Terra incognita

No deforestation

+3°C in 2100

“What I want, Where I want, when I want, with the least effort.”

TERRA INCOGNITA describes a future where the global warming trajectory reaches 3°C above pre-industrial levels in 2100.
In this scenario, the severe consequences of climate change and the collapse of biodiversity lead to a profound and unprecedented destabilization of society that tends to worsen: supply chain disruptions, asset destruction, fall in returns.
Consumerist lifestyles are leading to a sharp increase in energy demand in all sectors. Despite the increase in low-carbon production capacities, the significant use of fossil fuels remains necessary to meet these needs.

Nature resource

Individual freedom

Vitesse

Essential technology

AGRI/AGRO

TRANSPORTS

BUILDING

ENERGY

TRANSPORT

ENERGY

41 m²

residential/pers

+57%

of new buildings

87%

Buildings are single-family homes

34%

m2 equipped with heat pumps

New buildings are individual, comfortable and optimized

buildings

The population aspires to have large individual living spaces.
The multiplication of accommodations makes it possible to go on vacation, on weekends and to change the environment according to the seasons.
The reliability, autonomy and optimization of homes guarantee thermal comfort and reduce household chores.

BUILDINGS

+30%
Of ruminant meat

x2
of the car and aircraft fleet

AGRI/AGRO

Agriculture

The foods are heavily processed and treated to comply with the new specifications. Bovine meat is appreciated.
Dishes can become trendy all over the world, regardless of the origin of the products.
The taste and the experience experienced during the meal guide the choice of consumers and producers.

TRANSPORTS

Transports

The development of urban sprawl confirms the strong dependence on private cars for daily trips.
Public transport should be fast and comfortable.
To travel fast and far, even into space, is becoming a common aspiration.

Audio Immersion: A 3° marriage

In the second half of the 21st century, Julia, founder of the agency “Le plus beau jour”, won her first contract: organize a wedding in Camargue for a Swedish couple. Despite pronounced global warming, water shortages, and insurance denials, the bride and groom insist. Julia offers an immersive “natural bubble” in Luxembourg, recreating the Camargue of their dreams. Between technical choices, complex meals and difficult guests, Julia also faces the elements, but perhaps has a magic solution... Will technology be able to save him the day?

IF Initiative · TERRA INCOGNITA

+40%

of total energy consumption

Of the production of electricity

50%

of electricity in the energy mix

40%

of the production mix comes from intermittent renewable energies (solar, wind, etc.) represent the mode of production

of the consumption of primary fossil fuels in electricity production

Energy demand is accelerating and the use of fossil fuels is increasing.

Energy

Changing lifestyles are causing an increase in energy consumption.
Technical improvements and optimization are only moderating the magnitude of this increase.
Global energy consumption is mainly driven by the building and industrial sectors.

Energy

Weak signals

Most requested house on Airbnb

Architecture

The most requested house on Airbnb in France is located in the Landes and is characteristic of a certain conception of the ideal home: a lot of personal space, comforts, large openings, access to water...

Sushi deliveries

Feeding

Home meal delivery is emblematic of the “lazy economy” based on the need for instantaneity and choice at the least effort, at the expense of the carbon and plastic impact.

Stratoflight, space tourism concept

Travel

Further, higher, more exceptional: space tourism embodies the extreme of tourism, intended to satisfy an elite but carrying a strong imagination and symbolizes a vision of tourism disconnected from terrestrial challenges.