International Relations, Economics & Politics Challenge

You will be asked to choose a city (or town) and, according to the different sources of data available, analyze the following points:

1. Climate vulnerability: State the impacts of climate change that are already being seen in the city and that are likely to reappear in the future. Since the future cannot be fully predicted, be aware of the relevance of assigning probabilities.
2. The city’s current contribution to global emissions. Has this improved in recent years? What measures or policies have the different stakeholders adopted?
3. As you know, Esade’s International Relations programs give you the opportunity to become an expert by specializing in either Global Politics or Global Economics.

   Now imagine that you have been appointed to join a panel of other experts at a hypothetical Global Climate Summit COP or at the Davos World Economic Forum. The primary aim is to discuss a plan to bring the world’s global emissions to net zero by 2050.

   a. Discuss if the city of your preference would be in favor of such a plan.
   b. What primary concerns and points would like to include?
   c. Would you like to propose a complete or a partial push-back?

1. A 3-slide presentation explaining the current situation in your city and how it is evolving, as well as the position that you would adopt as the city’s appointed representative at one of the hypothetical meetings.
2. A 4-minute-long video presenting the speech that you would give as the city’s representative. Your audience will be the other international representatives at either the Global Climate Summit COP or the World Economic Forum who could potentially help you become part of a future generation of leaders.

• All documents and videos should be submitted in English.
• The slide presentation must contain the project/problem title and your personal information: name(s) and surname(s), nationality, country of residence, school name, e-mail and contact telephone number.