Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance

The International Environment Forum is a co-sponsor of MEGA (Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance) which is building a smart coalition to strengthen global environmental governance. The official international launch of MEGA took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday 26 March. The report of the launch is posted here.

The programme included:
MODERATORS
Alyn Ware (New Zealand/Czechia). Global Coordinator, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament. Program Director, World Federalist Movement – Institute for Global Policy (in-person)
Jule Schnakenberg (Germany). World’s Youth for Climate Justice (online)
SPEAKERS
Alexander Schmidt (Sweden). Head of Science, Sustainability, and Climate Research, Normative (in-person)
Arthur Lyon Dahl (Switzerland). President of the International Environment Forum (in-person)
John Vlasto (United Kingdom). Chair, World Federalist Movement – Institute for Global Policy (in-person)
Maja Groff (Canada/Netherlands). Convenor, Climate Governance Commission (in-person)
Margareta Kiener Nellen (Switzerland). Board Member, Basel Peace Office. Former Member of the Swiss Parliament. Former Head of the Swiss Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Council Member, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (online)
Mary Robinson (Ireland). Chair, Climate Governance Commission. Former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (video message)
Neshan Gunasekera (Sri Lanka/Sweden). Chair, Earth Trusteeship Initiative. Visiting Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (in-person)
Rebecca Shoot (USA). Executive Director, Citizens for Global Solutions (in-person)

WHY MEGA?

The world faces a deepening planetary emergency having already over-stepped six of the nine scientifically-identified Planetary Boundaries. Global environmental governance is essential to transcend narrow national interests and protect earth’s ecosystems for current and future generations.

MEGA (Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance) is a coalition of civil society organizations working in cooperation with like-minded governments, legislators, experts, private sector actors and others to strengthen global environmental governance and ensure that it is “fit for purpose” in the face of the planetary crisis.

INSPIRATION

MEGA is inspired and guided by Governing our Planetary Emergency, the 2023 Report of the Climate Governance Commission (CGC). Many of the global governance proposals and campaigns highlighted on the MEGA website are explored in more detail in the CGC Report. MEGA is managed by Citizens for Global Solutions, the Climate Governance Commission and World Federalist Movement – Institute for Global Policy. 23 organizations are co-sponsors, including the Bahá'í International Community and IEF.