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John McClintock

McClintock, John

McClintock, John

Co-founder of ACTION for a World Community for Food Reserves

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Co-founder of ACTION for a World Community for Food Reserves

John McClintock is a civil servant in the European Commission and writes in a personal capacity. He is of British nationality. Having studied economics and agriculture (Oxford, Reading, Montpellier) John worked in four African and four European countries.
He is the author of a book on global governance: "The Uniting of Nations: an Essay on Global Governance", the third edition of which was published by Peter Lang in 2010.
John's credo can be summed up:"What Jean Monnet did for Europe, we must now do for the world starting with food security and swiftly proceeding to climate management."
He is the co-founder of ACTION for a World Community for Food Reserves: www.world-community-for-food-reserves.org

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

We should Combine the Climate and Poverty Problems   ( Peace and Security )
Get Full Text in PDF My idea for creating a better world is to update the Paris climate agreement, combining it with a plan to put poor countries back on a growth path by modernizing their farming sectors. Climate change is a case of global atmospheric pollution; but it is not the first. Twenty years ago, we were emitting CFCs which thinned the ozone layer, increasing the risk of skin cancer. Emitting countries reached an agreement which specified reduction targets and a timetable, with...
From European Union to World Union: Building Effective and Democratic Global Governance   ( Global Governance & Democracy ), ( Global Governance & Law )
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Sovereignty-sharing has placed European countries in a position to resolve their common problems through law, not war. As a result, the EU member states now live in peace together and take peace, justice and order for granted. The system of global governance is dysfunctional – some states are failing and the Security Council lacks legitimacy. Humanity does not have a mechanism to resolve its global problems through law, making it difficult – if not impossible – to...