Global Citizen Blog
Has humanity’s capacity to cooperate been undone by technology?
This month, we bring three interesting articles to your attention. They look at how the world is changing while facing global threats. As climate change and the environment are matters of great and urgent concern worldwide, should the UN redesign its Trusteeship...
Nuclear Risks: Reduction or Elimination?
In his new op-ed, the former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Sergio Duarte explains why nuclear risk reduction is not a substitute for nuclear disarmament and why the ultimate risk-reduction step is to eliminate all nuclear weapons. "It is certainly...
Internet Disinformation, Science Diplomacy, and Biodiversity Loss
In this issue, we share two very interesting interviews. The first one examines the work of a nonprofit that teaches children and adults to debunk internet disinformation. In the second one, a renowned biodiversity scientist, who was also the first woman President of...
How to build public trust in a sustainable energy future
In this new blog post, Julie Sweet and Patrick Pouyanné, co-chairs of the World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI), discuss the key steps stakeholders need to take to secure the public's trust during the transition to a more inclusive,...
A Future Rooted in Sustainability and Equity
This month, we share two interesting pieces that look at how we can build a future rooted in sustainability, equity, and human rights protection. "Failure to build a democratic ecological future is likely to be catastrophic not just for democracy but to our...
Liberty of Thought, Conscience, Religion, and Belief
Note: This piece was originally published on Pressenza and has been reproduced here with permission. Rene Wadlow 25 November is the anniversary date of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on...
Big Data. A World in the Hands of Mathematicians
Note: This piece was originally published on Other News and has been reproduced here with permission. By Glauco Benigni* Mathematicians, managers of the immense computing powers that command algorithms and point towards transhumanism, will lead us – or probably have...
Trump’s “America First” Foreign Policy Faces an Unceremonious Burial
Note: This piece was originally published on IPS News and has been reproduced here with permission. UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 2020 (IPS) - The ouster of Donald Trump from the US presidency last week may well be the dawn of a new era for multilateralism – and perhaps for...
THE PROMISE & PERILS OF MEDIOCRACIES
Note: This piece was originally published on Other Stories and has been reproduced here with permission. We humans have evolved a new form of governance beyond our machine age democracies: toward radical still unruly participatory mediocracies in our Information Age,...
A compelling vision for humanity
Note: This piece was originally published on UN 2020 and has been reproduced here with permission. Daniel Perell Representative of the Baha’i International Community UN2020 Coordinating Partner & UN75 People’s Declaration Coordinator Throughout the ages, humanity...