https://www.europesays.com/1892294/ COP30: Geopolitical tensions weakening trust, US decision will influence COP30: Brazil’s climate minister #america #Brazil'sClimateMinister #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #cop30 #GeopoliticalTensions #geopolitics #GlobalGovernanceReforms #MarinaSilva #multilateralism #ParisAgreement #Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #US #USPolitics #USWithdrawal #USA #UsaPolitics
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#Multilateralism or #Unilateralism?
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On February 1st, 2025 - Stand Strong Canada! United We Stand! Divided We Fall! #democracy #freedom #unity #multilateralism #nato #unitednations #mexico #panama #greenland
Yesterday was annual #UN Day #UNDay. A good moment to pause and consider what's been achieved and the challenges ahead for this 'experiment' in #multilateralism #diplomacy
President Stubb of Finland:
”We now live in a multipolar world of disorder.”
Lecture on state of international politics at Norway Business School.
If you want hear someone who’s both pro-democracy and not afraid to be critical of the grave errors made in the war on terrorism, watch this one.
Stubb also says:”After 9/11, US shifted from enforcing rules to enforcing interests.”
A story of how the rules-based order was broken.
#geopolitics #multilateralism #un #president
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4UlBK2KoG4g
"This article presents how global governance […] targets moved from sovereign to corporate entities and its source from multilateral financial institutions to domestic U.S. institutions. […] The article describes the recursive process that led the U.S. government to assume global regulatory powers and to initiate deglobalization in its trade war against the European Union and China."
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/719925 @economics
Read "War by Other Means" by Mathias Fuelling, an excellent review of "The Economic Weapon: The Rise of #Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War", by Nicholas Mulder, Yale University Press, 448 pages, 2022 https://oxonianreview.com/articles/war-by-other-means
.Knodel: “We can’t leave the future of the global internet to companies alone, since true #multilateralism requires it. States must be involved, and they have to work together. The #GlobalDevelopmentCompact provides a mechanism.”
_A remarkable potential for nuisance_
Helen Lackner: "The ‘Prosperity Guardian’ international naval force […] has not demonstrated added value to the numerous naval vessels clogging up the #RedSea, neither escorting convoys, nor persuading directly concerned riverain states to participate. Rather, US leadership has led to major concerned European states (France, Italy, Spain) to operate independently and call for international leadership."
[…]
And the country that gives the most fuck on the world iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis ....
The United States of America 
Surprise surprise.
According a combination index called the multilateral index. Unifying
1) % of ratification of important UN treaties
2) Development assistant per GNI
3) Peace Index
4) Uniliteral sanctions
5) Amount of Membership in UN institution
#AmericaFirst #FuckTheWorld #UNCharta #Multilateralism
https://sdgtransformationcenter.org/static/docs/methodologies/11-03-2023-Multilateralism_Index.pdf
12/n I will share the webinar recording here as soon as it's available, and am fully resolved to continue this series. I am not an expert or insider, so may get things wrong, but I believe it's really important to stay engaged, to understand what's at stake, and yes, also just to do your bit, however small, to keep faith in #COP28 and #Multilateralism alive. Just because the more of us take it seriously, the better chances of success we have
Edit: Here the recording
11/n I just watched the WRI webinar "Responding to the Climate Crisis in Times of Uncertainty: A Clarion for Climate Leadership", and I am so very glad I did. Informative and inspiring, it brought home to me again just how crucial #COP28 (and #COP29 and #COP30 - all three) really are.
Now is not the time to give up on #Multilateralism. As Tina Stege, the brilliant #ClimateEnvoy for the #MarhsallIslands said: "We don't have a choice".
…we are working to secure #peace, #stability, & #prosperity regionally & across the #world, incl’g in our steadfast support for #Ukraine. We are deepening our cooperation…strengthening our #economic #security; advancing reliable, #sustainable, affordable, & secure #energy transitions in… economies…; reinforcing #multilateralism & international #cooperation; & harnessing digital #technologies to work for, not against, our shared values of #democracy & respect for #HumanRights & the #RuleOfLaw.
9/n #ClimateDiary Have been a bit quiet here with this #COP28 series this week, due to events elsewhere (#Israel #Gaza) and international responses. But the two are linked: by an underlying, deeply worrying crisis in #Multilateralism. Just when we need it most, the international order is weaker than ever. Here an excellent piece on this ny Nathalie Tocci.
Stylo the evil Werunicorn 
