Paris Peace Forum, linking peace to global governance

The inaugural Paris Peace Forum commemorates the centenary of the armistice of World War I. On the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, the forum is a recurring event for achieving global governance reform.

The Global Challenges Foundation is present as a partner of the conference. The booth of the Global Challenges Foundation can be found in the Space for Solutions at the conference's venue at La Grande Halle de la Villette.

The New Shape Process Working Groups will give presentations on their work in the villages of the Space for Solutions, presenting their ideas from the Quarterly Report #7, November 2018 – From idea to prototype: The New Shape Process – Global governance innovation.

Agenda

Monday November 12th

  • 11:00 Together First - Building a Truly Global Partnership for Tackling Catastrophic Risks

    Natalie Samarasinghe in the Peace and Security village.

  • 14:00 Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century

    Augusto López-Claros in the Inclusive Economy village.

  • 14:00 Planetary Condominium: A Legal Framework for Earth System Stewardship

    Paulo Magalhães in the Environment village.

  • 14:30 The San Francisco Promise to Let ‘We the Peoples’ Govern the World: Article 109(3) Rediscovered

    Shahr-yar Mahmoud in the Peace and Security village.

Tuesday, November 13

  • 11:00 A World Security Community of Democratic Nations

    Chris Hamer in the Peace and Security village.

  • 13:45 Finance for Climate: A Way to Go Forward, a Way to Go Faster

    Mats Andersson, Vice Chairman of the Global Challenges Foundation, will moderate the discussion Finance for Climate: A Way to Go Forward, a Way to Go Faster at the mini-Agora.

     

    The participants of the discussion are:

     

    • Lennart Båge, Ambassador, Co-Chair, The Green Climate Fund.
    • Erick Decker, Head of Investment, AXA.
    • Audrey Rojkoff, Deputy Head, Climate Change Section, Agence française de développement (AFD).

Pictures

Emmanuel Macron, president of France, inaugurates the Paris Peace Forum. Photo: Global Challenges Foundation.

Mats Andersson, Vice Chairman of the Global Challenges Foundation, exhibits the Educators' Challenge competition at the Paris Peace Forum. Photo: Global Challenges Foundation.

Natalie Samarasinghe presenting the Together First movement. Photo Global Challenges Foundation.

Paulo Magalhães presenting the Planetary Condominium legal framework. Photo: Global Challenges Foundation.

Shahr-yar Mahmoud presenting the San Francisco Promise to review and renew the UN charter. Photo: Global Challenges Foundation.

Chris Hamer presenting the World Security Community of Democratic Nations. Photo Global Challenges Foundation.

Mats Andersson, Vice Chairman of the Global Challenges Foundation, moderating the panel discussion "Finance for Climate: A Way to Go Forward, a Way to Go Faster". Photo: Global Challenges Foundation.