Transnational Bodies

EU and IMF Cooperate to Tackle Climate Change and Achieve Sustainable Development

January 29, 2020

The European Union and International Monetary Fund have concluded a new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement designed to boost their cooperation to tackle key challenges including climate change, and help countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
IMF Chief Warns That Inequality and Climate Crisis Portends Global Financial Disaster

January 22, 2020

According to International Monetary Fund Chief, Kristalina Georgieva, increasing inequality and the climate crisis are pushing the world towards another financial disaster.
OECD Recommends Greater Attention to Governance of Neurotechnology Abuses

January 15, 2020

Officially recognizing the risk posed by neurotechnological alternations that can be used to manipulate human behavior or attitudes, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has recommended that governments, companies, and researchers pay greater attention to the governance of the possible misuse of neurotechnology.
Lipton: IMF Plays Important Role in Promoting Global Strategy Relating to Cybersecurity Threats

January 15, 2020

Writing in the International Monetary Fund blog, David Lipton describes four areas where the international community should supplement national efforts to counter cybersecurity threats: greater understanding of the risks; improved collaboration; consistent regulation; and crisis preparation and response protocols.
WEF Publishes Survey Results Relating to Corporate Ethical Cultures

January 08, 2020

The World Economic Forum’s Fourth Industrial Revolution Steering Committee for the Responsible Use of Technology has published the results of a survey it conducted of businesses regarding what factors contribute to positive corporate ethical cultures.
Lietz: Arctic Council and Germany Need Sustainable Approach to Arctic Development

December 31, 2019

In light of the increased accessibility to the Arctic region due to climate change, former EU MEP from Germany, Arne Lietz, describes how member states in the Arctic Council and Germany should cooperate for sustainable development of the region.
Buxton: Davos Manifesto Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms

December 23, 2019

At openDemocracy.net, Nick Buxton laments that the recently published Davos Manifesto on the purpose of a company proposes an entirely voluntary process that contains no "enforcement mechanisms, legislation or regulation to ensure companies abide by their commitments."
WEF's Schwab Publishes "Davos Manifesto" on Purpose of a Company

December 23, 2019

Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, has published Davos Manifesto 2020: The Universal Purpose of a Company in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, building on the emerging view that "the purpose of a company is to engage all its stakeholders in shared and sustained value creation."
Survey Results Reveal Global Concern over "Big Tech" Collection and Use of Personal Data

December 10, 2019

According to a recent survey of 10,000 people in nine countries conducted by YouGov on behalf of Amnesty International, seven in ten people (73%) want governments to do more to regulate Big Tech, with a clear majority (71%) worried about how tech companies collect and use their personal data.
UNESCO and UNODC Publish Guide to Promote Rule of Law Through Education

November 22, 2019

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ("UNODC"), working in partnership, have developed a guide to assist policy-makers in developing policies and programs that promote the rule of law through education.