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A new IPBES Nexus Report offers decision-makers the most ambitious scientific assessment ever undertaken of these complex interconnections and outlines specific response options to reduce harm and maximize co-benefits.

The Global Commons Alliance is inviting applications for a Co-Chair. The role involves co-leading the Steering Committee governance and strategic advisory roles whilst providing support and guidance to the GCA Executive Director. Apply by 15 January 2025.

Next week UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia begins. This final COP for the year is more important than ever. This is what you need to know and why it matters for the global commons.

Read the latest newsletter from Global Commons Alliance.

Read the latest newsletter from Global Commons Alliance.

Congratulations to the five 2024 Earthshot Prize Winners who were announced last night in Cape Town, South Africa, and will each be awarded £1 million to scale their environmental solutions.

The U.S. election result is a sobering reminder that people want systems change. So many people’s lived experience today is of a system that is not working for them. This result is a vote against the status quo, and it will no doubt entail radical reform in the United States.

The Global Commons Alliance – Accountability Accelerator, Earth Commission, Earth HQ, Science Based Targets Network and Systems Change Lab – gathered in Cali, Colombia last week, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the UN CBD (COP16).

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