Global Ethical Stocktake: an ethical and urgent call

If we have already agreed on what must be done to tackle the climate crisis, why are we not doing it? This is the central question of the Global Ethical Stocktake (GES), an unprecedented joint initiative of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, supported by the COP30 Presidency, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA), and Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Inspired by the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement, the GES proposes an ethical and planetary dialogue on the climate crisis, bringing together social, cultural, spiritual, business, scientific, and political leaders in six intercontinental dialogues and in self-organized events. Led by one of the COP30 leadership circles, the initiative aims to bring a global report to COP30 with contributions from civil society to accelerate the implementation of actions that are aligned with the Paris Agreement objectives, which seeks to limit the planet’s average temperature increase to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels, the main goal of the Paris Agreement.

Beyond the numbers, the GES seeks to promote a wide and plural listening process on the moral dilemmas of our time. The GES is an invitation for a collective reflection  on how to build a fairer and safer future for all. Alongside the intercontinental dialogues, any group of people — anywhere in the world — can host their own dialogue.

The GES assumption is that culture is a bridge between people’s daily lives and the technical climate debate. That’s why it encourages the creation and sharing of songs, poems, videos, crafts, paintings, and collages using the following hashtags (#):

#MutiraoCOP30
#BalancoEticoGlobal
#GlobalEthicalStocktake

If you need any further information or guidance, write to: ges.dialogue@cop30.br (with the subject “Question - GES Dialogue”).

English Version: Trad. Bárbara Menezes
Proofreading by Enrique Villamil