Mohammad Banaeian Sefid:
“In the Name of Allah,”
Discussion Topic: ‘Practical and Executive Strategies for Confronting Seven Global Macro-Crises: 1. Water Crisis, 2. Energy Crisis, 3. Climate Crisis, 4. Employment Crisis, 5. Crisis of AI Monopoly by the Power and Wealth Mafia, 6. Food Security Crisis, 7. Crisis of Military Aggression, Hybrid and Proxy Wars by Some Countries Against Developing Nations.’ We will explain each topic separately.
Author and Analyst: Dr. Mohammad Banaeian Sefid
Understanding these seven global crises and presenting operational solutions for them is one of the most essential discussions of our time. Of course, this crucial task depends on cultural development based on the foundations, principles, and values of each society, with particular attention to the governance of child and adolescent education. In the following, practical and executive solutions for each of the seven mentioned crises are outlined separately:
1. Water Crisis:
Practical Solutions:
· Demand Management and Consumption Optimization:
· Executive: Install smart water meters for all subscribers (agricultural, industrial, domestic); implement tiered pricing and increase tariffs for non-essential uses.
· Operational: Replace high-water-demand crops with low-water-demand crops and develop greenhouses; modernize traditional irrigation systems to modern (pressurized and drip) systems by providing low-interest facilities.
· Increasing Water Supply:
· Executive: Major investment in the treatment and recycling of greywater (domestic wastewater) for use in agriculture and green spaces.
· Operational: Construct and develop modern desalination units using renewable energy for coastal countries.
· Resource Protection:
· Executive: Enact and enforce strict laws to protect groundwater resource boundaries and prevent the drilling of illegal wells.
· Operational: Implement watershed management and pasture rehabilitation projects to strengthen aquifers.
2. Energy Crisis
Practical Solutions:
· Energy Transition:
· Executive: Impose carbon taxes on polluting industries and provide subsidies and facilities for installing solar panels and wind turbines at household and industrial levels.
· Operational: Plan for the gradual phasing out of fossil fuel power plants and replacing them with renewable power plants.
· Improving Energy Efficiency:
· Executive: Mandate compliance with Green Building standards for all new constructions.
· Operational: Modernize power transmission grids to reduce losses and replace outdated industrial equipment with low-consumption models.
3. Climate Crisis (Climate Change)
Practical Solutions:
· Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions:
· Executive: Rapidly develop electric and non-electric public transportation networks and promote a culture of using them.
· Operational: Implement Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects in large industries.
· Adaptation:
· Executive: Construct dams and seawalls to combat floods and rising sea levels.
· Operational: Develop and cultivate crop varieties resistant to drought and salinity.
4. Employment Crisis:
Practical Solutions:
· Training in Future Skills:
· Executive: Revise university and technical/vocational education systems to align with future labor market needs (AI, green energy, biotechnology).
· Operational: Hold free skill-training courses in collaboration with the private sector for job seekers.
· Developing Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Small Businesses:
· Executive: Reduce administrative bureaucracy and provide government-guaranteed, low-interest loans to startups and new businesses.
· Operational: Establish “Incubators” and “Accelerators” in various cities.
5. Crisis of AI Monopoly by the Power and Wealth Mafia.
Practical Solutions:
· Transparency and Regulation:
· Executive: Enact anti-monopoly laws for major technology companies and obligate them to provide transparency in algorithms and data.
· Operational: Create “National AI Regulatory Bodies” to review and approve sensitive AI systems before their use.
· Public Empowerment and Open Source Development:
· Executive: Government investment and support for the development of open-source AI platforms and models.
· Operational: Hold public workshops to increase digital literacy and awareness about AI.
6. Food Security Crisis
Practical Solutions:
· Increasing Sustainable Production:
· Executive: Promote sustainable and Climate-Smart Agriculture using data and sensors.
· Operational: Provide quality basic inputs (seeds, fertilizer) at appropriate prices for small-scale farmers.
· Reducing Food Waste and Creating Strategic Reserves:
· Executive: Invest in developing modern cold storage facilities and efficient distribution chains.
· Operational: Establish and maintain “National Grain Silos” to deal with potential crises and global market fluctuations.
7. Crisis of Military Aggression, Hybrid, Proxy, and Soft Wars:
Practical Solutions:
· Strengthening Diplomacy and Regional Alliances:
· Executive: Strengthen regional institutions (such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, ECO) to resolve disputes through dialogue.
· Operational: Conduct joint military-security exercises with allied countries to create deterrence.
· Enhancing Cybersecurity and Countering Hybrid and Soft Wars:
· Executive: Establish a “Cyber Space Command” to integrate cyber defense operations.
· Operational: Continuous training of forces to counter psychological warfare, fake news, and cyber attacks.
· Defensive Self-Reliance and Economic Development:
· Executive: Invest in research and development of domestic defense industries to reduce dependency.
· Operational: Implement economic policies that minimize the country’s vulnerability to sanctions and external pressures (Resistant Economy).
Concluding Remarks:
Successfully confronting these interconnected crises requires strong political will,good governance, private sector and civil society participation, and international cooperation. No country can overcome these challenges alone. Therefore, alongside national measures, active diplomacy for multilateral cooperation and the transfer of technology and knowledge is a major and essential operational strategy.
And our final prayer is that all praise is due to God, the Lord of all worlds.
Author and Analyst: Dr. Mohammad Banaeian Sefid.