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SP3A - How will the rise of the BRICs influence the future of superpowers? Look at the graphs from Godman Sachs’s report published in 2001 – Dreaming with BRICs – The path to 2050. Describe and explain the changes in GDP and the geopolitical landscape between the present and 2050.

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  1. SP3A - How will the rise of the BRICs influence the future of superpowers? Look at the graphs from Godman Sachs’s report published in 2001 – Dreaming with BRICs – The path to 2050. Describe and explain the changes in GDP and the geopolitical landscape between the present and 2050 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOdcQ3emyzM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOdcQ3emyzM

  2. SP3A - The rise of the BRICs – What are the costs compared to the benefits?

  3. SP3A –What are the resource implications of the rise of the BRICs and the continued growth of established superpowers?

  4. SP3A –What are the resource implications of the rise of the BRICs and the continued growth of established superpowers? Make notes from Superpowers P86- 89 about the ‘future resource demands’ because of the rise of the BRICs Extra – The Artic and Antarctica – Superpowers P86-89

  5. Impacts on resources • Energy • Rapid rise in oil prices in 2007 and 2008 • Oil is being pumped out quicker then new reserves can be found 2) Environment China and India’s ecological footprints may be similar to those of the EU and USA by 2040 = pressure on water, energy and land resources Emerging Superpowers Russia – large quantities of oil and gas India / China Large amounts of coal Brazil – gold, diamonds, iron ore and rainforest

  6. Case Study - China – an emerging superpower? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/26/world/asia/choking_on_growth.html#story3 Black book /Digby P158 - 163 Positive Impacts on ROW Reasons for growth Positive impacts for China Environmental concerns Other concerns

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