global crises in a resource-constrained, multipolar world
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Global crises in a resource-constrained, multipolar world. John Humphrey Globalisation Team. Outline. Looming, long-term crises New powers and multipolarity Equity Timeframes Governance. Increased demand 50% by 2030 (IEA) Energy. Increasing population - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Outline
1. Looming, long-term crises
2. New powers and multipolarity
3. Equity
4. Timeframes
5. Governance
But food security is only part of a ‘Perfect Storm’ of global events
Increased demand 50% by 2030 (IEA)
Energy
Water Increased demand
30% by 2030
(IFPRI)
FoodIncreased demand
50% by 2030
(FAO)
Climate Change
1. Increasing population
2. Increasing levels of urbanisation
3. The rightful goal to alleviate poverty
4. Climate Change
John BeddingtonChief Scientific AdvisorUK Government
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Heightens the need for global governance to be more inclusive – G20 not G8
Undermines West’s claim for economic superiority
Increases confidence and assertiveness of rising powers
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•The Observer, Sunday 7 March 2010
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grabAn Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens
A woman tends vegetables at a giant Saudi-financed farm in Ethiopia.….Nestling below an escarpment of the Rift Valley, the development is far from finished, but the plastic and steel structure already stretches over 20 hectares – the size of 20 football pitches.
Time
Climate or weather?
Long term stresses in relation to acute shocks
How much are current volatilities in food and energy prices indicators of long-term trends?
2030 versus today
Bringing the future into the present
Governance (1)
The Beddington strategy defragment – in multiple crises focus on risk and uncertainty place value on the future – foresight
Governance (2) Institutions
increase “bandwidth” – thicker relations to build trust and understanding (repeat transactions)
aggregate actors – not 180 countries Regions? Types? Caucuses?
more authoritative knowledge – as in IPCC
strengthen G20 a Secretariat, continuity of chairing, more advanced
preparation
promote organisation of other states, rather than obstruct – cede power to make organisations work
focus on fairness rather than power
think about penalties for non-cooperators