On October 1, 2026 the annual Global Forum from the Global Democracy Coalition (GDC) took place during the Athens Democracy Forum (ADF). It was one day where the member organisations from the GDC discussed latest topics, developed insights, and worked out concrete concepts to better understand the state of democracy…
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Horizon Europe “GoGlobalClimate” project proposal submitted
On 18 March 2026, initiated by Fabio Masini and Susanna Cafaro, we discussed possibilities for “Future Projects” and decided to embark on what Fabio referred to as a “journey.” On 23 September 2026 – almost exactly six months later – we reached a first significant milestone in our journey. We…
global governance, global democracy, and healthy technology
Three CEOs just agreed AI needs to be slowed down. None of them explained who gets to decide.
For a few days this month, the western Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry appeared to agree on something unusual. Within days of each other, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and xAI’s Elon Musk all agreed in public that frontier AI is advancing faster than anyone’s ability to understand or control…
global governance, geo-politics, and democracy
2026 state elections in Saxony-Anhalt show significant demand for global democracy
On 6 September 2026, 1,706,851 people were obliged to vote the new state parliament within the state elections from Saxony-Anhalt – which is part of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1990. The election shows two main insights for politics in my view and both are based on a global…
global warming, climate disruption, and biodiversity loss
UN officially admits: Reducing burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas), meat production (beef, pork) and deforestation failed. It is time to vote.
It starts with “calling the child by his name” – global warming, climate disruption, and biodiversity loss is rooted in two key drivers: (1) “Greenhouse gas” (GHG) emissions from (a) burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) and (b) industrial meat production (beef, pork), and (2) Deforestation.
The United Nations’ official announcement from September 02, 2026 – which comes at least 10-years too late – that keeping global warming within the “1.5°C limit” for a stable climate failed, means concretely
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Democracy Innovation – David Campbell extends our latest understanding on democracy
Innovation follows a very stable pattern of four phases: (1) ignorance, (2) ridicule, (3) hostility, and (4) acceptance. In academia, this is no different, and every groundbreaking innovation that ultimately succeeds can look back on exactly these four phases. Democracy, the assessment of its quality, and the criteria used to…
global governance, geo-politics, and democracy
Elon Musk wants to “deal out” the global AI governance with his “buddies” from Silicon Valley in a bi-weekly call
To be clear from the outset, this is precisely not what we believe constitutes healthy AI governance. Instead, it represents the most dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a few individuals – most of whom display the maturity of a defiant child and embrace a trash culture “style…
global warming, climate disruption, and biodiversity loss
2026 OPEC “World Oil Outlook” projects 20% increase in global oil demand alongside $17.7 trillion in fossil fuel investments by 2050
The “Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries” (OPEC) published on June 18, 2026 the “World Oil Outlook 2050”. The key message from the report and the presentation: “(…) there is no peak oil demand on the horizon.” In the view of Mr. Al Ghais, the report “offers data driven, transparent,…
the new healthy global economy
A future without “externalities” – the new way into a healthy global economy
Economic activity should be governed within the earth’s biophysical limits, and markets should no longer treat the use of ecological capacity as if it were unlimited and free. Replacement of “externalities” by “Planetary Boundaries” From a microeconomic perspective, I do not think the two concepts are substitutes. They address different…
global warming, climate disruption, and biodiversity loss
Current wildfires, et al. are just the beginning
There is a delay of about 30 years between “greenhouse gas” (GHG) emissions and actual global warming (see following graph 1), GHG emissions are still raising, and global warming is already accelerating (see following graph 2) – the “1.5°C limit” has always been merely a very rough estimate for the “corridor of human…