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Letter to the People and Planet,

I am writing you this letter on March 20th, 2026. We are a quarter into this new century, and it is a time that many of us dream or already enjoy “a world of plenty”—but know we are not yet in a world of “Peace and All Good”—for our Humanity and our Planet Earth.

Over the past decades, many good corporate, social and government initiatives, actions, and scientific knowledge have taken shape, including a rush into new technologies, innovations, and modernities—not the least the latest rise in AI, Robotics, Space, Bio, and manufacturing capabilities and technologies. Yet, as we feel this “tsunami” of change, the global, social middle and working classes face a mixture of hope and profound fear regarding technological displacement and the massive transfer of power to private entities.

As we started this Century, people of goodwill came together (at the UN) and formulated “a new Star on our Horizon.: the MDGs and the UNSDGs”

A star where we orient ourselves not so much solely “on stuff,” “consumption,” or “luxury”, but rather more human happiness, comfort, longevity, and a great balance with our nature and natural environment.

One thing we knew as and when China joined the WTO: we knew that we were heading for a century of 9 billion people sharing One Planet. We knew that economy, wealth, and income were not fairly distributed (as documented by Sachs, Piketty, and Oxfam Novib), that our nature and natural environment needed some care and attention (the whole of our scientific community warned of crossing existential planetary boundaries), and we knew that we were not yet living in a Century of Peace (wars, conflicts, social cohesion issues, fights over interests).

And we knew that if we were to head for “a Century of Peace and All Good,” we had to reform and transform some of our instituted beliefs concerning our economies, markets, sectors, trade, and economic workings. We needed some new (organizational) designs and governance reforms.

It is no secret that in those years (from 2012–2015), my practice defined in Oslo, Norway, a blueprint exactly for that—for the needs and offerings within the Energy-Economy sector, the major oil corporations and energy clusters (based on my lifetime years in Shell). The book Energy For One World (2012) is still very much relevant today and may be of interest.

The period from 2015 till now was designated by the UN as the “Decade of Action” on the UNSDGs. Last year, our practice reported on the lessons learned over this decade, highlighting successes, opportunities, and areas that deserve better care and attention.

Again, it is no secret that in the Energy Sector, China (engineering) has performed a small miracle with the build-out of the Great Electrification, and that the US and Europe had taken a more defensive approach.

However, after Trump 1.0, COVID, the War in Ukraine, and Trump 2.0-and with a strong re-set in the international order, “Hope, Trust, and Effort” on these programs have largely disappeared. We are presently in a world where the Great Powers (US, China, India, and the EU) have commenced “scrambling for their own earth (energy) resources” (a form of “fighting”), new militarization, and a ripple effect over the whole energy value chain—from MENA, to Africa, to ASEAN, etc. This is not exactly the best condition for our common and shared future, let alone the alarm bells from our Natural Science Communities.

It was Pope Francis who wrote a couple of Encyclicals during his papacy that are befitting to the star on the horizon and the ambition of “a world of Peace and All Good.” A moral and ethical compass: Fratelli Tutti and Laudato Si. You do not have to be a person of faith or religion to welcome its reading. It is surely worth your and Planet Earth’s time to read. You will recognize the Awe for Creation, the Tree of Life, and our Humanity in it.

In conclusion, over the past 15 years or so, the world has made ample attempts and learnings of what is needed to realize a good future, to all We have explored what changes in worldview, tone of voice, economic organization, and working approaches would best support our chance to see this star on the horizon, for both People and our Planet Earth.

As of today, we have some catching-up to do, as the way we prognose and project—and our current acceleration to propel ourselves into new, uncertain futures—is not a style that instills confidence or new optimism in hearts and minds.

We presently see (at least) FIVE serious “matters of concern” that deserve our more “Responsible Leadership” attention for healing or for some better organization and reforms that will help us to see and steer onto “Good Futures for all.”

And let me be clear here: In order to see our Good Future ahead, we best see these FIVE matters integrated, connected,” as one goes not without the other”.

Let me name them briefly here:

Upkeep of UN, Rules-Based Order, and International Collective Collaboration Institutes and programs, including the UNSDGs, UN Pact for the Future.
Initiatives to de-escalate and turn back our present Militarization, Weaponization (“Doomsday Clock”), but to invest in and imagine (New) Collective Peace, Peace-making, and Diplomacy (“Tone of Voice Change”) initiatives forwards (between the Power Blocks “at play”).
Better grip and understanding of the present distribution and limitations of the Earth Underground Reserves versus Our Civilization and Consuming Lifestyles Built-up Above Ground: in the provision of long-term (Future) Oil, Gas, Copper. Simple fact is: we presently only have recorded 50 years of future proven reserves of these; Hence: the need for a steep reform of the direction of our present Energy-Economies from System A to System B is simply undeniable.
The present crossing and alarm bells of the aggregate of our Human Development, Engineered Economies, onto our Nature, Natural World, and Planetary Boundaries.
“A Look in the Mirror” of the wealthy and rich developed Nations, Investors, and their Corporate Leadership onto their performances and gestures made over the past “Decade of Action” on Peace, Social Justice, Human Dignity, Inequalities, Energy, Economy, Climate, etc. – in short: the UN Sustainable Development Programs. A conversion of Leadership and Heart over market, sector, dogmas, and working ways is needed.Leadership best to prioritize human-centered metrics—health, education, well-being, and dignity—for both People and Planet

In the appendix to this Letter AND latest practice publication list of our working practice, we share our latest thoughts and gestures on “this and that.”

We trust they appeal to you.

By harnessing our joint strength and lessons learned and skills on “Good Future Making and Peaceful Living” (our practice agenda), – I am confident that together we may find some great ideas, programs, and initiatives that can help make this difference.

“Working together”- and realizing “joint platforms, programs and bridges”-into the Energy Sector and that can work-, simply a very good idea!

Sincerely,

Adriaan Kamp & Dr Singh.

Founder Energy For One World

Appendices: 1- 5

Appendix 1: UN and World Order

Go to Press Briefing of UN SG Guterres

In this press briefing from January 2026, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns of a world in “profound flux,” using Newton’s third law of motion to describe how reckless geopolitical actions are triggering dangerous, unpredictable reactions [01:22].

Core Global Challenges

Erosion of Multilateralism: Guterres emphasizes that current global institutions still reflect economic structures from 80 years ago [03:31]. He calls for a shift toward multipolarity supported by strong multilateral institutions to prevent a world carved into rival spheres of influence by major powers [04:41].

The “Epidemic of Impunity”: He highlights a breakdown where the “law of power” is prevailing over the “power of law,” allowing conflicts to escalate without adequate international reaction [01:47].

Climate & Technology: Climate change is described as the most literal reaction to environmental neglect [02:22]. Regarding technology, he warns of a massive transfer of power from governments to private tech companies and calls for a $3 billion global fund for AI capacity development [08:55].

Regional Updates & Peace Efforts

Gaza & Middle East: Guterres insists on a full ceasefire in Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and a path toward a two-state solution [15:53]. He notes that while humanitarian aid has increased, it remains insufficient [34:51].

Ukraine: He advocates for a limited ceasefire specifically to protect energy infrastructure and harbors to avoid humanitarian catastrophe during the winter [29:42]. He also clarified that the principle of self-determination does not apply to Crimea and Donbas in the UN’s legal view; territorial integrity prevails [23:41].

Afghanistan & Sudan: He expresses deep frustration over the Taliban’s continued ban on female staff and education for girls [01:06:48]. On Sudan, he describes the country as a “playground” for international actors and calls for an end to external weapon supplies [52:52].

UN Reform & Future Leadership

Security Council Reform: Guterres supports adding permanent members from Africa and Latin America to make the Council more representative of modern realities [43:56].

