World Federalism
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: COP-29
World Federalist Movement · December 2024
COP-29 highlights the failure of the UNFCCC system. The article calls for a new governance model to address climate collapse.
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: COP29
Citizens for Global Solutions · December 2024
COP29 highlights the failure of the UNFCCC system. The article calls for a new governance model to address climate collapse.
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Geometry of the Arctic circle: examining the intersection of climate change, maritime transport, geopolitics and governance
World Federalist Movement · November 2024
The Arctic region faces growing geopolitical tensions over shipping routes. Climate change has unlocked new maritime paths, reshaping global trade and international relations.
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New Oxford/Dublin research: Public majorities worldwide support a democratic world government focused on global issues
World Federalist Movement · October 2024
Farsan Ghassim and Markus Pauli surveyed more than 42,000 people in 17 countries and found 69 percent back a democratic world government for global issues, with stronger support in poorer and less free countries.
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Creating a Culture of Peace in Canadian Governance with a Department of Peace
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2024
A government department devoted to peace, not war readiness, could prevent violence through mediation, peace education, post-conflict aid and cooperation with the UN. Canadian Peace Initiatives argues Canada should create one, and the 2024 Day of Peace is the moment.
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Humanism 2.0: humanity’s last monotheistic religion? – Part I
World Federalist Movement · August 2024
Treating people as a plague guarantees the decline it fears. As fossil fuels run out, a civilization that keeps accelerating toward the stars, on faith in human ability, is the only stable alternative to an empty planet.
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Humanity has Two Choices: Political Unification or Mass-Suicide
World Federalist Movement · August 2024
Arnold Toynbee warned that the atomic age forces a choice between political unification and self-destruction. His remedy was a minimal federal world government, adopted by consent and limited to what survival requires, which now covers climate change too.
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A Comment on War, Peace and the Federalist Initiative
World Federalist Movement · August 2024
Nuclear war and climate collapse cannot be tackled while the great powers drift back toward the conditions of the interwar years. A new Bretton Woods-style reform of the IMF and a UN reform commission come first; world federation can only follow pacification.
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Our International System of Justice is Broken: How Can we Fix It?
World Federalist Movement · July 2024
Optional jurisdiction and unenforced rulings leave the World Court unable to settle disputes between countries, as cases on Gaza and Ukraine show. Amending the UN Charter to give it compulsory jurisdiction and a police force would fix both flaws.
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Non-Violence and International Pacification
World Federalist Movement · June 2024
Gandhi’s non-violence and Weber’s ethics of responsibility meet in Einstein’s call for a supranational police force. A first step is a global petition to add a right not to kill to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, letting citizens refuse military service.
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Israel, Russia, and International Law
Citizens for Global Solutions · June 2024
Vetoes, courts many nations refuse to recognise and a criminal court the largest powers avoid leave rules unenforced, which is how Israel and Russia defy them. Limiting the veto and strengthening the courts could end that impunity.
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Law of the Sea Tribunal delivers decision on Climate Change case
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2024
Complying with the Paris Agreement alone is not enough, say small island states and climate lawyers welcoming the ITLOS opinion, which also paves the way for climate cases at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the ICJ.
