Global problems need global solutions. The pre-eminent international issue is whether we can develop a level of global cooperation that matches the global dimension of our problems. Our world is more interdependent than ever. The five great economic and social challenges of our time — all global in nature, all requiring coordinated action, all matters on which the world community has been called upon to act but has failed to do so effectively: The failure to coordinate global finance The failure to coordinate global action on climate change The failure to coordinate growth strategy The failure to secure a world trade agreement The failure to deliver the millennium development goals … Continue reading Gordon Brown