Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

The G20 Summit was held in India on September 9-10, 2023. Where did we make progress? Where does the global community urgently need to step up? Here are the top five takeaways from our experts: Global South on the Global Stage India made its mark by formally inviting the African Union to the G20, a ... Read more

Federal Environment Agency (UBA)

Volume 11 of INTERSECTING, Resources for the Future, also available in a print edition, explores the challenges of distributing resources in a world that is facing the huge impacts of population growth, digitalization and damage to ecosystems. This second cycle of the INTERSECTING global editorial project has mobilized over 190 authors. Volume 7 focuses on ... Read more

Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge; Tobin Center for Economic Policy, Yale University

Ag-Hub Foundation, Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University, (PJTSAU)

The Global Solutions Summit 2023 took place on May 15-16 in Berlin and saw spirited participation from diverse policy experts, researchers, and practitioners from over 45 countries.   It’s time to do a deep dive into GSS 2023. We have curated the best insights and analysis from our community to highlight the key discussions and takeaways ... Read more

Achieving net-zero emissions is essential to limit the rapid increase in global temperature. With its latest synthesis report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its final warning: Without additional abatement, projected CO2 emissions will exceed the remaining carbon budget to stay within the limit of a 1.5-degree Celsius temperature rise. We can already ... Read more

This session is curated by Bayer. Agriculture is the backbone of global food systems and the bioeconomy, a major source of income for many, including the world’s poorest, and a key lever in nature conservation, biodiversity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is a major factor in the development of economies in the Global South. ... Read more

A fundamental rethink of the socio-economic system requires a refocusing the aims of our activities in the economic, social, and political domains. Economies and polities are meant to serve society, not the other way around. Serving society means rewarding activities that promote the wellbeing of people in thriving communities and penalizing activities that undermine societies ... Read more

According to the United Nations, cascading and interlinked crises, dominated by Covid-19, climate change, and conflicts, are putting the 2030 Agenda at grave risk. All Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been affected by the confluence of these crises: Years of progress in eradicating poverty and hunger, improving health and education, and providing basic services have been ... Read more

Transforming Global Value Chains: Good Jobs, Sustainability and Gains from Trade Rapid globalization, characterized by a proliferation of global value chains, has produced huge economic gains through cost savings, but it has come at the cost of social cohesion and environmental health. The rapid abandonment of production locations is harmful for communities and individuals, destroying ... Read more

Solving Global Challenges Together: Towards a Global Approach of Peace, Dialogue and Capacity Building As geopolitical tensions rise ominously in many regions around the globe, the need for strategic cooperation and collective action is now more pressing than ever. Issues requiring strategic cooperation abound: Achieving the Agenda 2030 against the background of rising debt and ... Read more

“People are the real wealth of a nation,” declared the very first Human Development Report (UNDP, 1990). Without peoples’ support, necessary major transformations needed to solve the world’s global challenges will not succeed. Hence, governments and economies should serve societies by putting people at the center of their decision-making and promote the well-being of individuals ... Read more

Tectonic shifts in the world order, caused by changing dynamics of power and growth among nation states, keep causing quakes and eruptions. At the same time, all the world’s nations share one planet and are intricately intertwined by globalization. Ultimately, they are all in the same boat. In the face of multiple interrelated global crises, ... Read more

How Can Companies Behave in a More Socially Responsible Way? A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart. Companies maximize profit or shareholder value, which does not always lead to good social outcomes. How can eliciting shareholders’ social preferences lead companies to behave in a more socially responsible way than currently? Colin Mayer, Oxford professor and ... Read more

Realigning Societies: Towards a Sustainable, Inclusive and Common Future The current socio-economic system is broken. Business-as-usual – in the government, business, and civil domains – will destabilize the natural world and do little to correct for the prevalent rise in social fragmentation and continued environmental degradation. Fixing the system demands global collective action. It requires ... Read more

The Interplay of Global Health, Social Well-being and Economic Development: Investing in Health for a More Prosperous Future. This session is curated by Novartis. Global health systems are still grappling with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, which socially and economically impacted vulnerable communities particularly severely. The pandemic and its aftermath highlighted the intricate interplay ... Read more

Digital services have become vital for work and leisure, but they have also started to shape political decision-making and sometimes even threaten our privacy, mental health and political systems. The current digital governance system is riddled with problems, including vulnerability to privacy and cybersecurity breaches; permissiveness to social, economic and political manipulation; undermining of market ... Read more