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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.

The Global Commons Alliance (GCA) is delighted to announce it has appointed Jane Madgwick, as its first Executive Director. Jane will Join GCA in May.

The Earth Commission have devised a set of clear new boundaries – like the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit for climate – for several interconnected global commons: Climate, Biosphere (intact nature and managed nature), Freshwater (ground and surface), Fertilizers (phosphorus and nitrogen) and Aerosol Pollutants (air quality).

Article by Earth Commission Co-Chairs Johan Rockström and Joyeeta Gupta.

On January 18th 2023, at 2pm CET, Earth Commission co-chairs Johan Rockström and Joyeeta Gupta will present a teaser of the forthcoming safe and just science on the plenary stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Research shows that the rapid decline of pollinators - bees, butterflies and other insects that feed on flowers - around the world is causing serious declines in human health.

Accountability Accelerator launched to support corporate action on nature and close gaps in accountability landscape.

This COP27, some of the world’s biggest civil society groups are coming together in a global effort to raise the profile of action to protect, manage and restore natural ecosystems for the benefit of the world’s peoples, the climate and biodiversity.

This first SBTN guidance (download here) defines how companies can assess, prioritize, measure, address and track their impacts and dependencies on nature in line with science.

Ahead of the first release of science-based targets for nature v1 in early 2023, Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) is seeking public comment on its technical guidance for companies to set science-based targets for nature, with a focus on helping companies assess and prioritize their environmental impacts to then set targets, beginning with freshwater.