How might the unbundling of state functions affect trust in a data-driven society oriented around personal carbon footprint management?
Scenario 2: Green Tech Giants
In this scenario the severity of climate change events is to a large extent mitigated. The main drivers of change are market-driven and technological. Proprietary innovation and inequalities dominate. Digital platform giants disrupt many traditional sovereign actors such as nation-states and their institutions. States and services blend into post-Westphalian, non-territorial and data-driven entities that manage global carbon emissions. Alternative value systems based on carbon and data power a new economy based on individual scores and algorithmic adjustments.