128 | Business World Magazine |
May 2013
VISION
2050
We Are Us
Governance is
transparent, fair, and
inclusive, enabling
and guiding markets
by clarifying limits
and establishing
frameworks
Governance
Governance systems skillfully
practice subsidiarity through
pooling sovereignty, cooperating
effectively to manage global
systems and issues: markets,
disease, climate, water,
fisheries, conflicts
and commons
Much governance
happens at city and
regional levels and
is efficiently
connected to the
wider world
Nations encourage local
resilience, connecting
neighborhoods to
international organizations,
to manage adaptation to
climate change and
access to water and
sanitation
Framework c
for business
national, and
stimulate eq
opportunit
entrepreneur
inclusi
The global
population has
begun to stabilize
at around
9 billion
More than
6 billion
live in
cities
People are fairly
healthy and
public health
systems are
robust
People
Most people can meet their
basic human needs, including
the need for dignified lives and
meaningful roles in their
communities. Living well
within the realities of Nature
has become a universal
cultural norm
Universal education of
both men and women
through the secondary
level enable diverse
cultures to be aware of
the realities of the
planet
One World –
People and
Planet
Oceans no longer
treated as waste
dumps but are
cultivated and
managed as
significant
ecosystems
Ecosystems
Economic growth has been
decoupled from ecosystem
destruction and material
consumption, and re-coupled
to sustainable economic
development and meeting
needs
Supporting
Regulating
Cultural
Services
Provisioning
Ecosystems
degradation has been
reversed and ecosystem
services are maintained
and enhanced;
biodiversity has been
conserved and is
prospering
Living within the
capacities of
ecosystems
Success has been
redefined – nationally
and personally – as
living well within one
planet and has
become a universal
cultural norm
People, companies &
governments are
forward-looking,
problem solving,
resilient &
experimental
Security =
adapting and
changing rapidly in
a fast-changing
world.
There are conflicts,
disasters, shocks, crime
and terrorism, but
resilient societies can
withstand shocks and
quickly recover
Our
rights!
Improvements to
water, energy and
agriculture help
humanity remain
within the carrying
capacity of one
planet
9 billion
people live
well, and
within the
limits of
the planet
