The document discusses 20 global issues identified by Jean Francois Rischard in his book "High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them". Rischard defines global issues as problems that cannot be solved by individual nation-states alone. The 20 issues are grouped into three categories: sharing our planet, sharing our humanity, and sharing our rulebook. Issues related to the global commons like global warming and biodiversity fall under sharing our planet. Sharing our humanity includes challenges like poverty, conflict, and disease. Sharing our rulebook lists regulatory topics that require international cooperation such as taxation, trade rules, and intellectual property rights.

1. Global Issues Based on the ideas of Jean Francois Rischard in his book ‘ High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them’

2. What is a Global Issue?

3. “ Those [issues] that are really unsolvable nation-state by nation-state,” Rischard

6. RISCHARD’S 20 GLOBAL ISSUES Sharing our planet: Issues involving the global commons Sharing our humanity : Issues requiring a global commitment Sharing our rulebook: Issues needing a global regulatory approach

7. Sharing Our Planet 1. Global warming 2. Biodiversity and ecosystem losses 3. Fisheries depletion 4. Deforestation 5. Water deficits 6. Maritime safety and pollution

8. Sharing Our Humanity: 7. Massive step-up in the fight against poverty 8. Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism 9. Education for all 10. Global infectious diseases 11. Digital Divide 12. Natural disaster prevention and mitigation

9. Sharing Our Rulebook: 13. Reinventing taxation for the 21st century 14. Biotechnology rules 15. Global financial architecture 16. Illegal drugs 17. Trade, investment, and competition rules 18. Intellectual property rights 19. E-commerce rules 20. International labor and migration rules