Lack of access to safe drinking
water is an indicator of poverty
- groundwater supplies drinking
water to an estimated 1.5-3
billion people – and in most
areas groundwater is recharged
through functioning wetlands;
therefore sustaining its supply is a
biodiversity-related issue.
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Hruby
Forests are key determinants
of water supply, quality and
quantity, in both developing
and developed countries.
The importance of forests
as watersheds may increase
substantially in the next
few decades, as freshwater
resources become increasingly
scarce, particularly in
developing countries.
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VESA
Sammalisto
Extreme variability of
precipitation as a result of
climate change is expected to
place 2.8 billion people at risk
of water shortages. Therefore,
a large component of adaptation
will have to focus on managing
changes in water.
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ADAM
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Without improved water
resources management, the
progress towards poverty
reduction targets, the
Millennium Development Goals,
and sustainable development
in all its economic, social and
environmental dimensions, will
be jeopardized.
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DENIS
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Water is the primary medium
through which climate change
influences the Earth’s ecosystems
and therefore people’s livelihoods
and well-being. Already, waterrelated climate change impacts
are being experienced in the form
of more severe and more frequent
droughts and floods.
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Newman
For poor countries that have always
faced hydrologic variability, climate
change will make water security
even more difficult to achieve.
Illustrators
JIM
SPENCER
The onset of climate change
means that most countries around
the world will have to cope
with increased and more severe
droughts and or the increased
risk of severe flooding.
Andy J. Miller
Andrea Manzati
Alberto Antoniazzi
PADDY MILLS
Nils-Petter Ekwall
JAMIE CULLEN
Gentleman Draughtsman
Peskimo
Andy J. Miller is a freelance
illustrator and designer from the
great state of Indiana, USA. Fuelled
by influences from past and present,
including Dr. Suess and Saul Bass,
Andy has worked for clients like Sony,
Virgin Media, Nickelodeon, Converse
and others worldwide. Andy describes
his work as “... a drawing of a dream
inside of a dream”.
Andrea Manzati is an illustrator
and designer based in Verona,
Italy. After four years working as a
graphic designer and illustrator for
Happycentro, dealing with renowned
Italian and international clients,
he chose to pursue a career as a
professional illustrator. He loves to
experiment with different styles of
illustration, from geometrical vector
images to physical composition using
plasticine, paper or other materials.
Alberto Antoniazzi was born in Milan,
Italy, at the beginning of the 80s. Today,
he is an internationally recognised
illustrator and graphic designer, with a
client list boasting high-profile brands
such as Adidas, MTV, Microsoft and
Nickelodeon. His style is very much
focused on simple vector illustrations
and information graphics.
Paddy Mills is a graphic designer
and illustrator who learned his
trade on a draughting board with
ink and a slide rule. He now applies
these skills in a daily attempt to
give a visual companion to editorial
copy, fashion garments and music
with his continuously expanding
graphic vocabulary.
Nils-Petter is an award-winning
illustrator and graphic designer based
in Stockholm, Sweden, with over
15 years experience of painting and
drawing for international clients. He
graduated from the School of Graphic
Arts and Illustration in Lund, 1994,
and has since been working in the
field of illustration and graphic
design. He has recently completed
commissioned assignments
for Wallpaper*, Gemato and
Architectural Review.
Jamie Cullen is a Brighton-based
illustrator who cites Pop Art and M C
Escher’s impossible constructions as
a couple of his many influences. His
work often involves layers of visual
discovery with hidden elements
emerging from his bright, intricate
drawings. Jamie has produced work
for a selection of high profile clients,
including campaigns for Nike, Coke,
Virgin Mobile and VW. His highly
distinctive illustrations have also
appeared in Rolling Stone, Wallpaper*,
Billboard, IDN and Esquire.
Gentleman Draughtsman was
originally trained as an engineering
draftsman at Rolls-Royce Aerospace,
where he used traditional hand
rendered processes as well as modern
digital methods. Today, he works as a
freelance illustrator creating graphic
images for use in editorial, interiors,
music and fashion.
Peskimo’s world is teeming with
monsters and bunnies, pattern and
texture, combining quirky details and
streamlined design with a generous
pinch of nostalgia to create art that
has won admirers far and wide.
Since meeting at university, Jodie
and David saw eye-to-eye on robots,
kittens and evil monkeys. They began
to work under the name of Peskimo
in 2004, and have since crafted a vast
array of characters and creations
that have appeared on t-shirts, toys,
magazines and billboards worldwide.
Patrick Hruby
VESA Sammalisto
ADAM NICKEL
DENIS CARRIER
Daren Newman
JIM SPENCER
ANA HIMES
Synergy art
Patrick graduated from the Art
Center College of Design in 2010.
Since then, his work has caught
the eye of clients such as VW, New
York Times and AMMO Books.
Hruby’s versatile aesthetic has led to
designing style boards for clients like
AT&T, Coca-Cola, and US Cellular.
Besides commercial work, he also
exhibits in various galleries, including
solo exhibitions at Sloan Fine Art and
CultureFix New York.
Vesa Sammalisto is a Finnish
illustrator currently based in
Berlin, Germany. After graduating
from the University of Art and
Design, Helsinki, Vesa worked as
a designer in one of Finland’s top
advertising agencies before deciding
to concentrate full-time on being
a professional illustrator. Since
then he has worked for a variety of
clients including Google, Monocle,
Wired, Domino’s Pizza and The
Architectural Review. In 2011, Vessa
was honoured with the prestigious
ADC Young Guns award.
Adam Nickel has an educational and
working background in animation,
graphic design and advertising.
His artistic influences come from
the illustrations of the 40s 50s and
60s, and his interests range from
mid-century modern furniture to
hot rods. He spends his days with his
wife Kathryn, where they live within
listening distance of a beautiful beach
on the Sunshine Coast of Australia.
Denis is a French illustrator based
at the feet of the Alps’ mountains in
Grenoble. He looks like his work –
“...not so big, not very muscular, but
really funny and simple”. His recent
clients include The New York Times,
Anorak, Wired and Publik.
Daren Newman is an illustrator,
typographer and designer, raised
and based in Manchester, UK, who
also works under the moniker of
Me&MyPen. Although Daren is
relatively new to the commercial
illustration industry he has already
worked for global brands including
Absolut Vodka, Paul Smith and Nike.
His work has featured in publications
such as New York Times, New
York Magazine, Desktop Magazine
along with various typographic and
illustration related books and blogs.
Jim’s watercolour illustrations
focus largely on realism and intense
detail. Through maintaining a
balance of dynamic brushstrokes
and careful observation, he creates
accurate representations whilst still
preserving a sense of life in his work.
Since establishing his freelance
practice, Jim has produced artwork
for GQ, Wardour Publishing and
August Media.
After completing her studies in
Advertising and PR, Ana Himes
moved to Madrid, purchased her first
camera and fell in love with the art of
photographic collage. Since then her
beautiful and delicate creations have
appeared in magazines and journals
including Tendencias (Spain), Dust
and Dessert (Japan), Holy Ghost
(UK), Big Lucks (USA) and Mixtape
(Australia). Exhibiting internationally,
Ana has mounted shows in London,
Seattle, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia,
Stockholm and New York.
Synergy Art was founded in 2000
by Frances Wallace (nee Chapple)
with a handful of good illustrators
from a small studio in Holland Park,
West London. Today, Synergy Art is a
thriving creative management agency,
representing a select list of renowned
image makers, with two UK offices and
an international client list spanning
Europe, North America, South
America, Australia and Asia.
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