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ImPACT Coalitions are being established at the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in order to build cooperation between stakeholders on key issues and initiatives leading up to and beyond the UN Summit of the Future.
The ImPACT coalitions will provide a space and a platform to engage civil society, UN Member States and other key stakeholders on the themes of the Summit of the Future and the proposals/initiatives being advanced in key inter-governmental and civil society documents being prepared for the Summit of the Future, including the Pact for the Future, Declaration on Future Generations and Peoples Pact for the Future.
In addition, the ImPACT coalitions will prepare workplans on advancing these proposals/initiatives in the Summit of the Future and implementation following the Summit.
There are currently 20 ImPACT coalitions being established on the following topics:
The Earth Governance ImPACT Coalition focuses on establishing and strengthening environmental governance mechanisms. Such mechanisms (political, judicial and executive) are vital to ensure implementation of environmental obligations and accountability to law protecting the environment. See Why Earth Governance.
The ImPACT Coalition works on building engagement of and cooperation between civil society organizations, like-minded governments, legislators, experts, private sector actors and other stakeholders on environmental governance proposals and initiatives, some of which have been thoroughly researched by the Climate Governance Commission and can be found in the 2023 CGC Report Governing our Planetary Emergency and summarized on the Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance website (see proposals).
The coalition is open to anyone interested in Earth Governance and the UN Summit of the Future to join. There is no fee nor requirement to support any particular earth governance proposal/initiative.
ImPACT Coalition at the UN Civil Society Conference and follow-up online meeting
The ImPACT coalition will hold a session on May 10 at the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi. The session will include an introduction to the coalition, general discussion on earth governance issues as reflected in the Draft Pact for the Future, the Peoples Pact for the Future, and wider conversations and proposals from civil society, workshopping 5-6 of the earth governance proposals that have some traction to refine and take account of a broad and inclusive range of perspectives, and discussing the work plan for the coalition.
As the UN Civil Society Conference sessions are primarily in-person only (due to technical limitations) the Earth ImPACT coalition will hold a follow-up online meeting two weeks after the Civil Society conference to engage with those unable to attend the UN Civil Society Conference.
Coalition workplan
The coalition will develop a workplan of activities to be undertaken between the UN Civil Society Conference and the Summit of the Future. The draft workplan will be discussed at the Civil Society Conference (Earth Governance ImPACT session) and the follow-up online meeting.
The coalition is hosted by Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance (MEGA), in collaboration with Major Groups at UNEP and the Gulf Research Center Foundation. Coalition updates are included in the MEGA newsletter.
The Coalition is convened by Alyn Ware, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy; Maja Groff, Climate Governance Commission; Marie-Claire Graf, Youth Negotiators Academy), Mohamed Adelraouf, Major Groups at UNEP and the Gulf Research Center Foundation; Rebecca Shoot, Citizens for Global Solutions; Judge Peter Herbert O.B.E (retd), Bandung Africa; and Eoin Jackson, Climate Governance Commission.