We have a dream: “One day without any war on our planet Earth.” Historically speaking, humanity most likely never gained that, currently we are very far away from that (e.g. Global Conflict Tracker, Council on Foreign Relations, cfr.org).
“The average level of global peacefulness deteriorated for the 9th consecutive year.”
(Global Peace Index 2023, Institute for Economics & Peace, economicsandpeace.org)
There is a downward global trend within peacefulness, there is also a downward global trend within democracy, and there is certainly a downward global trend within global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity. We think, these trends have basically all the same root-cause – a democratic vacuum on supra-national level.
The “60th Munich Security Conference (MSC)” showed this particularly clearly. We very much acknowledge its plural, insightful and elaborated program, talks, discussions, and contribution for global peace and prosperity, although we would prefer to see that kind of discussions going on public and transparent within a democratically elected “Global Parliament”, working based on a “Global Constitution”.
A conflict, wherever it happens, within a relationship, within a family, within school, within certain groups or within nations basically shows unsatisfied needs and desires. To sustainable solve a conflict and develop peace and prosperity, these unsatisfied needs and desires have to be understood and pleased.
The “economic globalisation” with its consequences (e.g. increasing global performance pressure triggering stress, increasing global migration triggering discomfort, increasing global ecological impacts triggering fear, increasing global conflicts triggering hate) demands a “political globalisation” based on the strengthening of global (grass-roots) democracy, institutionalised within strong global and (grass-roots) democratically legitimised institutions.
We want to reach “One day without any war on our planet Earth”
We are very sure, to actually reach “One day without any war on our planet Earth”,
(1) we need more dialogue or even heated debates, transparency and involvement, empathy and love, plural and open minded thinking, curiosity and creativity, education and insights, thankfulness and modesty, wealth and income equality – means more democracy and
(2) we need less weapons, boarders (especially the ones in our brains), greed, vanity, envy, jealousy, group-think, fear, hate and wealth/money concentration – means less autocracy.
We as humanity are currently facing with global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity the greatest challenge within human history with billions of people potentially losing their livelihood and/or even their lives within the upcoming years, most likely more severe and faster than currently most can imagine.
“Approximately 3.3 to 3.6 billion people live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change.”
(CLIMATE CHANGE 2023 Synthesis Report, p. 5, IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ipcc.ch)
Instead of fighting against each other, killing each other, and increasing the investments into weapons and “national security”, stop the war in Ukraine, stop the war in Gaza, stop the war in Sudan, stop the conflict in Syria, stop the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, stop the conflict between India and Pakistan, stop the conflict between China and Taiwan, to name the most present, with dialogue, global diplomacy and local democracy, and then better concentrate and focus on the much more dangerous and much more severe threat for our “security” and bundle the power, the money, and the actions to get the sheer impossible done – get down “greenhouse gas” (GHG) emissions to net-zero within the upcoming 26 years (minus 43% annual GHG till 2030, minus 100% annual GHG till 2050).
Only this can guarantee global “security” and a stable situation with the livelihood and lives of billions of people due to global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity not being out of our control.
Every other scenario more then 1.5°C increase of global average temperature (cf. “Paris Agreement”, https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement) means we loos (partly or widely) control of global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity, which means we (partly or widely) loos control of our livelihood on our planet Earth and thus we (partly or widely) loos control of our lives.
We better focus on the actually dangerous global threat on our “security”
Actions on and investments into global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity are actions to develop “security”, peace and prosperity, to preserve billions of peoples livelihood, to prevent billions of people migrate or even (directly or indirectly) die. We better unite within this most likely greatest fight in human history and mitigate the negative consequences of “economic globalisation” now, start up a “political globalisation” with global solidarity based on strong global democratically legitimised institutions and decision making based on global (grass-roots) democratic votes.
What we actually need now is to transfer away from fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) and meat consumption. This is the task of global importance we are currently not doing good enough, not even close.
“(…) crises are multiplying linked to competition and impunity. A global order that works for everyone must address these gaps and provide solutions (…)”
(António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations at “Main Stage I: Panel Discussion Growing the Pie: A Global Order That Works for Everyone”, Munich Security Conference, 16 February 2024)
We think, a “Global Democratic Republic” addresses these gaps with a global governance structure able to provide these needed solutions.