Welcome to One Earth Future
Peace Through Governance
One Earth Future's (OEF) vision is a world beyond war by the year 2110, achieved by developing more effective systems of global governance.
The current system of global governance, with nation-states as the main legitimate actors in international relations, is no longer able to effectively address global problems on its own. OEF will bolster architectures of global governance that include nation-states, business societies, international organizations, and civil societies. OEF believes that these inclusive structures will be more effective and efficient at solving global problems. more
OEF intends to focus particularly on bringing business to the global governance table. In order to bring in business as partners, OEF will show, through active multi-stakeholder projects and case studies, how business societies benefit from reliable and effective governance architectures. OEF will then encourage them to use a portion of that benefit to support the creation of such systems, resulting in systems that are not only inclusive, effective, and efficient, but also replicable and self-sustaining. more
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Oceans Beyond Piracy
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Oceans Beyond Piracy is One Earth Future's flagship project. By identifying and developing effective, legal and peaceful solutions to maritime piracy, Oceans Beyond Piracy hopes to serve as a model to the worldwide community that there are nonviolent solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Our first mission is to work with the people and states most affected by piracy to shore up the international legal framework for prosecuting suspected pirates.
A Global Problem
In the past few years, the international community has witnessed an increase in maritme piracy. Of particular concern are the waters off the coast of Somalia where, in 2010 alone, 53 vessels were hijacked and 1090 seafarers were held hostage.
Despite the presence of over thirty countries cooperating to protect the seas off the Horn of Africa, piracy continues unabated. Navies have reduced the rate of successful hijackings, but pirates have increased their attempts, so the actual number of hijackings has increased. Naval patrols in the Gulf of Aden have also driven pirates into a much broader area of operation. Merchant ship crews face an increasingly dangerous situation.
The scourge of piracy increases because there is no effective, international system to deal with the problem. The world desparately needs to develop a robust sytem to manage piracy, now, before a larger crisis erupts. Through collaborating with stakeholders from all company profile sectors -- industry, civil society, and government -- Oceans Beyond Piracy is attempting to develop precisely such a system. Read more.
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