A New Global Agenda

Priorities, Practices, and Pathways of the International Community

Edited by Diana Ayton-Shenker

Publication date:

19 February 2018

Length of book:

320 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781538106013

A New Global Agenda: Priorities, Practices, and Pathways of the International Community explores the most compelling issues of our time, highlighting key strategies, initiatives, and calls to action. Taking up where the former annual series, A Global Agenda: Issues Before the U.N., left off, this book sets the work of the U.N. in the context of cross-sectoral perspectives and multi-stakeholder partnerships. To catalyze regenerative solutions for People, Society, and Planet, A New Global Agenda engages visionary thought leaders, advocates, and innovators spanning international policy, academia, private sector, and civil society. This is a must-read for scholars, students, practitioners and global citizens shaping our world today.

A New Global Agenda is edited by Diana Ayton-Shenker, editor and author of A Global Agenda: Current Issues Before the General Assembly of the United Nations (published with the United Nations Association; Rowman & Littlefield, 2002, and 2001 Editions). Ayton-Shenker is the Global Catalyst Senior Fellow at The New School, and CEO of Global Momenta.

Contributions by: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Laurie Adams, Karen J. Alter, Gina Bria, Gillian Christie, Michael A. Cohen , Peter Dietrich, Hall Gardner, Russ Gaskin, Pape Amadou Gaye, Eban Goodstein, Jensine Larsen, L. Hunter Lovins, Alynna Lyon, Lars Fogh Mortensen, Alex Neve, Karen Lund Petersen, Courtney C. Radsch, Harpinder Sandhu, Lena Simet, Joel Simon, Ramesh Thakur, Gracey Vaughn , Mary R. Watson , Derek Yach, and Andrew Zolli.

PART I. PEOPLE
Legal Protection
1. We do matter: A Renewed Global Agenda for Protecting Human Rights, by Alex Neve
2. The Future of International Law, by Karen. J. Alter
Vulnerable People
3. Revitalizing the International Response to Forced Migration: Principles and Policies for the “New Normal”, by T. Alexander Aleinikoff
4. Women Rebuilding Societies: Resiliency from the Bottom Up, by Laurie Adams
Essential Freedoms
5. Global Press Freedom in the Crosshairs, by Joel Simon
6. Digital Information Access, by Courtney Radsch

PART II. SOCIETY
Regenerative Development
7. An Economy in Service to Life, by L. Hunter Lovins
8. Engaging Business and Civil Society for Sustainable Development, by Lars Fogh Mortensen and Karen Lund Petersen
Health and Wellness
9. New Frontiers of Health Access, Pape Amadou Gaye and Gracey Vaughn
10. Bodies of Water: The Role of Hydration in Health, Wellness and Wealth, by Gina Bria
11. The Next 100 Years of Vitality: Partnering for Healthy Impact, by Derek Yach and Gillian Christie
Collaborative Leadership
12. Designing the University of the Future: A New Global Agenda for Higher Education, by Mary Watson
13. A New Leadership Agenda: Expanding the Practice of System Leadership, by Russ Gaskin
Crowdsourcing the Feminine Intelligence of the Planet, by Jensine Larsen

PART III. PLANET
Resilience and Stability
14. Climate Change at Thirty, by Eban Goodstein
15. Biodiversity Enhanced Global Agriculture: Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services into Future Farming, by Harpinder Sandhu, Stephen D. Wratten, John R. Porter, Robert Costanza, Jules Pretty, and John P. Reganold
16. Cities and the New Global Agenda: Implementation Strategies and Priorities, by Michael A. Cohen, Lena Simet
Security and Peace
17. The United Nations, New Wars and the Challenge of Peace Operations, by Alynna J. Lyon
18. Nuclear Weapons and the Rules-based Global Multilateral Order, by Ramesh Thakur
19. The Geopolitical Convolutions of Fighting the Global War on Terror (GWOT), by Hall Gardner
20. U.S.-UN Relations and the Global Agenda: Rejecting One’s Protégé?, by Alynna J. Lyon

This book is a remarkable achievement: bold and visionary in its conceptual framework, yet deeply human and engaging in its tone, crafted as an invitation not to strident debate but to honest reflection and committed action. Ayton-Shenker and her contributors have crafted a tool that people – whether they be policymakers, academics, or grassroots activists – can use to forge new thinking on the global challenges we share and the opportunities for change at multiple levels.