The age of cascading crises: Why the world keeps being surprised

From ideas to implementation: addressing global challenges at Skoll World Forum week

For many organisations working across development and global policy, the challenge is no longer identifying what works, it is how to deliver it at scale, in complex systems, under real-world constraints.

Rethinking security in an interconnected age: Achim Steiner on national security in a world of shared international risks

As geopolitical tensions rise alongside climate shocks, AI disruption and pandemic risk, former UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner has returned to the Oxford Martin School to rethink what national security really means in the 21st century. In this interview, he outlines why security must now integrate climate change, emerging technologies, health and cooperation – and how a new global initiative aims to help governments, institutions and societies prepare for systemic risk.