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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….

Trump administration acknowledges global warming

Karl Baumann, March 29, 2025March 29, 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….

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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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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,…

UN „World Population Prospects 2024“ report shows significant global science crises

Karl Baumann, July 15, 2024July 16, 2024

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…

2024 G7 summit shows weak global governance to actually mitigate global warming et al.

Karl Baumann, June 23, 2024March 24, 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, 2024June 2, 2024

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, 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…

60th “Munich Security Conference” shows very strong demand for global democracy

Karl Baumann, February 19, 2024March 23, 2024

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.”…

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

Karl Baumann, September 12, 2023March 23, 2024

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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