Imagine you are in the year
2030. Your company is an Energy company located in Frankfurt Germany. Your company business is to provide other countries such as south korea, spain, Kenya products such as solar panel, Crude oil, Oil products, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Power generation.
On January
2030
the world experience a collapse which affected every one including your company and your clients. Based on the general context and global government
2030
in the file provided (WORD DOC) think about the
impact of the collapse
on your company especially in transport, water, electricity, employees ect..
Give step by step idea
on how your company is dealing with this.
Imagine you are in the year 2030. Your company is an Energy company located in Frankfurt Germany. Your company business is to provide other countries such as south korea, spain, Kenya products such as solar panel, Crude oil, Oil products, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Power generation. On January 2030 the world experience a collapse which affected every one including your company and your clients. Based on the general context and global government 2030 in the file provided (WORD DOC) think about the impact of the collapse on your company especially in transport, water, electricity, employees ect.. Give step by step idea on how your company is dealing with this. GENERAL CONTEXT OF THE SCENARIO 2030 The Covid-19 pandemic, which began in 2019, is a total event because it embodies, on an unprecedented global scale, the interlocking of all current crises and the absence of any foreseeable outcome to the catastrophic runaway we are witnessing. It is in this context that you must re-imagine a business in a world you want to live in. So it's not just a matter of running a business in a context of depleted resources, etc., but also a matter of reimagining a business in a world where you want to live. It is also about running a business in a desirable world. But there are things that cannot be changed: climate change, epidemics, depletion of resources, population displacements, reduced access to energy, reduced access to water,… CLIMATE CHANGE EVENT The global average temperature has increased by 0.85°C compared to the pre-industrial era, the global summer temperature in the Northern Hemisphere could increase from +2°C (optimistic scenario) to +8°C (pessimistic scenario). An increase of 8°C would make most areas of the Northern Hemisphere hostile to life as we know it. About 350 million Europeans could be exposed annually to harmful climatic extremes by the end of the century, compared to 25 million at the beginning of the 2000s, multiplying the number of deaths related to these disasters by 50 compared to 1981. A rise in sea level, coupled with storm surges, will continue to increase risk of major coastal impacts on transportation infrastructure, including temporary and permanent flooding of airports, ports and harbors, roads, rail lines, tunnels, and bridges. Sea-level rise, associated with storm surges, will continue to increase the risk of major coastal impacts on transportation infrastructure, including temporary and permanent flooding of airports, ports and harbors, roads, rail lines, tunnels and bridges. Between 2008 and 2017, climate and weather-related disasters have displaced 21.3 million people each year, and the climate-induced refugee population could reach hundreds of millions by 2050. By 2012, climate change had killed 400,000 people. Violent climatic events and Natural Disasters : earthquakes, wildfires, flooding, and extreme weather events, such as blizzards, hurricanes, tornados, and droughts. ELECTRICITY EVENT « Electricity irrigates all other critical sectors and infrastructures. (...) A blackout paralyzes the two most important critical sectors after electricity, namely telecommunications and information systems. Without them, coordination becomes very difficult, especially during a crisis situation such as a power outage. (...) The sectors most vulnerable to the shutdown of others are the emergency services and hospitals » DEPLETION OF RESOURCES Jason W. Moore : «"We are experiencing the collapse of capitalism. » Oil production peaked in 2006. Production of gas, coal, and uranium should begin to peak between 2030 and 2050. Dozens of other fossil resources, such as the main minerals or fossil drinking water, could reach their peak before 2030. EPIDEMY EVENT Pandemics occur when an infectious agent emerges against which humans have little immunity. Influenza viruses are very diverse and have the propensity to mutate, which complicates the development of adequate vaccines and antiviral medications. A pandemic could severely threaten the large workforce of the sector, compromising facility operations or limiting services. Pandemics can also spread easily through facilities as large groups of people congregate in them daily. The coronavirus pandemic has caused "the most severe economic recession in nearly a century," the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned. For the first time since 1870, an unprecedented number of countries will experience a decline in per capita output, says the World Bank. More pandemics are expected to hit the planet if deforestation and loss of biodiversity continue at their current catastrophic rate. This is the conclusion of reports to be presented at the end of September to the United Nations Biodiversity Summit under the theme "Urgent Action on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development". "According to Jon Lay, head of Exxon Mobil's global contingency plan that simulated the effects of a return of the 1918 flu, "If we can persuade people that it's safe to come to work, we think we'll have about 25% absences. In this case, if everything is done to preserve important positions, there will be no serious consequences. "But if we have 50% absences, that's a different story. "And if you add to the sick the people who are staying at home for fear of the pandemic, the cascading effects could be catastrophic. Beyond a few days, the whole system could shut down. » ENERGY EVENT When truck drivers went on strike in 2000 to blockade fuel depots in the United Kingdom, fuel ran out in a matter of days. People in panic emptied the stores, and many services stopped: supplies, schools, post office, hospitals. In a few days, the country was on its knees.this example shows the fragility of our system where all services are linked to oil supplies, which can even threaten food security in a very short time. FINANCIAL EVENT Our financial system has its own instability, and is capable of transmitting and amplifying the slightest disturbance very quickly, especially through high-frequency trading. POLLUTION EVENT Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths in 2015 —16% of all deaths worldwide—three times more deaths than from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined and 15 times more than from all wars and other forms of violence. In the most severely affected countries, pollution-related disease is responsible for more than one death in four [Landrigan, 2018]. Industrial pollution - air, chemical, land and occupational - killed 5.5 million people in 2015, an average increase of 50,000 per year since 1990. GLOBAL GOVERNMENT ////// SCENARIO 2030 « decarbonization, jobs, and justice » Massive centralised investment by corporations and governments, give priority to getting more energy : (1) Green new deal; (2) Flows of energy from more expensive sources such as tar sands, deep ocean oil, gas to liquids and coal to liquids slow the decline in fuels from crude oil. This transition requires a huge mobilisation of the technical and managerial capacity held mostly by global corporations, along with the financial, legal and military security that only sovereign governments can provide.The demand for biofuels in affluent countries reduces world food stocks and raises prices to levels that result in famine and chaos in many poor countries unable to sustain subsidies for staple food. Rapid onset of climate change also tends to support centralised nationalist systems for several reasons. First the consequences of chaotic weather, food supply problems, radical land use change and abandonment of marginal land, leads to demands for strong government action to protect people from high food and fuel costs, natural disasters, the consequences of strong action by other nations, and mass migration by displaced people. Infrastructures New tech and control of resources by rich countries • Green new deal for transition into a zero-emission industrial revolution economy • Strategic mineral reserves, fresh water, and important biological resources are put under military control. • eliminate poverty and make prosperity, wealth and economic security available to everyone participating in the transformation. • socialize Uber • Employment Guarantee Guaranteed Basic Income A roof for all Rent control Social housing Mobility plan Regional Transportation Systems Electric car Public social security service and universal health coverage medicare for all Free public education for life Free nursery and childcare for all Free public higher education - technical and academic Student Loan Fund for Student Debt Relief Place of work Energy Electrical public services Nationalize the major oil and gas companies Interstate high-speed rail system Clean housing Heat Pumps Solar roofs Energy efficiency Inter-state broadband Internet Rebuilding infrastructure Sourcing and clean manufacturing Agrarian Reform Zero Waste Recycling The plan is to achieve near carbon-neutrality of the world economy and improved environmental quality through immense public spending initiatives, funded primarily via redistributive measures designed to tackle inequality.