Policy responses to COVID-19
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We are in this together – how fair is the global access to vaccines? Interview with Martin Schulz and Antonio Guterres Policy Area:
Global Health and Covid-19
Global Health and Covid-19
Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations and Martin Schulz, President, Friedrich Ebert Foundation discussing the pandemic as a global problem, addressing global vaccine strategy and its fairness throughout the world.
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Pandemic Preparedness as a Global Challenge – Keynote: Michael Kremer Policy Area:
Global Health and Covid-19
Global Health and Covid-19
Not only the fair distribution of vaccines against the coronavirus is currently a central challenge of the international community. Also, the establishment of effective and resilient public health systems including skilled personnel, disease prevention and monitoring, and access to treatments remain important for global health and pandemic preparedness. The Covid-19 ... Read more
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No one is safe, until everyone is safe – Strategies and challenges to achieve a global vaccine strategy Policy Area:
Global Health and Covid-19
Global Health and Covid-19
COVID-19 is a global challenge that can therefore only be solved globally. While the debate in the European Union has focused heavily on local and regional vaccine distribution, an essential key in winning the fight against the pandemic has been overlooked: we need a global vaccination strategy and global equitable ... Read more
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Keynote: Angel Gurría Panel: How to achieve the vision for a recoupled economy? Our economy should serve human needs. For that, it must not be entirely geared towards economic progress but has to improve social progress and environmental sustainability as well. This is the vision of a recoupled economy: where social, economic and environmental prosperity grow together and not apart. Achieving a recoupled ... Read more
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Health as a Global Public Good: Why we need a Global Pandemic Treaty Policy Area:
Global Health and Covid-19
Global Health and Covid-19
The session is moderated by Professor Ilona Kickbusch, a member of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) – which had initially proposed a framework for pandemic preparedness. A high-level representative of the European Union explains the initial intention of the proposal and where exactly it stands now, also the World ... Read more
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Summit opening with German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel & Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Policy Area:
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Multilateralism and Global Governance
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi addressing the Global Solutions community with an opening keynote and engaging in a moderated dialogue.
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Implementing Good Health and Wellbeing The current healthcare systems tend to be based predominantly on a sick-care model, the system is essentially one that waits until we have fallen ill. We face unprecedented challenges with global staff shortages predicted to be 18m by 2030 (BMJ). Healthcare costs have been rapidly rising over the past few ... Read more
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Keynote: Sri Mulyani Indrawati Policy Area:
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Keynote by Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesian Minister of Finance
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Women’s Economic Empowerment and the SDGs The United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel (UNHLP) on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) was established by then-UNSDG Ban Ki-moon in 2016 “to address the specific economic issues that affect women and to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its promise to leave no one behind.” ... Read more
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Protecting Climate and Biodiversity “Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation are currently among the top threats facing humanity.” This is how last year’s UN Summit on Biodiversity describes the urgency of stopping biodiversity loss, noting the detrimental impact on food security, water supplies and also human health. The causes for the rapid loss of biodiversity ... Read more