Personal Legacy: As he approaches the end of his term, Guterres dismisses concerns about his legacy, stating his focus is simply on “doing his duty” [42:14]. He half-jokingly suggests that his successor would need to be a combination of a “saint and a Nero” to navigate current global tensions [46:39].

EFOW Reported Views:

UN, UN80, UN Reform

Appendix 2: “Doomsday Clock”

85 seconds to midnight.

Go to Presentation

Our doomsday clock scientists- have set the clock a bit forwards.

The Statement:

https://lnkd.in/e6PxmaU5

The presentation:

https://lnkd.in/eBVy_geU

we have some work to do!

Starting in 1947, the advocacy group used a clock to symbolise the potential and even likelihood of people doing something to end humanity.

In simple terms:

While both J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein were central figures in the scientific and political landscape that birthed the Doomsday Clock, their levels of direct involvement differed significantly.

The Origin: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The Clock was created in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. This group was founded by researchers who had worked on the Manhattan Project but became deeply concerned about the implications of their work after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Albert Einstein: The Catalyst

Einstein did not personally “set” the clock or come up with the idea, but he was the intellectual godfather of the movement behind it.

Fundraising and Leadership: He served as the chairman of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, which helped fund and promote the Bulletin.
The “Einstein” Connection: His name lent the project global credibility. He famously stated, “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.” This sentiment is the core philosophy of the Clock.

J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Supporter

Oppenheimer’s relationship with the Clock was more complex. As the “Father of the Atomic Bomb,” his feelings toward nuclear proliferation were fraught with guilt and a desire for international control.

No Direct Role: He was not involved in the graphic design or the initial decision to create a “clock” visual (that was artist Martyl Langsdorf).
Advisory Board: He eventually joined the Bulletin’s Board of Sponsors. While he supported the message of the Clock, he was often more focused on influencing policy from within the government (until his security clearance was revoked in 1954).

The Clock

At the end of the Cold War in 1991, it was at its farthest point ever, at 17 minutes to midnight. Over the past few years, to address rapid global changes, the group has shifted from counting down the minutes until midnight to the seconds.

The group said the clock could be turned back if leaders and nations worked together to address existential risks.

Europe News Reports:

Via Euronews: ‘Doomsday Clock’ set at 85 seconds to midnight, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says

https://lnkd.in/ehuwti-W

EFOW Reported Views:

Let me conclude this part, and to let you understand our Call for Peace and Peace-making a bit better and further, with some few lines – given in comment- to Pax Netherlands, yesterday:

Let us Invest especially in peace, peace organizations, and diplomacy over bombs and grenades. Of course, think carefully about your security architecture, but we won’t win a new arms race or armaments AGAINST Russia, China, or even America. The acceleration of new technologies (space, robotics, drones, AI, biotech) applied to the arms race is alarming. It’s not for nothing that the scientists of the Doomsday Clock state: it’s 85 seconds to midnight.

https://lnkd.in/e9d9R9bB

Time for a beautiful, good, strong, and kind initiative and a voice of Peacemaking, De-escalation, and Disarmament. It would be a credit to a small and kind Netherlands! Learn and live for what peacemaking means! We’re in!

Appendix 3: Strength of Our Underground

Over the course of our working practice, Energy For One World, and which was created from within the desks of BigOil Shell Exploration and Production and ONGC Exploration & Geology- we have seen and made ample studies of the strength of our Underground – on Oil, Gas and Mining of e.g.Copper, Renewables vs the Above Ground Economies, Lifestyles and Consuming Habits.

Back in 2013 a formal university study was commissioned , and with the support of Stanford University- where PhD Doctor Dale had gathered, analysed and compiled the then best available data set on our global reserves.

Over the decade, OPEC, IEF, EIA, IRENA, IEA have also made several studies in said matter- and never deviated much onto the “hold, known and recoverable”reserves in Oil, Gas and e.g. Copper.- as we earlier reported.

50 Years.

That is (about) our present predicament.

BigOil and Energy Professionals and Leadership will understand, that “in a world hungry for energy and resources”and where Big Power Interests rival over each other- 50 years is not such a long-time.

