The World Summit of Governments publishes a report on ‘Eight transformations: from crises to opportunities’

Government leaders today face a multitude of strategic challenges, each of which poses risks and opportunities. And all of them require urgent and deliberate measures.

Proactive and early responses offer governments a strategic advantage, strengthening national resilience and driving progress in both the near future and the long term. As the world faces these challenges, the report titled “Eight Transformations: From Crises to Opportunities” has been published by the World Government Summit in collaboration with the Kearney National Transformation Institute.

The report outlines eight innovative ways to turn pressing global crises into transformative opportunities. Each chapter examines a specific challenge; identifies a possible solution for it; examines the complex forces that create obstacles to achieving that solution; and then proposes an approach to use the causal mechanisms of the challenge itself to create a self-sustaining path to progress.

Mohamed Yousef AlSharhan, Managing Director of the World Government Summit Organization (WGS)saying,

“Governments around the world must rebuild trust in their institutions by putting people first and at the center of the decision-making and policy-making process. This latest report from WGS and Kearney aims to put in your hands guidance that can lead to real, tangible and lasting transformative change in the way governance models work for the people they are meant to serve.”

Rudolph Lohmeyer, Partner and Director, National Transformations Institute, Kearney Middle Eastsaying,

“The world has entered a period of fragile and disorienting transition, facing a “polycrisis” that encompasses the geopolitical, environmental, economic and social spheres.

“Like all critical junctures, this one is characterized by widespread volatility, institutional fluidity and profound strategic uncertainty. It is also characterized by great opportunities for transformative action: a period in which human action is most necessary and most possible, particularly given the discontinuous advances we are seeing in a variety of key technologies such as generative AI. This year, at the World Government Summit, we look forward to meeting with world leaders to collaboratively chart a course toward a resilient, regenerative and interconnected future.”

The eight challenges and transformations described in the report are:

● Truth Erosion: A science-based approach to boosting the market for credible content.
● Atmospheric carbon: a global goal to achieve an exponential leap in atmospheric carbon removal.
● Technology-driven workforce displacement: Leveraging AI in education to accelerate workforce readiness for the future
● Health crisis: institutionalization of early detection and treatment of chronic diseases to extend the span of health.
● Cyberweapons Proliferation: A governed market to expose the illicit trade in cyber vulnerabilities.
● Social polarization: systematic alteration of the cycle of dehumanization and polarization
● Youth psychological well-being: algorithm-based research to understand and reverse mental health spirals
● Crisis of meaning and purpose: working to achieve impact that instills a sense of meaning.

News source: Emirates News Agency