The First Steps In Global Goal Partnership And Implementation
John W. McArthur Over the coming year, one of the multilateral system’s most important tasks will be to implement first steps toward achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs, or “global goals”). Success requires thinking about both SDG-wide and SDG-specific priorities in parallel. Although …
COP21 Paris climate talks: World powers are aligned and change is possible
Jeffrey Sachs In 1992, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change rightly called for a stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous climate change. The UN Climate talks that have just begun in Paris can and should underpin the decarbonisation of the globa…
Preserving the Ottoman Mosaic
Carl Bildt The roots of the Middle East’s many conflicts lie in the unraveling of the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the twentieth century and the failure since then to forge a stable regional order. As the international community works toward securing a durable peace in the region, its leaders …