Abstract
Abstract Tensions between national democratic accountability and transnational challenges undermine trust and collective action. Asymmetry between an integrated global economy, fragmented global community, and defective global polity, causes social turbulence. Facing technological disruption, we need a new order to address inequality; transform education; and build social capital. Diplomatic exchanges will not suffice, but the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 were enabled by bottom-up deliberations. The author proposes a UN conference of states to decide how to balance environmental sustainability, economic development and human security, after consultations on national proposals between policymakers, business and civil society, on principles, underlying values and legal norms.
Highlights
To address systemic global risks and protect the global commons, we must manage transnational challenges effectively
The effects on societies of adaptive change in the biosphere were a source of concern for millennia
Today aggregate human behaviour is destabilizing the biosphere (Steffen et al 2015). Limiting this damage and the risks it poses to humanity is imperative, but the divergent views of national polities have led to clashes, and frustrate collective action
Summary
The complexity of the adaptive ecosystem in which we are embedded, and the global economic and social systems we have created, cannot be managed comprehensively. Today aggregate human behaviour is destabilizing the biosphere (Steffen et al 2015). Limiting this damage and the risks it poses to humanity is imperative, but the divergent views of national polities have led to clashes, and frustrate collective action. To grapple with these challenges, we identified five elements of a Global Agenda: The first three are challenges whose management is essential for survival; the last two are enablers for success
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