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Is This As Good As It Gets ?
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• 97 billion have lived on Earth• But 90 have died
• We are part of the 7 billion alive• But 3 billion currently live on $2 or less
• We are part of the 4 billion wealthy alive• But about half of the 4 billion are financially
or physically dependent on someone else So … we represent the 2 billion
We are the 2% that can make a difference !
The Big Picture: Why you count?
King Tāwhiao's whare at Te Kuiti, Māori King 1860-1894
Julius Vogel (1835-1899)
Immigration and Works Scheme 1870A development plan designed to revive the economy and provide the pre-conditions of economic growth, included roads in the North, railways in the South …“do more to put an end to hostilities and to confirm peaceful relations, than an army of ten thousand men’…
“We considered it very desirable, in a young country, that wealth should not be in the hands of a few capitalists…[who]…would leave the country, and enjoy elsewhere the wealth so accumulated.”
Strategic Knowledge
Data
Information
Sustainable Future
2008
10 billion years
Big Big BangBang
2008 - 2058
50 Years
Project 2058: Into the Future
1
3
2030 2058
Scenarios
Possible
Probable
Possible
2008
2
4
Project 2058: Into the Future
1. Climate
2. Demography
3. Ecosystems
4. Energy Production
5. Food & Water
6. Values & Beliefs
7. Justice & Freedom
1. Management of Ecosystems & Resources
2. Infrastructure
3. Security & Terrorism
4. Technology
5. Governance & Institutions
6. Economic Risks
7. Information & Ideas
Wild Cards
Change Agents Response to Change Agents
Project 2058: Change Agents
ScenarioMatrix
…the World does
manageits opportunities
and threats
…the Worlddoes not manage
its opportunities and threats
New Zealanddoes
manage its strengths and
weaknesses and..
New Zealand does not manage
its strengths and weaknesses
and…
Project 2058: Four Futures
Fail
FailFail
Responses for Powerful counties– Self-sufficient, heavily armed and a fortress mentality or– Serious engagement with all the problems of the planet
Responses for Small counties– Ignore– Adapt (monitor closely what is happening)– Support global leadership (UN, WB, etc)– Build alliances (state of Australia, Pacific Alliance?)– Try to shape (lead by example)
Project 2058: Watch for Weak Signals
Local Hot Spot: Damn the Dam
Local Hot Spot: Livestock
Total number of livestock per country per person as at 30 June 2007
(Includes all cattle, sheep, and pigs)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
NewZealand
Australia Ireland Brazil* UK France China** USA India*
Total number per person
Impacts (Who pays for pollution, loss of diversity, loss of options)
Quantity(Value Add)
Quality(Assurance)
WaterAir
Soil
Local Hot Spot: Agriculture
Local Hot Spot: Constitution
Pakeha
Māori Māori
Māori
Pakeha STAGE ONE
STAGE TWO
STAGE THREENew Zealanders
Local Hot Spot: Race Relations
Ethnic Share Of New Zealand Population (percent)Adapted from Statistics New Zealand, projections from series 6
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
2006 2016 2026
%
European & Other Māori Asian Pacific
8%
Local Hot Spot: Foreshore and Seabed
Local Hot Spot: Genetic Modification
2008
20582008
In 2008, 3 billion make $2 or less per day. In 2058, it may be 6 billion.
The developed countries and China grow old – while Africa remains young.
2008
2058
Global Hot Spot: People
$1 trillion pa Illicit Trade
• 150 unauthorised use of nuclear or radioactive materials in the last 4 years
• 20,000 active nuclear weapons
Global Hot Spot: Crime
New Zealandneeds a
‘National Strategy’to optimise our future,to align our industry,
to reinforce our national brand and
to be an example of what is possible
- not because we have to, but because we want what it can
deliver
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