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Political transition in the US – a tidal change for the Future of Globalisation? A collection of experts’ opinions

By BlogAllgemein, Future of GlobalisationChallenges, climate change, Donald Trump

Globalisation in the sense of increasing global connectedness has seen difficult times over the last years. The global financial crisis showed the vulnerability of our economic systems and middle classes. Multilateralism was challenged by “my country first” movements, not least so from the US, one of the godmother nations to the post-WWII world order. The other godmother, the UK, turned its back to the EU’s integration project. Furthermore, trade wars increased trade barriers and changed the setting for global production chains. And certainly in 2020, a global pandemic was (and is) most effectively curbed by the limitation of individual movements, often reducing cross-border linkages.

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Global middle class consumers, global responsibility

By BlogAllgemein, Future of GlobalisationBabette Never, carbon, climate change, Consumer Behaviour, Middle Class

As households move out of poverty, their spending patterns change. From a human development perspective, this is good and important, but changing consumer behaviour may result in significantly more CO2 emissions. The lifestyles of growing global middle classes decide whether this happens.

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Curb your enthusiasm: Corona may slow down multilateral process, but must not derail global climate policy

By BlogAllgemein, Future of GlobalisationClara Brandi, climate change, COP26, corona crisis, Gabriela Iacobuta, Steffen Bauer

Photo: Railroad Tracks detour, Image by Gerald Friedrich on Pixabay Last night the UK government together with UN climate officials announced that the UN climate change conference “COP26” that was set to convene in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2020, will be postponed into 2021 in response to the ongoing Corona crisis. …

Multilateralism without future – or the future of multilateralism?

By BlogFuture of Globalisation2030Agenda, climate change, global common, non state actors, Silke Weinlich, Sven Grimm

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At the beginning of a new decade, we suggest to look at the longer-term. Let’s consider the world of multilateralism two decade from now, i.e. well beyond the timeline of the 2030 Agenda. The setting in 2040 is likely to differ substantially from today. Things change, and the job of scenario-building is to imagine different futures without merely projecting existing trends or historic examples. Scenario-Building also provides us with ideas about what we need to do to land in the space we see as most preferable.

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Multilateral cooperation in times of populism: Lessons from the Paris climate negotiations

By BlogAllgemein, Future of Globalisationclimate change, Maximilian Högl, multilateral cooperation, populism

In times of a global rise of right-wing populism, multilateral cooperation is under attack and with that international agreements. Against this backdrop, it might be fruitful to have a closer look at the success factors behind multilateral cooperation and assess whether they could also work vis-à-vis populist governments, especially with regard to the Paris climate negotiations.

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Schlagwort: climate change

Political transition in the US – a tidal change for the Future of Globalisation? A collection of experts’ opinions

Global middle class consumers, global responsibility

Curb your enthusiasm: Corona may slow down multilateral process, but must not derail global climate policy

Multilateralism without future – or the future of multilateralism?

Multilateral cooperation in times of populism: Lessons from the Paris climate negotiations