Articles by: Jacopo DeMarinis

Global Challenges Require Global Solutions: How We Can Prevent a Complete Climate Catastrophe

Global Challenges Require Global Solutions: How We Can Prevent a Complete Climate Catastrophe

by Jacopo DeMarinis and Drea Bergman When it comes to the climate crisis, we are running out of time. In 1994, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change established the Conference of the Parties (COP) to encourage UN member states to meet annually to discuss scientific data and technological advances related to climate change and implement international environmental agreements. Despite the global interest in[Read More…]

by — 15/02/2023 — Comments are Disabled — Climate Change
 A Government Whose Time Has Come

 A Government Whose Time Has Come

A world government is in the making, and we desperately need one. Why? The world today is in turmoil, and our current global governance infrastructure (the UN, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), etc.) has proven itself unable to rise to the challenge, despite its best efforts. The undemocratic and ineffective UN Security Council, where five permanent members wield a[Read More…]

by — 17/12/2022 — Comments are Disabled — World
The Need for Global Unity: How World Law Can Save Us All

The Need for Global Unity: How World Law Can Save Us All

If humanity is to survive in the face of climate change, nuclear proliferation, and international political conflict, we must muster the courage to act with conviction and unity. On every level, starting at the individual and rising to the nation state, we must adopt the mindset with which world leaders approached the enormous task of ensuring global peace following the[Read More…]

by — 18/11/2022 — Comments are Disabled — World
Avoiding a War without a Winner: How we Could Ease the Deadly US-China Dispute

Avoiding a War without a Winner: How we Could Ease the Deadly US-China Dispute

In a world haunted by the specter of nuclear war, needlessly aggressive competition among nations could lead to an apocalyptic catastrophe. Yet, from January 1st to August 30th of 2022, 92 “close encounters” occurred between the military forces of the United States and China, both heavily armed nuclear powers. What is driving this conflict and how can we de-escalate it?[Read More…]

by — 27/09/2022 — Comments are Disabled — World