Despite the less-than-revolutionary outcome of the UN Summit for the Future, hope for much-needed change remains. It can be introduced through a reform of the UN Charter.

On Sunday, the world’s governments made a series of commitments to transform global governance at the United Nations Summit of the Future in New York. The ambitiously named summit was described as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to “forge a new global consensus on what our future should look like”.

Indeed, we are at a critical time when change is urgently needed.

The world faces “a moment of historic danger”, with increasingly imminent risks – from nuclear war to a planetary emergency, from persistent poverty and widening inequality to the unhindered advancement of artificial intelligence – threatening humanity’s very existence.

These are global challenges that cannot be solved purely at the national level: The people of the world need – and deserve – better coordinated global action.

• Read More