by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Oct 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
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 of the South China Sea, which is an...
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Jul 25, 2021 | Sustainable Development, Uncategorized
Note: This is a preliminary version that will be updated soon. In 2015 The United Nations launched the Sustainable Development Goals as the “2030 Agenda.” It marked the moment when climate change and sustainability action finally rose to the top of the UN priorities....
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Jul 25, 2021 | Climate, Security, Uncategorized
Note: This is a preliminary version that will be updated soon. Climate Security centers its attention on the “maintenance of the local and the planetary biosphere as the essential support system on which all other human enterprises depend.” Rather than a...
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 | 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 | 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 Sales | Aug 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Conflicts, misunderstandings, failures, and hidden agendas are part of the journey, she warns, and sustainability is not one single issue, but a complex of issues. But “collective leadership for sustainability can be learned and enhanced…helping leaders to...
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...
Note: This is a preliminary version that will be updated soon. The 21st century has proved itself as very complicated. As a result, international institutions and national actors struggle to keep up...
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 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 […]
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 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 […]