We Need People Power to Address a World in Peril
By Hardy Merriman
A Framing Essay for the 2023 Copenhagen People Power Conference
Published by ICNC Press, Oct. 2023
The world confronts three grave and interrelated crises. Authoritarianism has been rising worldwide for nearly two decades. Climate change has been increasingly studied and publicly foretold since the 1970s. Rising violent conflict and insecurity are a predictable result of autocratic waves and climate chaos.
In this essay, the essential role of movements countering authoritarianism, climate change, and violent conflict are outlined, with commentary on how institutional allies can better enable and support them.
