NOTE: About 10 years ago, I submitted a response to "The Global Challenges" Foundation to their request for designs to replace the United Nations. Below is their latest Email Update. Shocking, really. Needless to say they didn't like my design. Now I see why. It would have diffused the control structure and authority they appear to be implementing... sounds more like the WHO. I am sure most of the world (including Anons) are unaware this was going on in the background. It sounds like "Ben Fulford" material but it isn't... it is quite real. Use your own discernment.

Global Challenges Foundation From:[email protected]

Thu, May 30 at 9:43 AM

Web version New explorers of the challenges of our time To meet the challenges of our time, we need new explorers to take us forward.

We are thrilled to announce that our board member Johan Rockström has been awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The prize recognises his contributions to environmental science regarding planetary boundaries and tipping points, highlighting Dr Rockström’s dedication to a liveable planet.

In other exciting news, the Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG) has opened its doors at Stockholm University. This international and interdisciplinary research centre is poised to become a leading institution in the study of global governance. I am proud to serve on the SCGG board, furthering our commitment to impactful global collaboration regarding global challenges.

Looking ahead, the UN's Summit of the Future (SOTF) is set for September. This high-level event aims to forge an improved international framework to address existing and emerging global challenges. The Global Challenges Foundation is eager to promote the importance of a safe and just transition through meaningful reform of the international governance architecture.

Jens Orback Executive Director

Reading recommendation: Sustainable population, climate change and technological shifts The Global Challenges Foundation supports the Institute for Future Studies' "Sustainable population in the time of climate change" research project. The project examines Earth's sustainable population size and its impact on climate change and land use. It references economist and demographer Thomas Malthus and highlights how technological advances extend agricultural limits but also reveal new constraints such as climate change.

The project's final report summarizes findings on sustainable population, noting the linear relationship between population growth and climate impact, and the importance of economic growth and technological development. Presence at UNEA-6 and the SOTF assembly for Africa Our representatives Linda Burenius, Anja Olin- Pape, and Anna Möller-Loswick participated in the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Nairobi and in a "Global Policy Dialogue" in Abuja, Nigeria, organised by the Stimson Center and the Savannah Center. The trip was successful and led to many new contacts in the global south.

Priorities at UNEA included how environmental governance can be strengthened and the establishment of contacts with African organizations prior to the SOTF. The Foundation participated in a workshop organised by the International Crisis Group to develop the EEARTH early warning mechanism in the Horn of Africa. “The future is not something to predict, but something to build.” This quote is attributed to Franco Ongaro, former Director of Technology for the European Space Agency. Renewed exploration of Earth's boundaries and social transformation with the Earth Commission

The Foundation will continue to support the Earth Commission's groundbreaking work. This group of international researchers from the natural and social sciences has launched the Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries for climate, biodiversity, freshwater, nutrients, and aerosols, providing a comprehensive assessment of Earth's limits, published in science journal Nature.

The Earth Commission’s second assessment will refine and expand this work, including new Earth System domains such as Novel Entities (toxic substances) and the Ocean. This phase will focus more on the just transformations needed across society and emphasise the justice, governance, and economic requirements for these changes. Finding the right ideas: new reports on global governance
The Foundation is providing funding and support for four separate reports tackling the need for global reform.

The Stimson Center's Preventative Measures for Money Laundering and Corruption presents solutions such as universal jurisdiction and bilateral agreements, and Strategies for inclusive multilateralism discusses how to benefit from aligning policy to the UN Secretary General's Our Common Agenda.

A report published by the International Peace Institute (IPI) asks Can the World Bank Deliver on Climate Change? while testing the Evolution Roadmap through Loss and Damage.

In Towards a Planetary Commons Approach for Environmental Governance, the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) provides recommendations for environmental governance ahead of the SOTF.

A survey conducted by the Institute for Future Studies, provides insight into the public's views on potential institutions for future generations. Find out more in Potential Institutions for Future Generations: What Do Current Generations Think? Custom

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