Initial co-sponsors: Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, the European Union, India and Kenya“We come together at a time of profound global transformation. The escalating pace and scale of global change are reshaping our present and will define our collective future.We are concerned by growing polarisation, the spread of conflict, violations of international law and the increasing resort to power politics, protectionism, coercion and the threat or use of force. These trends are a threat to international peace and security and harm global cooperation precisely when it is needed more than ever.We recognise that economic interdependence is increasingly used as a source of leverage, disrupting trade, supply chains, investment and development finance. At the same time, shared global challenges, including the triple planetary crisis of climate emergency, biodiversity loss and pollution as well as the rapid development of emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, requi...

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