Back to multilateralism ?

COP Review#3

We thought it had fallen into the forgotten pages of history, swept away by the global geopolitical upheavals, relegated to the rank of an illusory idea. And yet, here it is reappearing at a COP and a Peace Forum. Who is it? Multilateralism. And it seems to be rather in good shape, at least in theory.

Copyright. Gilbert Garcin – Changer le monde

Certainly, at this stage, we can consider that these are just words, but they have the merit of conveying somewhat forgotten notions. We are witnessing the return of a key concept: cooperation.

Although there is often a long way to go from words to action, two elements argue for a beginning of optimism: