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 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 governance, geo-politics, and democracy
2026 “NATO” summit shows significant demand for global democracy
We have a dream: Just one day without any armed conflict on our planet Earth. Do we need more and/or better, or less and/or no weapons to actually realise this dream? Reading “The Ankara Summit Declaration” from July 08, 2026 – the official final text from the 2026 “North Atlantic…
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IDGR becomes a member of the “Article 109 Coalition”
We have a very clear focus on how to develop our dream of a “Global Democratic Republic” – based on all our experience with start-up, organisation development, change management, and transformation projects. In our view, the best way to develop and to achieve our dream is by evolving it from…
global governance, global democracy, and healthy technology
WHO starts leading the way towards a healthy global governance for “social media”, “AI”, and “pornography”
During today’s press conference from the “World Health Organisation” (WHO), Dr. Ghebreyesus (WHO Director-General) gave a very clear and most-appreciated message: “In the past year, several governments including Australia, Canada, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom have all introduced measures to protect children from online harm. Together, these…
global governance, geo-politics, and democracy
“The Santa Marta Conference” shows significant demand for transition towards global democracy
The 1st international conference on “Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels” — also called “The Santa Marta Conference” — was held from April 24-29, 2026 in Santa Marta, Colombia. The conference was co-organised by Colombia and the Netherlands and brought together mostly officials, climate researchers & advocates, and finance professionals from 56 countries to…