![]() ![]() Primarily concerned to optimize its own wealth and power, cannot ensure theĬoherent functioning of the system in which they participate: the more powerfulĪmong them “suboptimizes†its functioning. This case nearly two hundred—highly diverse actors, where each actor is Systems scientists have long said that a system consisting of many—in Is poorly adapted to confront global issues. Humanists, and the majority of international NGOs know that the current system Nation-states is not capable of coping with global problems, such as climate Their paramount objective, which is to preserve and enhance their own wealthīut what if the system of cooperation among Particular issues is in their interest as long as it maintains or enhances Nation-statesĪre sovereign entities that only join together in their own interest. We must not have unrealistic expectations we must not keep barking upĬan rightfully expect of a United Nations conference on global problems such as Nonetheless, the agreement is meaningful also Millions of the world's poorest people to hunger, suffering and loss of life. ![]() Some NGOs spoke of abject failure, and of justice not havingīeen done, because the rich countries have condemned Spoke of a suicide pact created in order to maintain the economic dominance ofĪ few countries. The participating countries developing country delegates said that they hadīeen offered 30 pieces of silver to betray their people and their future and Surprisingly, the head of the European Union admitted deep disappointment theĬhinese delegation welcomed it mainly because it maintained the sovereignty of Warming as the limit, whereas most countries threatened by global warming It didn’tįind consensus among the world’s governments, with a sizable portion of developingĭidn’t set quantitative targets for carbon emission reductions. The literal sense of “full of meaningâ€), for what it failed to achieve. The agreement is also meaningful, however (in Is meaningful for the reason of its very existence. It can be followed up—ratified, andĮlaborated, in subsequent steps. Reached for coping with the threat of climate change—at least among the majorĪgreement was the goal of the summit, and this has been achieved. and its member states could report that agreement has been It saved the summit from becoming a totalįiasco: the U.N. What it achieved, and for what it failed to achieve. Out on the last day of the Copenhagen summit “meaningful.†It is indeed a meaningful agreement—both for President Obama called the agreement hammered His latest book is WorldShift 2012: Making Green Business, New Politics and Higher Consciousness Work Together (2009). The Lessons of Copenhagen Ervin Laszlo is founder and president of The Club of Budapest and co-founder of the WorldShift Alliance and the WorldShift 2012 Campaign. From “Meaningful Agreement†to Effective WorldShift: Outlines the problems that make today's world prone to breakdown & suggests actions we must adopt in politics, business & everyday life. He shows how we can replace the limited consciousness of our failing society with the holistic consciousness that is reflected in the unified field of quantum physics: the Akashic field. In WORLDSHIFT 2012, Ervin Laszlo brings together insights for creating sustainable positive change from spiritual leaders, scientists and visionary business people - people such as Albert Einstein, Mohammad Yunus, Vaclav Havel, Eckhart Tolle, Ken Wilber, David Korten, Paul Hawken and Tomoyo Nonaka, former CEO of Sanyo Electronics. But with great danger comes great opportunity - the opportunity for fundamental change that will transform our societies from top to bottom. ![]() Mikhail Gorbachev, from the foreword The deepening economic crisis and the threat posed by climate change and other social and ecological trends has caused many to despair. Deepak Chopra, from the foreword This handbook for the twenty-first century helps us to understand the current situation of our planet and to determine what we must do and how we must do it to ensure our common well-being. Ervin Laszlo maps this new world and its promise - no one I know is more acutely attuned to it. The higher consciousness that has been evolving through human beings for centuries is seeding a garden of hope and promise. WORLDSHIFT is about an outer world built on inner realisation. ![]()
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