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Small. Fragile. Interconnected.

• 200 nation states focusing on national Interests

• No easy way to learn from experience of others

• Slow, difficult negotiations to reach agreement

• International institutions with weak democratic legitimacy

• Global problems unsolved or worsening - climate, deforestation, AIDS, wars, nuclear weapons, poverty, etc

Global problem solving today

New systems needed

• Fast, flexible, global

• Share best practice among law-makers

• Enable closer cooperation across borders

• Democratic

Connecting parliaments

e-Parliament process

• Poll legislators to set joint priorities

• Gather ideas that work for online Ideas Bank

• International parliamentary hearings

• Detailed briefing materials or model legislation

• Support national parliamentary legislation

A global agenda

DEMOCRACY• Democracy and Human Rights• Parliamentary Affairs• Global Governance

ECONOMY• Economic Policy and Trade• Poverty and Unemployment• Technology and the Internet

RESOURCES• Energy, Transport and Climate• Environment• Agriculture, Forests and

Fisheries

SECURITY• Conflict Prevention• Defence and Disarmament• Crime, Terrorism and Justice

SOCIETY• Education and Culture• Health• Population and Migration

A global agenda

DEMOCRACY• Democracy and Human Rights• Parliamentary Affairs• Global Governance

ECONOMY• Economic Policy and Trade• Poverty and Unemployment• Technology and the Internet

RESOURCES• Energy, Transport and

Climate• Environment• Agriculture, Forests and

Fisheries

SECURITY• Conflict Prevention• Defence and Disarmament• Crime, Terrorism and Justice

SOCIETY• Education and Culture• Health• Population and Migration

Getting hotter.

No shortage of solutions

The real shortage: Political will

e-Parliament Climate Hearings

• Threat to the planet

• Powering an energy efficient economy from the sun

• Working together

• What can legislators do now?

- Energy efficiency- Renewable energy- Energy access for the

poor- Forest protection

Benefits of action, with or without global agreement

• Protect the planet• Stop worrying about price of oil• Energy for as long as the sun

shines• Less lung disease• More jobs

The moral equivalent of war