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Marco Morosini, Zurich, 10.6.2008 1

Dr. Marco Morosini, UWIS, ETH Zürich

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Dr. Marco Morosini, UWIS, ETH Zürich

BETTER INDICATORS FOR BETTER DECISIONS

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1) SHORTCOMINGS IN THE COMMUNICATION ON SUSTAINABILITY

2) ECO-EFFICIENCY INDICATORS

CONTENT

3) A METAINDEX OF DEVELOPMENT


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1)  Change towards sustainability needs more balanced communication on the positive and on the negative effects of consumption 2) Indicators of overall eco-efficiency are needed (wellbeing/resources use per person)

3) The aggregation of old indices offers new information

3 THESIS


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„Progress was made. But change towards more sustainable technologies and lifestyles is too slow.“

1)  SHORTCOMINGS IN THE COMMUNICATION ON SUSTAINABILITY


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Joseph Stiglitz Nobel Prize for economics 2001 „...for its analysis of markets with asymmetric information”.!


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ENVIRONMENT POPULATION

Scientists

Reporting agencies

(indicators)

Information media

Consumption

COMMUNICATION ON THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CONSUMPTION


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Vienna, Underground station, 16.2.2008


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Vienna, Underground station, 16.2.2008


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Tommaso Campanella, 1568-1639 „Sun City“


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Milan, Central station, 19.5.2006


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1. CHOSEN INFORMATION E.g.: book

2. OBLIGATORY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMUNICATION E.g.: traffic sign

Types of collective communication: NON COMMERCIAL


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2. OBLIGATORY DISGUISED ADVERTISING E.g.: product placement

3. SEMI-OBLIGATORY ADVERTISING E.g.: almost all media

1. OBLIGATORY ADVERTISING E.g.: billboards

Types of collective communication: COMMERCIAL


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TV advertising, USA, 1953


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São Paulo, „Clean city“, 2007


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INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABILITY -  Many systems and initiatives (> 1000)

-  Many indicators in each system (100-150)

-  Little visibility and influence

-  No funding for the communication


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Dashboard of sustainability

Download (800 kB): http://esl.jrc.it/dc/index.htm


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Where is the attraction of sustainability ?


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THE OECD GLOBAL PROJECT „MEASURING THE PROGRESS OF NATIONS“ since 2004 “....fosters the development of sets

of key economic, social and environmental indicators and their use to inform and promote evidence-based decision-making.”


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OECD PILOT PROJECT ON WELLBEING

- Pilot project for an international set of wellbeing indicators

- Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Bhutan. - Associate: Switzerland - Director: Dennis Trewin, Australia (ABS).


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a)  Physical eco-efficiency b) Monetised eco-efficiency

2) INDICATORS OF ECO-EFFICIENCY

c) Overall eco-efficiency


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E.g. person-km / liter fuel > rebound effect (Jevons paradox)

2) INDICATORS OF ECO-EFFICIENCY

William Stanley Jevons, 1835-1882

- Micro-level. E.g. Business volume/energy - Macro-level. E.g. GDP/energy > ambigous at macro level; means/means ratio

a) Physical eco-efficiency

b) Monetised eco-efficiency


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OECD Key Environmental Indicators (OECD, 2008)


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RELATIVE ECO-INTENSITY ABSOLUTE ECO-INTENSITY

OECD Environmental Indicators 2005 (OECD, 2005)

Denmark

(Germany)

Luxembourg

energy per unit GDP energy per person


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ENERGY INTENSITY PER PERSON „2000-watt society“


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- European Environmental Agency, 1999: Wellbeing / Resource consumption (Type-D in the EEA typology A-B-C-D) - New Economics Foundation, London, 2006: Happy Planet Index HPI = Satisfaction x Life Expectancy / Ecological footprint

c) Overall eco-efficiency


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OVERALL ECO-EFFICIENCY

Source: New Economic Foundation, 2006


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3) A METAINDEX OF DEVELOPMENT


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-  10 indices -  30 OECD countries (OECD)


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The metaindex is based on the average of the country ranks in ten established indices.


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A METAINDEX OF DEVELOPMENT - TEN INDICES

ISSUE INDEX 1 Human development Human Development Index

2 Wellbeing (humans and ecosystems) Wellbeing Index

3 Environmental sustainability Environmental Sustainability Index

4 Economic freedom Index of economic freedom

5 Economic competitiveness Global Competitiveness Index

6 Economic equality Gini Index

7 Information technology Networked Readiness Index

8 Corruption perception Corruption Perception Index

9 Press freedom Global Press Freedom Ranking

10 Gender gap Global Gender Gap


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A) SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: small population, low population density B) BIG IS NOT BRILLIANT: 5 of the G7 countries (yellow) C) LAGGARDS ARE HETEROGENEOUS:

four transition countries (green) three South-european countries (blue) three non European countries of recent industrialisation

A B C 1 Iceland 1 1 Austria 2 1 Czech Rep 2 Finland 1 2 New Zealand 2 2 Spain 3 Sweden 1 2 Germany 2 3 Hungary 4 Denmark 1 4 USA 2 4 Slovak Rep 5 Norway 1 5 UK 2 5 Italy 6 Switzerland 1 6 Luxembourg 2 6 Korea Rep 7 Canada 1 7 Japan 2 7 Greece 8 Netherlands 1 8 Belgium 2 8 Poland 9 Australia 1 9 France 2 9 Turkey 1 0 Ireland 2 0 Portugal 3 0 Mexico

RANK OF THE METAINDEX OF DEVELOPMENT (2006)


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TOP FIVE COUNTRIES

- High income - High competitiveness - High environmental stewardship and performance - High taxes (45% of GDP)



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Correlation with the Metaindex of Development

0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1

Global

EcEqua

Income

EcFree

Gender

HumDev

WBeing

EcComp

PressF

InfTec

EnvSus

Satisf

Corrup

LOW CORRUPTION: BEST PROXI FOR DEVELOPMENT

Soft factors

Emerging issues

Economical factors


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TWO CHAMPIONS: SWITZERLAND AND ITALY

Rank of the metaindex of development A B C

1 Iceland 1 1 Austria 2 1 Czech Rep 2 Finland 1 2 New Zealand 2 2 Spain 3 Sweden 1 2 Germany 2 3 Hungary 4 Denmark 1 4 USA 2 4 Slovak Rep 5 Norway 1 5 UK 2 5 Italy 6 Switzerland 1 6 Luxembourg 2 6 Korea Rep 7 Canada 1 7 Japan 2 7 Greece 8 Netherlands 1 8 Belgium 2 8 Poland 9 Australia 1 9 France 2 9 Turkey 1 0 Ireland 2 0 Portugal 3 0 Mexico


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SOCIAL EFFICIENCY: DEVELOPMENT AND TAXES

Switzerland: Top development, low taxes (30% of GDP) Italy: Low development, high taxes (43% of GDP)



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