The New Successful Global Governance for Climate

HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-06
Governing global commons sustainably

The GoGlobalClimate project investigates why global climate governance under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement remains fragmented in a multipolar world, and develops institutional options to make it more effective, legitimate and accountable. It maps the interests

of state, corporate and societal actors across country coalitions and how governance imbalances fuel geopolitical tension and erode trust in science and multilateralism.

The project works in five work streams:

(WS1) Global governance & climate change:
why (1) mitigation of GHG emissions – from burning fossile fuels (coal, oil, gas) and industrial meat production – and (2) deforestation has fallen short so far.
(WS2) Global governance & global democracy:
a legal framework and a secure e-voting prototype for a global citizen consultation on climate action, piloted with citizens.
(WS3) Global governance & global markets:
a roadmap for a global emissions trading system building on the EU ETS.
(WS4) Global governance & global management:
comparable global climate reporting and accounting standards.
(WS5) Global governance & art, culture and media:
a prototype “decision space”, a global concert format and a media concept to build public engagement.

Options are assessed for effectiveness, legal feasibility, distributional effects and legitimacy, including human rights, gender equality and intergenerational justice. Methods combine legal and institutional analysis, economic modelling, Delphi-based foresight, AI-supported scenarios, surveys and Civic Labs with policymakers, diplomats, the IPCC, science advisory bodies, business, civil society and youth.

23 partners from 15 countries on four continents deliver policy briefs, open data and tested governance options that strengthen the science-policy interface and EU science diplomacy, and support a stronger rules-based multilateralism in the governance of global commons.

Project status

proposal submitted
September 23, 2026
(Nr. 101391069)

Project layout

budget
€ 4 mil.
duration
4 years
expected start
01/2028

Project lead

head of project
Fabio Masini
(Roma Tre University)

lead project development
Veronica Sacco
(Roma Tre University)

lead research development
Benoît Larouturrou
(IDGR)

Project partner

Universities et al.

lead:
Roma Tre University
(Italy)
uniroma3.it
University of Leuven
(Belgium)
kuleuven.be
University de Salento
(Italy)
unisalento.it
University of Graz
(Austria)
uni-graz.at
Griffith University
(Australia)
griffith.edu.au
Radboud University
(Netherlands)
ru.nl
CBS – Copenhagen Business School
(Denmark)
cbs.dk
University of Ljubljana
(Slovenia)
uni-lj.si
University of South Africa
(South Africa)
unisa.ac.za
University of Ibadan
(Nigeria)
ui.edu.ng
Makerere University Business School
(Uganda)
mubs.ac.ug

Civic society et al.

IDGR – Institute for the Development of a Global Democratic Republic
(Austria)
idgr.org
Nexuswelt UG
(Germany)
nexuswelt.com
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
(Germany)
iclei-europe.org
Foster Europe
(Austria)
foster-europe.org
Nordic Wellbeing Academy
(Denmark)
wellbeingacademy.dk
Voatz Canada, Inc.
(Canada)
voatz.com
SWISDATA gGmbH
(Austria)
swisdata.eu
Youth Space
(Ukraine)
youth-space.net
Accountable Democracy
(Estonia)
accountabledemocracy.com

Media et al.

We Don’t Have Time
(Sweden)
wedonthavetime.org
Fix The News
(Australia)
fixthenews.com
SiamoZeta
(Italy)
siamozeta.com

GoGlobalClimate Steering Committee

Prof.
Fabio Masini (lead)

Roma Tre University

Professor of Theories and History of International Political Economy and History of Economic Thought, Jean Monet Chair in European Economic Governance.

Dr.
Karl Baumann

IDGR

Head of IDGR with years of Post-Doc research experience and 20+ years of experience in C-level management consulting and organisation development projects.

Prof.
Susanna Cafaro

University of Salento

Full Professor of EU and International Law and Jean Monnet Chair on Legal Theory of European Integration with a focus on Supranational Democracy Models.

Prof.
David Windisch

University of Graz

Full Professor for Corporate Accounting and Auditing and leading scientist at the Center for Accounting Research (CAR) at the University of Graz.

Prof.
Axel Marx

University of Leuven

Deputy Director Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS), an interdisciplinary research centre at KU Leuven with managed 60+ funded research and consultancy projects experience.

A/Prof.
Johanna Nalau

Griffith University

Climate change scientist and coordinating lead author for chapter 4 ‘Adaptation options and conditions to accelerate action’ for 7^th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Anna Lackner

Nexuswelt UG

Founder & CEO of Nexuswelt – shaping partnerships, positioning organisations and building pathways from opportunity to impact with a special focus on Horizon Europe projects.

Annika Billing

We Don’t Have Time

Executive Director of We Don’t Have Time (WDHT) – the world’s largest media platform for climate action – with a demonstrated history of working in Global Studies focused on developing cooperation.

GoGlobalClimate Work streams

(cross-over)
Research
synthesis

lead:
David F. J. Campbell
(IDGR)

(WS1)
Global governance & climate change

Climate
frameworks
(del Salento)

Climate
diplomacy
(KU Leuven)

Climate
institutions
(Griffith)

Climate
literacy
(Griffith)

(WS2)
Global governance & global democracy

Democracy
benchmarking
(del Salento)

Divergence
governance
(KU Leuven)

Trust
governance
(Roma3)