Building Digital Infrastructure Ready for the AI Era
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Our vision is a global economic system that benefits people and planet.
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We bring stakeholders from business, civil society, politics, and research together to develop solution-oriented policy proposals for the global common good.
Global Solutions Summit 2026
Jun 1–2, 2026Over two dynamic days, the Global Solutions Summit 2026 (#GSS26) delivered provocative insights into the evolving landscape of global cooperation, revealing how fracture lines are shifting in…
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What role can LATAM take in coalition-based AI Governance?
May 28, 2026 at 13:00 UTCLatin America can play an active role in AI governance. It has regional institutions, shared legal traditions, and a history of multilateral cooperation that few regions can match. But can it turn that…
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Coalition-Based AI Governance for Middle Powers
Apr 23, 2026 at 15:00 CETAI governance isn’t just a challenge for superpowers—it’s a pressing issue for middle powers, too. The risks posed by existing AI systems are real and growing, especially as autonomous technologies…
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Online Launch Event: New Report on Multilateral Climate Finance and Inequality Reduction
Apr 21, 2026 at 15:00 CETExperts from across the globe have come together through the Solutions Lab, an initiative by GIZ in collaboration with the Global Solutions Initiative, to explore how multilateral climate funds can be…
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Ongoing projects
Together with an international network of partners, we promote awareness of systemic challenges and global problem-solving efforts.
Global Sustainability Agendas – Identifying and Overcoming Financing Gaps and Obstacles
Program: Climate Action and Sustainability
Infrastructure Solutions to Advance Data Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Program: Digital and AI Transformation
Redirecting Business Performance
Program: Human Flourishing
Solutions Lab
Program: Global Trade, Geoeconomics and Finance
Changing World Dialogue
Program: Global Governance and Multilateralism
Our publications
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Solution Spaces
Catalysing Positive Digital Infrastructure Innovation
Vidisha Mishra, Christian Kastrop, Sarah Nicole, Jeb Bell, Astha Kapoor, Louise Karczeski, Jonas KgomoThis policy brief calls for a redesign of global digital infrastructure to center citizen agency, equity, and sustainability. As data increasingly drives economic and social power, current models –…
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Solution Spaces
From Silos to Synergies: Aligning Multilateral Climate Funds with Inequality Reduction
Anthony Kamande, Arabo Ewinyu, Daniel Suryadarma, João Francisco Araújo Maria, Lauren Hermanus, Mikatekiso Kubayi, Miriam W. Orio Omolo, Nithi Nesadurai, Rawane Yasser, Rémy Weber, Sandra PaulsenDeep inequalities persist in today’s world – both between countries and within societies. Currently, 71% of the global population live in countries where socio-economic inequality is rising, and…
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Solution Spaces
How to Make the UN's AI Modalities Resolution Count
Vidisha Mishra, Nicole MangerOn August 26, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/79/325 (the AI Modalities Resolution) by consensus and without a vote, after months of negotiations. At a time when consensus is elusive…
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Global Solutions Journal
Global Solutions Journal Issue 11
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Digital Infrastructure Solutions to Empower Citizens
Christian Kastrop, Vidisha Mishra, Mateo Rodriguez, Jeb Bell, Sarah NicoleThis report draws on a series of multistakeholder consultations held on November 12, 2024, on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum and in the lead-up to the AI Action Summit, as well as…
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