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IDGR – Institute for the Development of a Global Democratic Republic
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Temperature rise will be exponential

Karl Baumann, April 7, 2025April 13, 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….

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

Karl Baumann, March 24, 2025March 24, 2025

Latest data from “The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)” (https://www.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…

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

Karl Baumann, March 9, 2025March 23, 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…

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We pledge for a global direct democratic vote on climate actions

Karl Baumann, December 1, 2024April 13, 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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2024 United States presidential election show very strong demand for global democracy

Karl Baumann, November 6, 2024November 7, 2024

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,…

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

Karl Baumann, June 23, 2024March 24, 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…

IPCC reports show potential to support a first global direct democratic vote on climate actions

Karl Baumann, April 21, 2024April 13, 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…

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

Karl Baumann, February 13, 2024April 13, 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,…

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

Karl Baumann, December 19, 2023June 2, 2024

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…

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