72: the percentage of people surveyed in G20 countries who agree that ecocide should be a crime, according to the Global Commons Survey. We worked with Ipsos UK and the Global Commons Alliance this year to survey thousands of people across the world’s major economies to learn more about their attitudes towards some of the most pressing issues of our time, from the economy to the state of nature: find out more about the results here.  

25 million: In a “Giant Leap” scenario, poverty in sub-Saharan Africa could be reduced dramatically from 500 million to 25 million people by 2100, according to SDGs for All: Africa. The report uses Earth4All’s state-of-the-art system dynamics model to chart possible pathways for SDG implementation in the region. It was launched in September during Climate Week NYC at a roundtable of African thought leaders opened by climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti. 

50: in February, 50 prominent African thought leaders together with international economists, scientists, and sustainability experts signed an open letter coordinated by Power Shift Africa and Earth4All calling on the IMF and World Bank to take bold and urgent action to address the debt crisis of low-income countries. Read the letter here. 

13: just 13% of people in G20 countries are climate sceptics, according to the Global Commons Survey. Our survey with Ipsos UK revealed five “planetary stewardship segments” according to attitudes towards nature, climate, the economy, government and more. We found that over 60% of people are “planetary stewards”, “concerned optimists” or “steady progressives”, with just a small minority against climate action. Read more in Owen Gaffney’s blog. 

11. Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity is now available in 11 languages, with two Spanish editions and an Estonian edition published this year, as well as a brand new book in German, Earth for All Germany, which hit the country’s bestseller lists on its release. Find a copy in your language here! 

4: In April we launched Four Girls, Two Futures, an interactive storybook following the lives of four girls as they grow up in the two Earth4All scenarios, Too Little Too Late and the Giant Leap. The stories of Ayotola, Carla, Samiha and Shu inspired almost one hundred young people from across the world to imagine their own future scenarios in our Stories of the Future Creative Challenge – read the winning entries here. 

68: 68% of people think wealthy people should pay a higher tax on their wealth to fund changes to our economy and lifestyle, according to the Earth for All survey released in June this year. The survey also showed that 70% support higher rates of income tax on wealthy people, and 69% favour higher tax rates on large businesses. The results made headlines around the world ahead of the G20 finance ministers’ meetings where wealth tax was on the agenda for the first time. Learn more. 

2. With our national partners in Kenya and Austria, we launched two in-depth country reports drawing on computer modelling, citizen engagement and expert consultation that explore what the Earth4All scenarios would look like in each country and the policies needed to get there. Earth4All Kenya celebrated its launch in style at the KIPPRA annual conference in Kisumu, while Earth4All Austria was presented at the Vienna Climate Biennale, with climate minister Leonore Gewessler in attendance.  

4: This year we published four deep-dive papers as part of our ongoing series to expand on the issues raised in Earth for All. Two papers, On the macroeconomics of transition and the search for clarity and Unconditional cash transfers and the five turnarounds set out both the justification and practicalities of a Universal Basic Dividend. Getting wellbeing ideas on the policy table explores the reception and resistance faced by the wellbeing economy agenda, and The system within highlights the overlooked inner dimension of system change.