22 Jan 2021 / 03:52 H.
By Laurie Goering
LONDON, Jan 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Addressing interconnected global challenges - from COVID-19 to climate change and inequality - will require rethinking international institutions, leadership and where solutions come from, governance experts said this week. The global order is really frayed - it s disintegrating in front of our eyes. That s a real threat to any attempt to sort things out, said Mo Ibrahim, a businessman and philanthropist who has worked to improve governance in Africa.
An increase in nationalistic leaders in powerful countries was making solving the world s problems harder, he and other experts told an online event on global challenges organised by the University of Birmingham s Institute for Global Innovation.