Published GG2020 reports



Beyond a Global Deal – A UN+ Approach to Climate Governance

In this report, the GG2020 working group on climate change lays out its recommendations for the future of global climate governance. The fellows propose a governance framework that utilizes bottom-up approaches to climate protection in the absence of a global deal.


Beyond the Numbers – Strategies for Global Nuclear

The GG2020 working group on nuclear governance recommends approaches to nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament that qualify success as more than simply the number of nuclear weapons or nuclear states.


Facing the Challenges - Three Scenarios for Global Economic Governance in 2020

The GG2020 working group on global economic governance discusses three scenarios that depict global economic interaction in the year 2020, providing decision makers with a platform for asking better questions.

Expert on Trend Analysis and Scenario Planning

Johannes Gabriel

Johannes Gabriel is a PhD candidate focusing on international relations and foreign policy at the University of Trier in Germany. He is currently finishing his dissertation, titled (Political) Science and Future. Until May 2011, he was working with the Society and Technology Research Group in Berlin, the Daimler AG’s future watch department.

His research interests include aspects of future studies and strategic foresight, and his empirical research focuses on China’s transition, international order and globalization. He is also engaged in research on strategic technology innovation. He has authored several publications for the leading strategic-foresight journal and co-authored research articles for, among others, the German Council on Foreign Relations' Yearbook and Internationale Politik. Johannes has moderated national and international workshops and has lectured and conducted research at the University of Trier.

Johannes received a master's degree in political science and economics as well as a certificate in modern Chinese language from the University of Trier. For his master's thesis he received a distinction from the University's Association of Political Science Alumni.