At present, annual production rates are still climbing, and exploration additions declining- and we are already on “the creaming curve” on exploration and production costs.

Not for nothing we see a present President Trump 2.0 administration “claiming” its new access to local and regional resources- from Venezuela, Alberta, Greenland/ Arctic.

China did so, already a decade ago- and with their Belt & Road initiative made its initiative to secure energy and resource supplies to the Middle Kingdom. Now, Europe and India and the new rising and rapid developing nations of the Global South are on their journey to “scramble and secure” their access to safe, secure, affordable energy resources.

Let alone- the rest of the World.

It is presently not difficult to foresee a world in “Dystopia”- and where the “fight” on and over competitive Energy becomes the new norm.

The “jockeying for positions” by the Consuming Markets and “the power politics and coercions” by the rich producing nations. Or the other way around…

Trump 2.0 demonstrated us already- some new ways of thinking and going about.

Far removed from our Ideal, and Practice Mission : Energy-Economies Free of Concern.

So- there is truly some reform, re-orientation and re-organisation to do in our Sector, in the Market and Ways of Working, In our Governments and BigEnergy Corporations>

A little theater play- tells it all:

Go to Theater Play

Let me conclude this section- with a latest Global Survey on Oil and Gas Reserves, by Norwegian Energy Intelligence firm Rystad Energy.

Rystad Energy: Oil and Gas Reserves

According to Rystad Energy’s 2024–2025 assessments, the world’s proven oil reserves are currently equivalent to approximately 14 years of production at the present rate.

While global production and demand remain near record highs—with roughly 30 billion barrels produced in 2024—the rate of replacement through new discoveries has slowed significantly.

Global Oil Reserve Breakdown

Rystad distinguishes between “proven” (high-certainty) reserves and total “recoverable” resources (which include probable, possible, and undiscovered oil).

Category	Estimated Volume	Implication
Proven Reserves	~449 billion barrels	High-certainty fields; currently equals 14 years of supply.
Total Recoverable Resources	~1,500 billion barrels	Includes undiscovered/prospective oil; more stable but harder to reach.
Historical Production	1,572 billion barrels	Total crude oil produced since 1900.

Key Challenges in Replenishment

The consultancy highlights a growing “replacement gap” where consumption is outpacing new finds:

Discovery Deficit: In the early 2010s, new discoveries averaged 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per year. Since 2020, this has dropped to roughly 8 billion boe.
Replacement Ratio: Current exploration is only replacing about 10% of produced volumes, while new conventional projects replace less than 30%.
Resource Revision: Over the last decade, Rystad has downwardly revised “yet-to-find” resources by 456 billion barrels due to reduced frontier exploration and rising costs.

Natural Gas Outlook

While the “14-year” figure specifically refers to oil, Rystad’s 2025 gas reports indicate that demand is continuing to grow (projected +71 Bcm in 2025). They warn that for the “Big Oil” majors, combined proven oil and gas reserves could run out in less than 15 years unless commercial discovery rates or acquisitions increase sharply.

EFOW Reported Views:

World Energy

Energy Sources, Reserves

Appendix 4: Health of our Nature, Natural Environment

Earlier this year, this practice published the following study and analysis- on the Health of our Nature, Natural Enviroment- and as a result of the aggregate of our Engineered Economies:

EFOW Reported Views:

Two Studies on our Planetary

Boundaries and our Natural World: Human Impact Overview

Executive Introduction

This document unifies findings from two comprehensive 2025/2026 assessments: The Anthropocene Convergence and The Anthropocene Acceleration. [cite_start]Together, they present an evidence-based confirmation that the Earth system has exited the stable conditions of the Holocene and entered a “high-risk zone” characterized by interconnected biological collapse and planetary boundary transgressions.

The Planetary Emergency: 7 of 9 Boundaries Breached

As of late 2025, humanity has scientifically breached seven of the nine planetary boundaries that regulate Earth’s life-support systems.

New 2025 Breach: “Ocean Acidification” has formally joined the list of transgressed boundaries, driven by cumulative CO₂ emissions that are chemically altering the ocean and threatening marine food webs.
The Transgressed List: The seven breached boundaries are Climate Change, Biosphere Integrity, Land System Change, Freshwater Change, Biogeochemical Flows (Nitrogen/Phosphorus), Novel Entities (pollution), and Ocean Acidification.

The Great Acceleration and Biological Collapse

[cite_start]This systemic destabilization coincides with the “Great Acceleration” of human activity since 1950. The biological cost of this expansion is quantifiable and severe:

Vertebrate Decline: Between 1970 and 2020, the average size of global wildlife populations declined by 73%. [cite_start]Freshwater populations alone have plummeted by 85%.
Insect Apocalypse: A silent collapse is occurring at the base of the food chain, with protected areas in Germany recording a 76% decline in flying insect biomass over 27 years.

Sectoral Attribution: The Three Engines of Risk

The reports rigorously attribute these failures to three specific industrial sectors that generate a “polycrisis” of cascading risks:

The Global Food System: Identified as the single largest driver of transgressions, particularly the industrial livestock sector, which is responsible for land conversion, nitrogen overload, and significant methane emissions.
The Fossil Fuel Sector: The primary architect of the Climate and Ocean Acidification crises. [cite_start]The sector’s extraction activities also drive “Arctic amplification” via gas flaring and black carbon deposition.
The Mining Industry: A key driver of the “Novel Entities” breach, generating billions of tons of toxic waste and mobilizing geological materials faster than natural containment mechanisms can manage.

A new research paper on Environmental Mitigation is presently under preparation by Dr. Singh:

**ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION:*

*FROM PLANETARY WARNING TO CIVILIZATIONAL RESPONSE**

Dr. Jagmohan Singh and Adriaan Kemp

EFOW….

Former Chief General Manager, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India

Abstract

Environmental mitigation has emerged as one of the most critical global imperatives of the twenty-first century. Despite decades of scientific warnings and policy frameworks, the world continues to struggle with the scale, urgency, and depth of action required. This paper examines environmental mitigation as a historical process, a present crisis, and a future determinant of human survival. It explores how mitigation has become an all-encompassing force affecting ecosystems, economies, societies, and geopolitics, while analyzing why global comprehension and implementation remain inadequate. The paper argues that environmental mitigation must evolve from a sectoral response into a civilizational ethic embedded within governance, economics, and collective human behavior.

Appendix 5:

List of EFOW Publications (2026–)- relevant for “our Good Future Making”.

List of EFOW Publications (Sept 2024- Dec 2025)- relevant for “our Good Future Making”.

( list is on-line available on our practice website: www.energyforoneworld.com )

World Energy

Energy Sources, Reserves

Climate, Nature and our Planetary Boundaries

Lessons Learned over our Decade of Action

(NEW!) EFOW Paper: A Decade of Divergence: Navigating the Energy Transition in China and the European Union
- Paper
- Presentation Pack
Lessons Learned over our Decade of Action: Paris Agreement
- Paper
- Presentation Pack
Lessons Learned over our Decade of Action: UNSDGs
- Paper
- Presentation Pack
UN SDG Progress, Commitments and Future
EFOW Year in Review 2025

Trump, Trumpism and the Big Beautiful Bill

UN, UN80, UN Reform

EU Commission Plans, Draghi Report

Executive Briefing Document on Draghi Report: European Competitiveness, Geo-politics and Global Challenges
On the Draghi/ EU Commission Plans and Papers
- Part 1
- Part 2
Europe Political and Economic, Energy Clouds (NEW, Sept 2025)

Example: The Netherlands

NATO Summit and Consequences on Peace, Diplomacy, Energy Transition and UN SDG

MIssion Energy For One World Foundation

EFOW in a Nutshell
MIssion Energy For One World
- Paper
- Presentation Pack
Focus on the Essentials
- Presentation Pack
Credo and Manifest ( draft)