Emergency Platform to manage “extreme global shocks”

Emergency Platform to manage “extreme global shocks”

The Emergency Platform refers to a set of protocols that are to be activated in the event of a “complex global shock”. When activated the platform brings together leaders from member states, the United Nations, core member groups (such as the G77, G20), international financial institutions (IMF, World Bank)…

Climate Revival Meeting in Davos

Climate Revival Meeting in Davos

The theme of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos 2023 was “Cooperation in a Fragmented World”. In many ways, this year appears as an in-between-year, even though certain central components of the continuing agenda were introduced…

“Protect the Planet” – A Planetary Emergency – Part 2

“Protect the Planet” – A Planetary Emergency – Part 2

The proclamation of an emergency is partly reminiscent of the scenario “Fortress World” from the Global Scenario Group’s report The Great Transition – The Promises and Lures of Our Times published in 2002 by the Stockholm Environment Institute in Boston under the leadership of Club of Rome member Paul Raskin…

“Leave No One Behind” – A New Social Contract – Part 1

“Leave No One Behind” – A New Social Contract – Part 1

In Our Common Agenda, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres paints a picture of a world facing a choice between collapse and breakthrough. If we make the wrong choice, we will be hit by a mutating virus repeatedly haunting us. Health systems will not be able to handle the pressure and the vaccines will be distributed unequally…

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