World: The Next UN Secretary-General Will Inherit a System Unfit for the Next Complex Global Shock

Country: World Source: International Peace Institute On September 16th, the UN released its second Global Risk Report, asking 1,300 people across government, business, civil society, and the UN system what stands in the way of managing 28 global risks. The most common answer was weak governance or coordination mechanisms, ahead of a lack of political consensus and a lack of trust and accountability. The report concludes that weak coordination hampers the effective management of almost all global