Welcome to the Coalition for the Global Commons

When referring to the [global commons], people think mainly of ecological and climate issues, but the global commons involves most of our social and economic concerns as well. These include unemployment, loss of culture, hunger, water access, disease, migration, human rights abuses, biased information flows, lack of finance and aid, and mounting debt - all relationships that impact our lives across national borders.

On March 5, 2008, the Coalition for the Global Commons launched an international consultation process that engages partners across the world in the development of a common global action plan. The Coalition for the Global Commons seeks to provide a multilateral platform in politics, economics, civil society, science, religious communities, academia, and the media that will enable leaders, experts and the public across the world to work together for a new system of global economic and political cooperation.

Our consultation activities include personal discussions and 'town-hall' meetings, advanced electronic methods for obtaining group agreement from distinct opinions, and this moderated Wiki website. The results of these consultations will be made public at a conference of international stakeholders in 2010, Convention on the Global Commons, where consensus on an action plan will be completed.

KICK-OFF EVENT IN BERLIN

Our move to give voice to the world's citizens formally began on March 5, 2008, when a group of more than eighty individuals from the non-profit, business and political sectors met in Berlin to launch this Coalition.