Professor Hans Rosling

200 years of Global Change (in an unjust world).

STOCKHOLM 28 September 2013



Climate Change: the State of the Science
The first public forum for the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment
Working Group I Summary for Policymakers, Climate Change 2013: the Physical Science Basis.

Special guest speaker Professor Hans Rosling (Gapminder and Karolinska Institutet)

Lecture Presentation 19 minutes '200 Years of Global Change' http://youtu.be/grZSxoLPqXI

This is one of the clearest and simplest presentations I have ever seen about the most important facts of fossil
fuel use, responsibility, renewable energy facts, actual population growth vs the myths, and the implications of
climate change.

Hans Rosling addresses the major global changes of 1900 to 2100.
Covers climate science history and projections of the IPCC AR5 WGI Report.
Summarizes the implications and reality of the history and future projections using easy to understand
diagrams and graphs using simple explanations and comparisons.

Presentation Highlights or How little people really know about the actual facts

Population Facts vs Myths
Expected world population by 2100? 10 Billion.
Average children per family in 2100? Less than 2.
http://youtu.be/grZSxoLPqXI?t=7m19s to 11m43s


Carbon Dioxide emissions per Capita ( - by income by country from 1900 )
In 2010 China's emissions per Capita was still below the level of the American people in 1900
http://youtu.be/grZSxoLPqXI?t=11m44s to 13m45s


Global Fossil Fuel & Energy Distribution
by Wealth per Billion of Population, in 2 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0SrAitl9Ow


Energy Use Distribution of today's 7 billion population
The wealthiest one billion people on the planet have been using:
- 50% of ALL Fossil Fuel energy produced every year
- well above 90% of ALL Hydro and Nuclear energy
- and almost 100% of Wind & Solar energy today
The Poorest four billion use next to nothing of anything
If you burn coal, you save children from dying
http://youtu.be/grZSxoLPqXI?t=14m30s to 18m4s


What % of the total world energy now comes from solar and wind power?
Is it 2%, 5%, 10%, 20% or 40%?
We overestimate what we have done.
We think we have done more than we have.
And we haven't understood how much we have to do.
http://youtu.be/grZSxoLPqXI?t=18m5s to end
More about Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling (born 27 July 1948) is a Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker. Hans
Rosling is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet, and Co-Founder of Gapminder Foundation.

Karolinska Institutet Sweden http://ki.se/en/about

Gapminder for a fact-based world view
Fighting devastating ignorance with fact-based worldviews everyone can understand.
http://www.gapminder.org/
http://www.gapminder.org/tag/hans-rosling/
http://skollworldforum.org/contributor/hans-rosling/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling
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About - Climate Change: the State of the Science Event
The event was organized by IGBP and partners. The special guest speaker was Hans Rosling.
Summary information and other video presentations from the event available from IGBP here.

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
Website http://www.igbp.net/
Videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJUfa275a4qd4Lb0b3Lf4Uw
Climate change: the state of the science (data visualization) by IGBP Sept 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EWOrZQ3L-c (4 mins)
Can we remain below 2 degrees C?
The scale of dangerous climate change depends on decisions made now.
It is up to societies today to decide the future we want.
The Carbon Budget remaining to have a chance to stay below 2C is only another 250 billion tonnes of Carbon.
We burn 10 (GtC) billion tonnes Carbon per year now and its increasing ~3% per year.
The Carbon Budget will run out in under 25 years unless significant cuts to fossil fuel use are made.
It's a choice. A collective global responsibility. An unavoidable one apparently.
Google Scholar Papers by IGBP