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Twenty Global Issues, Twenty Years to Solve Them

Jean-François Rischard presents his list of the 20 most pressing issues facing the global community in the next 20 years.

August 25, 2002

By Jean Francois Rischard

Jean-François Rischard presents his list of the 20 most pressing issues facing the global community in the next 20 years.

From sharing global resources to sharing global humanity, Jean-François Rischard presents his list. How can we solve these issues in the next 20 years?

 Twenty Global Issues, Twenty Years to Solve Them
Sharing our planet: Issues involving the global commons
• Global warming
• Biodiversity and ecosystem losses
• Fisheries depletion
• Deforestation
• Water deficits
• Maritime safety and pollution
Sharing our humanity: Issues requiring global commitment
• Massive step-up in the fight against poverty
• Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism
• Education for all
• Global infectious diseases
• Digital divide
• Natural disaster prevention and mitigation
Sharing our rule book: Issues needing a global regulatory approach
• Reinventing taxation for the 21st century
• Biotechnology rules
• Global financial architecture
• Illegal drugs
• Trade, investment and competition rules
• Intellectual property rights
• E-commerce rules
• International labor and migration rules
Adapted from “High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them”. Copyright

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Jean Francois Rischard

Vice President for Europe at the World Bank In 1998, Jean-François Rischard became the World Bank’s first Paris-based Vice President for Europe. Before taking the post, Mr. Rischard was responsible for the World Bank’s activities involving private and financial sector development in developing countries. Mr. Rischard took his first job with the World Bank in […]

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