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Institute for the Development of a Global Democratic Republic
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News about global warming, climate change & the loss of biodiversity

The (most likely) greatest impact project in human history

Karl Baumann, May 25, 2025May 26, 2025

Global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity is by far the current greatest (security) threat to humanity (cf. our trans- & interdisciplinary global warming scenario). It is silent, it is slow, it is complex and it is inert & thus delayed. Based on what we understand about our…

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“Eurovision Song Contest” shows great potential for global united society

Karl Baumann, May 17, 2025May 25, 2025

Change demands passion, collaboration demands humanity, and a united society demands love and creativity. Art and culture can provide all of these so very important credentials for a healthy and thus sustainable (global) society. “There is no Christian, no Muslim, no Jewish blood. There is only human blood.I say, be…

News about global health, peace & security

Global health is the path and will deliver global peace

Karl Baumann, April 27, 2025May 22, 2025

We have a dream – a world with all the people, yes, all the people living withing a global healthy and thus sustainable society peacefully together. To make this dream a reality, there are three core concepts important in our view – (1) the skill of all the people for…

News about global governance, constitution & democracy

The root cause for trade deficits

Karl Baumann, April 21, 2025May 22, 2025

The major damage from the current “United States of America ” (USA) administration is its distraction from our currently by far greatest (security) threat to humanity – global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity. Based on that and since there is significant noise & irritation, I want to…

News about global warming, climate change & the loss of biodiversity

Temperature rise will be exponential

Karl Baumann, April 7, 2025May 22, 2025

Global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity is in our view the by far greatest (security) threat to humanity ever in human history (nuclear weapons certainly have the potential to extinct humanity within seconds, but they are men made and can be fully controlled by men, e.g. cf….

Trump administration acknowledges global warming

Karl Baumann, March 29, 2025May 22, 2025

With the official trip from Mr. Vance et al. to Greenland, the Trump administration most importantly acknowledges global warming. The press conference from Mr. Vance “visiting” Greenland, March 28, 2025 (e.g. Forbes Breaking News) reveals, the Trump administration acts like the Putin administration with the “peaceful” annexation of Krim 2014….

News about global warming, climate change & the loss of biodiversity

1.5°C expected in 4.5 years – we need a first global referendum on climate actions now

Karl Baumann, March 24, 2025May 25, 2025

Latest data from “The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)” (copernicus.eu) and its “C3S Global temperature trend monitor” shows global warming reached 1.38°C in February 2025. Reaching 1.5°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels – the limit agreed under the “Paris Agreement” – is expected by September 2029, within ca. 4.5…

News about global governance, constitution & democracy

U.S. tariffs politics shows very strong demand for global tax system

Karl Baumann, March 16, 2025May 24, 2025

We are in great favour of a globalised market without any tariffs and boarders. Global trade is probably one of the greatest developments of humanity. Not only the plurality of products & services, the possibility of global travel, and the gains in supply resilience (e.g. during the COVID-19 pandemics, the…

News about global health, peace & security

Make planet Earth great (again)

Karl Baumann, March 10, 2025May 22, 2025

To start with, our mother planet Earth is great. Everyone can experience that. It just takes a walk out into nature keeping your aesthetics open – seeing the beauty with your eyes, enjoying the sun or rainfall with your skin, “listening to the silence” from nature, tasting the fruits, smelling…

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Current geopolitics fails to deliver on the by far most important & urgent KPI for humanity

Karl Baumann, March 9, 2025May 24, 2025

Global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity is currently by far the most important and most urgent “security threat” to humanity. Global “greenhouse gas” (GHG) emissions is currently by far the most important “key performance indicator” (KPI) for geopolitics in our view. (see the following graph from “Our…

2024 Nobel Prize supports (global) democracy

Karl Baumann, December 10, 2024May 22, 2025

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 about global warming, climate change & the loss of biodiversity

We pledge for a global direct democratic vote on climate actions

Karl Baumann, December 1, 2024May 26, 2025

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…

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Wall Street shows very weak global (sustainable) leadership

Karl Baumann, November 9, 2024May 24, 2025

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,…

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2024 United States presidential election show very strong demand for global democracy

Karl Baumann, November 6, 2024May 24, 2025

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

Karl Baumann, July 15, 2024May 22, 2025

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…

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2024 UNDP survey shows very high potential for global direct democratic vote on climate actions

Karl Baumann, June 23, 2024May 22, 2025

“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.

Karl Baumann, June 23, 2024May 22, 2025

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…

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77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) shows global spirit and the potential for global democracy

Karl Baumann, June 2, 2024May 22, 2025

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

Karl Baumann, April 21, 2024May 22, 2025

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 about global health, peace & security

2024 “Russian Federation” presidential “election” shows very strong demand for global democracy

Karl Baumann, March 19, 2024May 22, 2025

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

Karl Baumann, February 19, 2024May 22, 2025

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 about global warming, climate change & the loss of biodiversity

29th UN “Conference of the Parties” on climate change (COP29) can be start for global democracy

Karl Baumann, February 13, 2024May 22, 2025

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 about global health, peace & security

2023 “Global State of Democracy Indices” (GSoD) shows demand for global democracy

Karl Baumann, January 10, 2024May 22, 2025

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…

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28th UN “Conference of the Parties” on climate change (COP28) shows demand for global democracy

Karl Baumann, December 19, 2023May 22, 2025

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 about global governance, constitution & democracy

75th anniversary of Human Rights shows potential for “Global Constitution”

Karl Baumann, December 10, 2023May 22, 2025

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

Karl Baumann, November 27, 2023May 22, 2025

“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 about global warming, climate change & the loss of biodiversity

G20 summit 2023 shows weak global governance to actually mitigate global warming

Karl Baumann, September 12, 2023May 22, 2025

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)…

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