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20 ImPACT Coalitions were 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 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.
Each ImPACT coalition is undertaking education, outreach and advocacy on their thematic area up to and beyond the Summit of the Future.
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 held its inaugural in-person session on May 10 at the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi. The session included an introduction to the coalition, general discussion on earth governance issues and proposals, and a deep dive into six of the earth governance proposals that are gaining traction, in order to refine and take account of a broad and inclusive range of perspectives.
The first online meeting of the Earth ImPACT coalition took place on May 22, 2024.
Coalition workplan
The coalition has developed a Work plan of activities to be undertaken between the UN Civil Society Conference and the Summit of the Future (and possibly beyond).
For further information contact ware@wfm-igp.org.n
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 Mohamed Adelraouf, Major Groups at UNEP and the Gulf Research Center Foundation; Yétúndé Bintu Asika, Bandung Africa; Marie-Claire Graf, Youth Negotiators Academy; Maja Groff, Climate Governance Commission; Neshan Gunasekera, World Future Council; Judge Peter Herbert O.B.E (retd), Bandung Africa; Eoin Jackson, Climate Governance Commission; Rebecca Shoot, Citizens for Global Solutions; John Vlasto, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy and Alyn Ware, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy.