The 2024 “Nobel Prize” within Economic Sciences goes to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson: “These contributions are also of practical importance because the large and persistent income gap between the world’s richest and poorest countries has enormous consequences for billions of people living in the world today….
news
news
We pledge for a global direct democratic vote on climate actions
After (1) the “UN Biodiversity Conference” (CBD COP16) and the corresponding “decisions” from November 1, 2024, (2) the “G20 Brasil 2024” summit and the corresponding “Rio de Janeiro Declaration” from November 19, 2024, and (3) the “UN Climate Change Conference Baku” (COP29) and the corresponding “Baku Climate Unity Pact” from…
news
Wall Street shows very weak global (sustainable) leadership
After the “United States of America” (USA) presidential election the “Dow Jones Industrial Average” (Dow) increased ca. 5% within one day (see graph). This is certainly due to many reasons. Nevertheless, within the context of in our view the most pressing topic for human history – global warming, climate change,…
news
2024 United States presidential election show very strong demand for global democracy
It is the same pattern with the “United States of America” (USA), as it is in Europe. People feel the pressure from a globalised economy and feel the influence from a globalised society. They might not fully understand all the very complex correlations, nevertheless they do feel affected, attacked, targeted,…
UN „World Population Prospects 2024“ report shows significant global science crises
We very much acknowledge the work from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) on the latest „World Population Prospects 2024“ (World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results) report (population.un.org), one of the flag ship reports from UN DESA and certainly one of the crucial reports to…
news
2024 UNDP survey shows very high potential for global direct democratic vote on climate actions
“80 percent of people globally want stronger climate action by governments.” UN Development Programme survey, June 20, 2024 (https://peoplesclimate.vote) Over 73.000 people speaking 87 different languages across 77 countries were asked 15 questions on climate change for the “Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024” survey. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the…
2024 G7 summit shows weak global governance to actually mitigate global warming et al.
Reading the “Apulia G7 Leaders’ Communiqué” from the “2024 G7 summit” held in Borgo Egnazia (Fasano) in Apulia, Italy, from June 13-15, 2024, might give the impression, the world is heading in some good direction. Yes, we want to acknowledge, there are quite some well chosen approaches. We miss the…
news
77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) shows global spirit and the potential for global democracy
The “World Health Organization” (WHO) held its 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) in Geneva, Switzerland, from 27 May till 1 June 2024. The theme of this year’s Health Assembly was “All for Health, Health for All”. The “World Health Assembly” (WHA) is the main decision-making body of the WHO with…
IPCC reports show potential to support a first global direct democratic vote on climate actions
We see a strong demand for a global direct democratic vote (referendum) on climate actions with potentially 5,4 billion people (ca. 67% of global population) participating: Based on a first rough estimation, the “project” of a first global democratic referendum demands about 100-200 Million USD and should be possible to…
news
2024 “Russian Federation” presidential “election” shows very strong demand for global democracy
Democracy is pretty much the opposite of ideology. The concept “democracy” wants to best fulfil needs, wishes, and desires from all the people. So democracy wants to provide health, peace, and prosperity. Linear concepts like “freedom” or “nationalism”, in whatever context (Russian freedom or nationalism, Ukraine freedom or nationalism, European…
60th “Munich Security Conference” shows very strong demand for global democracy
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.”…
news
29th UN “Conference of the Parties” on climate change (COP29) can be start for global democracy
The UN “Conference of the Parties” (COP) on Climate Change in 2024 will be the same formate as last COPs. We want this to be improved. “COP 29 incoming Presidency are committed to ensuring a transparent and inclusive process in the lead-up to COP 29 to be convened in Baku,…
news
2023 “Global State of Democracy Indices” (GSoD) shows demand for global democracy
Globally, nationalism is on the rise and democracy is under pressure and within decline in several countries (see graph from “The Global State of Democracy 2023. The New Checks and Balances“, p. 18, Global State of Democracy Initiative, 2023, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, https://www.idea.int). The reasons for…
news
28th UN “Conference of the Parties” on climate change (COP28) shows demand for global democracy
We want to acknowledge the effort done by the United Nations (UN) and we also want to acknowledge the outcomes of the “COP28 – UN Climate Change Conference” (https://unfccc.int/cop28/outcomes), especially the “first global stocktake” in reference to the so called “Paris Agreement” (https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement), entered into force on 4 November 2016…
news
75th anniversary of Human Rights shows potential for “Global Constitution”
Today we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (1948/12/10). The development of human rights was “drafted by people from different legal, religious, and cultural backgrounds from all over the world” (Human Rights Watch, https://www.hrw.org, 2023/12/10). The “Human Rights” can be the role model with the…
91st INTERPOL General Assembly shows clear demand for strong global security system
“We are currently facing an epidemic of transnational organized crime which is undermining societies, communities and businesses. It is now so significant that it has become a global security emergency. This is a global problem and must be tackled by more – not less – international cooperation, information sharing and…
news
G20 summit 2023 shows weak global governance to actually mitigate global warming
We very much welcome the G20 summit 2023 declaration on “Strengthening Global Health and Implementing One Health Approach”, the understanding of “Culture as a Transformative Driver of SDGs”, the steps in direction of a “globally fair, sustainable and modern international tax system” and the integration of the African Union (AU)…