Sixth Paris Peace Forum [fr]
The Sixth Paris Peace Forum will be held in Paris on 10 and 11 November 2023. It will bring together all global governance actors who have once again stepped forward to agree on effective collective solutions for the challenges of the 21st century.
Working together in a world of rivalry
Consensus on global governance is possible
In a world of increasing polarization and competition, it has never been more urgent for the international community to find shared ground to address the challenges we all face. That is why the Sixth Paris Peace Forum will look at ways of working together in a world of rivalry.
Facilitating dialogue, creating action-oriented coalitions and defining norms are how the Paris Peace Forum delivers efficient responses to the urgent challenges of our time. By showcasing transnational solutions, projects and initiatives, the Forum will put the spotlight on remarkable actors from all over the world whose actions and commitments are making a difference for our planet.
A few sessions will facilitate geopolitical dialogue between a range of actors from the United States, China, Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. This will be an opportunity for superpowers, emerging powers and representatives of regional blocs to compare their vision for the world and the future of global governance, as well as concrete proposals.
Highlights of the Sixth Paris Peace Forum
This year, the forum will focus on four themes:
Protecting the planet and its peoples
The damage caused by climate change and human activities to nature and ecosystems is compromising food security and endangering both the world’s people and living things more generally. We are using the equivalent of 1.7 Earths to maintain our current way of life and ecosystems can no longer fulfil our consumption requirements (Global Footprint Network, 2021).
From the Earth’s poles to outer space, the Paris Peace Forum will propose solutions to make the global governance of new frontiers clean and sustainable.
The Forum will host the first ever One Planet Polar Summit, for scientists and political leaders to work together to protect the poles from climate change. It will also present the progress of its initiatives on space, critical minerals and the climate, with the conclusions of the Climate Overshoot Commissionon climate risks and follow-up of theSummit for a New Global Financing Pact with regard to climate finance, in preparation of COP28.
Ensuring trust and safety in the digital world
More than 5 of the Earth’s 8 billion people use the Internet worldwide, or roughly 66% of the world’s population (ITU, 2022). Emerging generative AI technology could have a profound impact on the world’s economy and societies. However, these amazing digital opportunities come with serious potential risks and inequalities. Action is needed to make the best of technology’s potential while establishing safeguards to protect from its risks. This sixth Forum will bring together key players in generative AI to discuss the main risks of this new technology which also promises great benefits.
The digital ecosystem will also be working on cyber security, with the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace and the Children Online Protection Lab .
Addressing inequalities and speeding up fulfilment of the SDGs
2023 marks the mid-point in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But the SDG Progress Report indicates that just 12% of goals are on track, while progress is limited or insufficient on 50%. Some 30%, meanwhile, are not seeing progress or are even regressing. Faced with this situation, the Paris Peace Forum will highlight initiatives to build a more equal world.
Five months after the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, we will look at the next steps in reforming development finance. We will also present progress on our work on food security and global health.
Building peace and a safer world
The 2023 Global Peace Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace has fallen for the 13th time in 15 years.
As the world faces more violent conflicts than at any time since the Second World War, the programme will highlight peacebuilding efforts and work to support fragile countries in the context of a “multicrisis”, as well as initiatives to promote the integrity of information.