Conceptual Framework for the Development of a Global Environmental Data Strategy

The Global Environmental Data Strategy is designed to develop a federated data ecosystem that is coordinated by a hybrid governance structure, a collective intelligence-powered action framework, and an adaptive vision-calibrating mechanism that shares common standards across the United Nations Environment Programme and consensus with the public. It will become a powerful tool to unite efforts in organizational digital practice, minimize negative competitive dynamics that create significant risks to the alignment of the United Nations high-level agenda strategy, and ensure data supply justice for people, places, and the planet. To tackle the climate and extinction crises with science-supported action and achieve humanitarian action, sustainable development, and peace and security, the United Nations Environment Programme needs to lead one clear Global Environmental Data Strategy. This document outlines the principles and objectives of such a strategy, the pathways leading to it, a roadmap for implementation, and the expected impacts on the ground.