Review (Guest): Global Risks 2011 – Governance Failures & Economic Disparity (World Economic Forum)

Phi Beta Iota:  The interactive edition is well worth going through.  Below are highlights from our own review. Six Risks Stand Out:  Fiscal crisis, Geopolitical Conflict, Climate Change, Extreme Energy Price Volatility, Economic Disparity, Global Governance Failure. Risk Interconnectivity Map:  Central to the map are Economic Disparity and Global Governance Failures.  Three clusters add depth …

Secrecy News: ACLU to Congress on Curbing Secrecy

ACLU:  CONGRESS MUST ACT TO CURB SECRECY “Congress must take the lead in challenging the laws and practices that have allowed excessive secrecy to become the dominant feature of our national security culture,” the American Civil Liberties Union urged in a new report on government secrecy. “The excessive secrecy that hides how the government pursues …

Koko: Zero Carbon Cloud…Common Sense

Zero Carbon Cloud is looming….exciting developments, from self-contained farm units to far-flung remote energy sources that could ultimately be free. Advantges of cloud computing at zero carbon data centers Swiss Carbon-Neutral Servers Hit the Cloud

Review: Critical Choices – The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Goverance

Wolfgang H. Reinicke (Editor), Francis Deng (Editor), Jan Martin Witte (Editor), Thorsten Benner (Editor), Beth Whitaker (Editor), John Gershman (Editor) 5.0 out of 5 stars Global Hybrid Network Governance Primer for UN+, July 21, 2011 By  Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) – See all my reviews Last week I reviewed the first book …

Reference: 2011 State of the Future

Source Executive Summary Free Online This is a long-standing, deeply developed, and priceless contribution to the global dialog.  The fifteen global challenges, listed below, are those of the United Nations Millenium Project.