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We bring together civil society, philanthropy, business networks, and science – for a just world, on a safe planet.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom emphasized the urgency of collaborating in the face of increasingly unstable US leadership, stating: “Growth and security depend on democratic values, credibility, and climate action.”

Read more in our latest newsletter: globalcommonsalliance.org/news/securit...

26.02.2026 12:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"Shame on you." 🔥
At #MSC2026, @sddecleve.bsky.social was clear: walking away from renewables, just as they become affordable, is a dead end.
With #AMOC threatening Europe the hardest, this is our crisis. Innovate, don't hesitate.

Watch more: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/munic...

#climateaction

26.02.2026 11:25 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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UK artist to cross 600km of Arctic borderlands in climate-conscious performance   - ON IN LONDON New international performance project Threshold – A Wild New Border Journey, will see Bristol-based theatre-maker Tom Bailey undertake a 600km ultra-slow journey across Arctic borderlands. Beginning o...

“This journey is about listening to landscapes, to people, & to the realities of a changing Arctic & allowing that process to shape the work.”

Next month Tom Bailey from Mechanimal sets off on a ultra slow performance journey across Arctic Norway, Finland & Sweden >> tinyurl.com/ud4hsw3y

26.02.2026 11:50 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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🎉 Momentum continues for the evolving Global Commons Alliance, with five new members joining as members in the last month including @mongabay.com

🔗 Learn more about our new members, and about joining the Alliance: globalcommonsalliance.org/the-alliance/

18.02.2026 11:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Australia’s biodiversity is under pressure. 🇦🇺🌿

Land clearing, fragmentation, climate change & offshore extraction are reshaping ecosystems on land and at sea.

That's why Mongabay is launching the Australia Biodiversity Special Reporting Project.

Send your pitches:
www.jotform.com/260274347580...

16.02.2026 21:02 — 👍 40    🔁 25    💬 1    📌 0
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How can we truly measure progress in a world facing polycrisis?

@unu-cpr.bsky.social experts argue it is time to move beyond GDP and adopt metrics that capture human well-being and planetary health 🌍📊

Read more: go.unu.edu/bQGgC

17.02.2026 15:27 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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To go fast, go alone, but to go far, go together.

Listen to this bonus episode of Nature Insight, recorded live at #IPBES12, where we discussed the value of collaboration with UN Biodiversity ES Astrid Schomaker and Jim White from Nature Positive.

https://natureinsight.podbean.com/

18.02.2026 11:26 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Wrecking ball politics - Global Commons Alliance Ahead of Munich Security Conference, the forum’s annual report warns the world has entered “a period of wrecking-ball politics” and that the US-led international order is “now under destruction”.

Ahead of this week’s Munich Security Conference, the forum’s annual report published on Monday warns the world has entered “a period of wrecking-ball politics” and that the US-led international order is “now under destruction”.

Read our latest newsletter: globalcommonsalliance.org/news/wreckin...

12.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

‘Point-of-no-return’: Lock-in of a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, warn scientists

- Continued global heating could set an irreversible course by triggering tipping points, but the public and politicians are largely unaware

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

11.02.2026 16:18 — 👍 85    🔁 65    💬 3    📌 12
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🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

11.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 819    🔁 499    💬 35    📌 57
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Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Global Commons Alliance Today we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Today we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🎉

Join us in celebrating the inspiring women in science from around the world who we are honoured to have as members and partners of the Global Commons Alliance. 👇

11.02.2026 11:06 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A new study from Earth Commission scientists warns that rising air pollution in South Asia could trigger severe drought, threatening nearly 2 billion people.

Aerosols harm health & disrupt rainfall. Reducing them both cleans the air & protects water security.

🔗 earthcommission.org/aerosol-boun...

10.02.2026 13:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, economic instability and conflict are deeply connected and fossil fuel dependence sits at the centre of all four.

10.02.2026 20:39 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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#Climate change is a security risk.
Disinformation is a security risk.
And social media is where both battles are being fought. 🤳

Join us at #MSC2026 to talk climate, security, #democracy & Europe's digital future.

It's time to #StrengthenTheRope: w-munich.confetti.events

@munsecconf.bsky.social

11.02.2026 09:25 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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⚠️ The Munich Security Conference annual report warns that we live in "wrecking ball" times politically, as the US-led international order is “now under destruction” – with impacts on multil... ⚠️ The Munich Security Conference annual report warns that we live in "wrecking ball" times politically, as the US-led international order is “now under destruction” – with impacts on multilateral cli...

⚠️ The Munich Security Conference annual report warns that we live in "wrecking ball" times politically, as the US-led international order is “now under destruction” – with impacts on multilateral climate progress.

Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

09.02.2026 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The new IPBES Business & Biodiversity report makes clear how economies can’t thrive without nature.

Healthy ecosystems are not optional. They're the foundation for business resilience & long-term prosperity.

