Introducing the BGD 2025 Summit Report

Since Berlin Global Dialogue's founding in 2022, the pace and scale of social, economic, and political change have accelerated in an unprecedented way.

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This change comes with significant challenges, as businesses and governments must strike a delicate balance between seemingly contradictory demands: increasing domestic security and sustaining collective peace, supporting national sovereignty and maintaining international cooperation, and advancing economic growth while reducing environmental damage.

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This year's theme, "Shifting Power, Shaping Prosperity", acknowledged the complexity of these challenges, whilst highlighting the profound opportunities they afford. At BGD 2025, 1000 participants from more than 85 countries discussed some of the fundamental questions of our time:  

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Geopolitical Shifts

Is fragmentation the new operating system, or a transitional phase‚ before a new order emerges?

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Climate Change

Can climate action keep pace with geopolitical fragmentation, or will multipolarity fracture the transition before it scales?

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Technological Advances

How can countries move fast enough to compete in a multipolar world while upholding the standards and systems they value?
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Global Inequality

How do we build equitable systems as power is being redistributed?
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We have captured key takeaways and crucial insights from this year's summit in the BGD 2025 Summit Report - please download it here.