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The Global Commons Alliance will be at the World Economic Forum 2025 which takes place in Davos, Switzerland on January 20–24, under the theme ‘Collaboration for the Intelligent Age’.

New research published today in The Lancet Planetary Health shows that the planet will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared.

Nearly three out of four people (72%) surveyed across 18 G20 countries support making it a criminal offence for government or leaders of large businesses to approve or permit actions which cause serious damage to nature and climate, finds major new research.

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After over a year of deep collaboration with design agency Johnson Banks, the GCA Steering Committee and components, as well as with input from various partners, GCA launched its new visual identity at COP28.

The Global Commons Alliance, many of our partners, and our core components – Accountability Accelerator, Earth Commission, Earth HQ, Science Based Targets Network and Systems Change Lab – will be in the UAE for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), which takes place from 30 November to 12 December 2023.

With a shared vision for revolutionizing the way we talk about climate change, together New Zero World, Global Commons Alliance and over 60 contributors and organizations launched the white paper at Climate Week NYC in September.

Global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C are failing across the board, with recent progress made on every indicator — except electric passenger car sales — lagging significantly behind the pace and scale that is necessary to address the climate crisis, according to the State of Climate Action 2023 report.

The world is facing a paradigm and systems shift that challenges business as usual and calls for new and radical collaboration.

New research quantifies the conditions needed for communities and economies to thrive – and provides guide for leaders to operate within Earth’s finite limits.

SBTN launches world’s first science-based targets for nature to mobilize businesses to address nature loss and climate change together.