Shaping Cooperation for a World in Transition: The Global South and Global Governance Transformation Day 1
On November 6, the first day of the workshop “Shaping Cooperation for a World in Transition: The Global South and Global Governance Transformation” took place.
🎙 The first panel, titled Global Governance Transformation, opened the event’s discussions. Participants reflected on the importance of incorporating diverse perspectives in global governance, emphasizing the need for broad and representative economic partnerships among different regions of the world. In this context, they discussed the role of major powers and the persistence of spheres of influence — such as the United States’ military presence in the Caribbean and the tensions involving Venezuela, China, and Russia — which illustrate the contemporary challenges to building a balanced and inclusive international governance system.
🎙 The second panel, on the theme Global Trade and Inequality, was part of the Undergraduate Seminar Week, allowing students to join the debate. The speakers discussed the challenges of global trade governance and highlighted that the lack of consensus among key actors such as the United States, the European Union, China, and India has hindered progress in reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO).
🎙 The third panel, titled Climate and Environment, addressed the mechanisms of global climate governance and their implications for international cooperation. Experts analyzed the asymmetries between developed and developing countries in the transition to low-carbon economies, emphasizing the challenges in implementing environmental agreements and the need for adequate funding for climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.
📲 The full recording of the workshop is available on the Institute’s YouTube channel.