ACCORDING to a recent report by the UN Secretary-General, "we are at an inflection point in our history" with humanity facing an urgent choice between a breakdown or a breakthrough. The coronavirus, conflict and climate change are wreaking havoc and undermining our ability to reach development goals. Poverty, discrimination and violence mean that millions of people around the world are denied "health, safety, a vaccination against disease, clean water to drink, a plate of food or a seat in a classroom."
Our Common Agenda emphasizes the need for solidarity and cooperation to address these and other challenges facing the world today. Central to this, the UN Secretary-General calls for a revival of the social contract - the arrangements and understandings of how people find solutions to shared problems, manage risks, deliver public goods, and implement norms and values.
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