Learn more: ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES12Med...

#NaturePositive #Biodiversity

09.02.2026 15:46 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Today we held our third Global Commons Dialogue session with a presentation from Clea Schumer, Systems Change Lab, on the State of Climate Action 2025 report.

➡️ Get the key insights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

05.02.2026 15:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#wef26 #cop30 #wef2026 #safeandjust | Global Commons Alliance ⚠️ "The world is not paying attention to science." - Carlos Nobre, Earth System Scientist. At the close of #WEF26, a group of scientists, climate leaders and communications experts discuss recent glob...

"The world is not paying attention to science." - Carlos Nobre, Earth System Scientist

At the close of #WEF26 a group of scientists, climate leaders and communications experts discuss recent global progress – and two very different speeches.

Read more on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

04.02.2026 11:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🌍 Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, delivers a powerful message about the transformational potential of climate and nature action.👇

Read more: lnkd.in/eG9XK3V2

03.02.2026 10:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🌏 @futureearth.bsky.social has joined the @globalcommonshq.bsky.social! 🌿

As the world’s largest network of sustainability scientists, Future Earth hosts the Commission & connects researchers worldwide to produce the science guiding a #SafeAndJust future.

🔗 globalcommonsalliance.org/the-alliance/

30.01.2026 13:54 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The outdated model of fossil-fueled growth was under fire at #WEF26 last week.

An open letter from scientists and economists urges leaders to abandon 'failed' systems that accelerate inequality, and calls for a swift transition to a #SafeAndJust economy: globalcommonsalliance.org/news/wef-sci...

30.01.2026 10:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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At #WEF26 last week, while President Trump championed a fossil-fueled future which threatens global equity and security, our network rose with an alternative vision.

Read more about what happened at WEF (and outside of Davos too), in our latest newsletter: www.linkedin.com/pulse/wef26-...

29.01.2026 14:21 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🌍 Today the member spotlight is on Future Earth and Earth Commission!

Learn more about their critical work toward a just world, on a safe planet: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

@futureearth.bsky.social | @theearthcommission.bsky.social

29.01.2026 11:09 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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"We need to put justice & equity at the heart of the discussions."🟰
Amiera Sawas, @fossiltreaty.bsky.social, on why the upcoming fossil fuel phase-out conference in Colombia aims to rebuild trust in climate talks.
Because a just global transition isn't optional, it's the only way forward. ⏩

#Davos

29.01.2026 10:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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In #Davos, we stood up for science & the possibility of a different future. Science tells us a just world on a safe planet is possible, but only if we act now.

🎦: earthcommission.org/a-science-ba...

@wedonthavetime.bsky.social @earth4all.life @globalcommonshq.bsky.social @futureearth.bsky.social

29.01.2026 09:17 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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WEF: As Trump denies science, leaders call for planetary prosperity - Global Commons Alliance Today at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – shortly before President Trump presented his vision of a future marked by science denial – another vision was shared with the world.

At #WEF26, while President Trump pushed a fossil-fuelled future that threatens global equity and security, scientists and business leaders shared an alternative vision: a global economy that serves both people and planet.

📺 Watch their full speech: globalcommonsalliance.org/news/wef-as-...

26.01.2026 14:18 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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📢 To leaders at #WEF26: "Are you prepared to keep gambling on a model that is already failing on its own terms? Or are you willing to protect the biophysical foundations of the global economy & expand opportunity for the majority?"👏👏

🔗Read the open letter: globalcommonsalliance.org/news/wef-sci...

22.01.2026 12:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WEF: As Trump denies science, leaders call for planetary prosperity - Global Commons Alliance Today at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – shortly before President Trump presented his vision of a future marked by science denial – another vision was shared with the world.

Today at #WEF26, President Trump presented his vision of a future marked by science denial. But scientists & business leaders shared another vision, calling for a global economy that serves people & planet.

📺 globalcommonsalliance.org/news/wef-as-...

@earth4all.life @theearthcommission.bsky.social

21.01.2026 17:31 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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WEF Alternative Speech '26 – Jan 21, 2026–Jan 21, 2026 A contrasting vision to Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum 2026.

Today, #Trump speaks at #WEF, but another vision comes 1st.

Global leaders Johan Rockström, Paul Polman, Carlos Nobre and Sandrine Dixson-Declève deliver the WEF Alternative Speech ’26 🌍

🕑 14:00 CET @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
www.wedonthavetime.org/events/wef-a...

@globalcommonshq.bsky.social

21.01.2026 12:35 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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📢 Today Donald Trump will address the #WEF26 in Davos. But just 1 hour before he presents his vision of a future marked by science denial, another will be livestreamed.

Don't miss it: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/wef-a...

@wedonthavetime.bsky.social @earth4all.life @theearthcommission.bsky.social

21.01.2026 09:23 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0