Delivering on the Pact for the Future
A Call for Action submitted by the Global Research and Action Network for a New Eco-Social Contract (GRAN-ESC)
The polycrisis is escalating and governments and civil society must step up to this moment. There is a need for renegotiated social contracts that clearly express people’s priorities for change, centered in human rights and delivery of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and incorporating a contract for nature, hence an “eco-social contract”.
This proposal is inspired by the UN Summit of the Future (SoF) that will take place on 22–23 September 2024 in New York—and offers ideas for the Pact for the Future, its implementation and delivery.
The Global Research and Action Network for a New Eco-Social Contract (GRAN-ESC) calls upon political actors, civil society and the United Nations to scale up ambition and action for realizing inclusive, peaceful and sustainable societies for future generations. We need to address polarization, conflict, environmental destruction, poverty and inequality by changing harmful narratives, policies and practices that have divided the world, undermined trust and driven us deep into crisis. Only new deliberative and inclusive processes that engage deeply with the social contracts at the heart of our societies—including the unstated, unstable, unavoidable contract with nature—will do.
