My Carbon - The World Economic Forum's Answer to Climate Change Surveillance

For those of us who have been paying attention, it appears that the global oligarchy has been subtly switched its "fear message" from COVID-19 to the existential horrors of global climate change.  One of the leaders in this field (outside of Bill Gates, a major point source of greenhouse gas emissions) is the World Economic Forum, that group which uses the subtleties of language to convince us that its backers only have our best interests at heart.  In a recent article on its website, the WEF looks at how technology can be used to control carbon emissions.

  

Here is the article which was written by Kunal Kumar, the Mission Director for the Smart Cities Mission at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs of India:

 

While the article's disclaimer notes that the "views expressed in this article are those of the author and not the World Economic Forum", we can assure ourselves that, if the views in the article contradicted those of the WEF, the article would not have appeared on its website.

 

To help you put the author's comments into context, here is a screen capture of his LinkedIn Page showing his description of himself along with his work experience and education:

 

You will notice that the vast majority of his work experience and education has been in public management and not in climatology.

  

His musings open with this:

 

1.) While transport and buildings are the major drivers for emissions in cities, the share of individual emissions is significant.

2.) Personal carbon allowance programs have had limited success due to a lack of awareness and fair mechanism for tracking emissions.

3.) Yet there have been major developments in recent years that could help realise "My Carbon" initiatives.

 

He notes that cities around the world account for nearly 75 percent of total global carbon emissions even though the cover only 3 percent of the world's total surface area.  He also notes that while the major drivers for carbon emissions in urban areas are sourced from transportation and buildings, the share of individual emissions are roughly 40 percent of the total, meaning that "...inclusivity of citizens is becoming the most important element of success or failure in the journey toward sustainability..."

He states that there have been numerous examples of personal carbon allowance or PCA programs that have been discussed over the past two decades as shown in this article:

PCA policies would aim to link personal actions with global carbon reduction goals with all adults receiving an equal, tradable carbon allowance that is reduced over time to remain in line with national targets.  These allowances would cover around 40 percent of carbon emissions in advanced economies and would include emissions related to travel, space heating, water heating, electricity, food, services and consumption-related emissions..  People who find themselves short of credits would be able to purchase additional credits in the PCA market from those with excess credits to sell.

 

The author observes that there have been significant social, environment and technology developments that could help realize the "My Carbon" future.  These developments are described as follows:

 

1.) The COVID-19 pandemic formed a template for a test of social responsibility with citizens willingly (and I might add mindlessly in some cases) adopting "unimaginable restrictions" including social and personal distancing, masks, mask vaccinations and governments' use of contract-tracing applications.

 

2.) Thanks to the advancement of technology related to Klaus Schwab's Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), the use of AI, blockchain and digitization will allow the implementation of tracking personal carbon emissions.  The rapid development and adoption of smart technologies for home use (i.e. smart meters) will also provide individuals with the choice of reducing their energy-related emissions.  The development of personalized applications such as the Ohm Assistant will allow for individuals to track and reduce their energy consumption as shown in this video:

 

To me, these are three of the more sobering paragraphs in the article given the use of privacy invading technology and how it could ultimately be used to create a "climate social credit score" where energy consumption restrictions are no longer voluntary:

 

"There have been major advances in smart home technologies, transport choices with carbon implications, the roll-out of smart meters in providing individual choices to reduce their energy-related emissions, the development of new personalized apps to account for personal emissions, and better personal choices for food and consumption-related emissions. AI can also help strengthen circular economy business models like product as a service models, demand predictions, and smart asset management by combining real time and historical data from products and users.

There is a significant number of programs and applications enabling citizens to contribute towards carbon emissions by providing them in-depth awareness on the choices of personal carbon for food, transport, home energy and lifestyle choices.

 

These energy efficiency apps give suggestions and statistics regarding greenhouse emissions and offer ways to reduce your personal footprint. Keeping track of energy consumption in the home and motivating people to make lifestyle changes and to contribute your share towards the betterment of the environment."

 

Note that AI will be used to combine real time and historical data from users, in other words, your personal energy consumption data will be tracked and retained by the "powers that ought not to be" and could be used against you.

 

3.) There has been raised awareness and public concern about global climate change particularly among younger people.  

 

According to the author:

"The three trends provide strong evidence towards enabling a social movement for “My Carbon” initiatives by enabling public-private partnerships to help curate this program. It is suggested to drive a three-way approach to shape this movement.

 

Such economic action will need policy enablement from city leadership through extensive discussion between stakeholders to arrive at a fair and inclusive approach."

 

And there you have it.  While the author invokes the use of "city leadership", you can be assured that the global ruling class will ultimately decide what is your "fair share" of personal carbon emissions.

One thing that the author glossed over was the advancement of surveillance technology which will allow governments/the private-public partnership to enforce individual carbon emissions limits.  He has also ignored the fact that a great deal of carbon emissions is sourced from the global ruling class and its penchant for repeatedly travelling about the globe, using private jets, massive yachts and other intensive fossil fuel-consuming means of transportation as well as their ownership of multiple homes that dwarf the size of the homes being used by the serf class.

But, then again, it's all about "rules for thee but not for me", isn't it?