Is a world government the answer to fight global issues?

Survey suggests

Survey suggests majority of Britons would
support the creation of a form of world government

In Depth

The survey was conducted in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany,
India, South Africa, the UK and the US, asking people what they
felt was the most serious threat to mankind, such as disease
pandemics, a massive volcanic eruption, artificial intelligence
turning against us, weapons of mass destruction and ecological
collapse.

What are the greatest perceived threats?
Climate change came out top of concerns across all eight countries,
which are collectively home to half the population of the
planet.

Eighty-eight per cent of respondents said they would be prepared
to make changes that would affect their living standards to prevent
catastrophic climate change in the future.

In the UK, 80 per cent of those surveyed ranked climate change
as the greatest threat to the planet. The threat of nuclear war and
use of weapons of mass destruction came in second.

What are the solutions? Almost seven in ten
Britons (69 per cent) said they would support the creation of a new
“supranational organisation to make enforceable global decisions”
about major threats, while 54 per cent said they would be happy for
the UK to give up some of its sovereignty to address the world’s
most serious problems.

Support for a ‘world government’, was highest in India (84 per
cent), China (78 per cent) and South Africa (76 per cent) but the
idea was popular across the board. US support was 67 per cent and
in Germany, which had the lowest figure, it was 62 per cent.

Ahead of Friday’s G7 summit in Italy, foundation vice chairman
Mats Andersson urged nations to work together to address people’s
fears.

“Whether it’s the spectre of nuclear conflict over North Korea
or our planet tipping into catastrophic climate change, the need
for effective global co-operation has never been greater,” he
said.