The UN reforms we need: David Passarelli on hope, more science and

The UN reforms we need: David Passarelli on hope, more science and less interference

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David Passarelli, from the United Nations University Center for Policy Research, helped to prepare a key report to Secretary-General António Guterres ahead of the Summit of the Future. In the latest episode of UN Necessary, David shares insights from his work with the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism, emphasizing the need for reform in global finance, digital governance, and environmental policy, and the need to let science not politics drive policy. And the experiences ...

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