by Michael Marien | Oct 20, 2021 | International Politics, Leadership, Sustainable Development
Reviewed Reports: Our Common Agenda: Report of the Secretary General (UN, Sept 2021, 84p)Our Future Agenda: A Vision and Plan for Next and Future Generations (UN, Sept 2021, 54p)Shaping Our Future Together: Listening to People’s Priorities for the Future and...
by Michael Marien | Jun 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Global Sustainability Reports As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes in some countries, while spreading in others, vaccines are becoming available, although distribution is still problematic in many locations. Reports on COVID itself (see COVID-19 – What Experts...
by Michael Marien | Oct 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Global Health, Pandemic
Published 1 Aug, 2020. 1st update 11 Sept, 2020. 2nd Update 10 Oct,2020. Download as PDF here The COVID-19 pandemic has already changed our world and is still underway with no end in sight. The crisis will likely continue over several years, if not longer. Some...
by Michael Marien | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
The information revolution in recent decades has produced floods of knowledge, opinion, disinformation, and entertainments in many new formats. Who should we consider for evidence-based thinking about the complex world we live in? Scientists,1 of course, even...
by Michael Marien | May 1, 2018 | Essays and Reviews, Foresight, Politics, Systemic Change
The full Review has been published in Cadmus Journal Vol. 3, Issue 4 and is available here: Book Review of Come On! (May 2018) Introduction Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet. A Report to the Club of Rome. Ernst Ulrich von...
by Michael Marien | Sep 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
The full Review has been published in Cadmus Journal Vol. 3, Issue 3 (p. 164-174) and is available here: Global Systems Change: Six Linked Perspectives! (October 2017) Introduction Change is everywhere in today’s world—for better and for worse—seemingly leading to...
by Michael Marien | May 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
The full report is available here: Greening Capitalism Final, May 2017, 46 p.Greening Capitalism, Quietly: Seven Types of Organizations Driving the “Necessary Revolution” First published in CADMUS, 3:3, May 2017, 150-166. Authors: Michael Marien (mmarien@….com)...
by Michael Marien | Jan 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
As we rush headlong into the Anthropocene age, when humans dominate and disrupt the earth and its natural systems, governance of evolution becomes increasingly imperative. “Sustainable development” of some sort will be necessary, as well as new economic theory to back...
Risks, challenges and governance Global Security is an elusive term with several definitions. According to Ken Booth, Global Security Threats can be divided into global existential threats and global emancipatory threats. Global existential threats, notably […]
Today we live in a world with numerous areas of power and no institutions adapted to address its contemporary security challenges. For instance, China and other countries in the Southeast Asian region argue over the sovereignty […]
The concept of Human Security While the traditional notion aims to defend a nation-state in its territorial integrity through increased military means, human security focuses on the individual. This concept of security is linked to human […]
Reviewed Reports: Our Common Agenda: Report of the Secretary General (UN, Sept 2021, 84p) Our Future Agenda: A Vision and Plan for Next and Future Generations (UN, Sept 2021, 54p) Shaping Our Future Together: Listening to People’s […]
The hope for resolving our world’s greatest problems is nested in future generations: in the power of youth and organized youth groups. Since adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security […]