Three questions with Lyric Thompson In spite of the advances in the field of gender equality, some threats and dynamics persist to question this progress and acquired rights. However, new approaches are emerging, bringing a new perspective to policies as explains Lyric Thompson, CEO of Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, project leader of the Global Network on … Continued
Since its launch in November 2021, the Net Zero Space initiative to protect the Earth’s orbital environment has been calling for concrete actions to tackle the pressing challenge of space debris, with the ultimate aim of achieving sustainable use of outer space by 2030. Over the past year, the Net Zero Space coalition has grown … Continued
Over the past decade, ransomware has emerged as a prominent component of the global cyber threat landscape. As a global phenomenon, the ransomware threat spares no industry or region across the world and relies on a complex ecosystem. The dynamics thus reinforce the need to achieve effective cooperation and common understanding between private and public … Continued
New Report The Paris Peace Forum published on 11 November 2022 a groundbreaking report entitled “People, politics and the governance of early warning and response for pandemics”, looking at the political conditions to identify early and respond to a health threat to avoid another pandemic. Learning from important field work on the detection of the … Continued
Op-Ed by Mo Ibrahim This month marks a critical period for multilateralism. Over the next two weeks, both COP27 and the Paris Peace Forum will gather world leaders, civil society organisations, businesses, and financial institutions to discuss some of the global crises upon us. Of the crises unfolding, climate change is the most acutely felt … Continued
The Paris Peace Forum contributed this week to the third substantive session of the UN Open-ended working group (OEWG) on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies. The OEWG is currently the main fora to discuss ICT governance in the context of international security, an issue being addressed at the UN … Continued