The March 2024 event brought together International Panels and Science-Policy Interfaces to strengthen collaboration, align messaging, and pool collective intelligence in response to interconnected global challenges. Participants explored how to better coordinate expertise across scales, support more effective science-policy engagement, contribute to major global processes, and ensure the inclusion of diverse knowledge systems, particularly those of marginalized communities.

Hosted by CGIAR and the University of Montpellier, this international gathering brought together leaders from International Panels, UN agencies, and other key stakeholders to explore stronger collaboration across science to policy interfaces. The event laid the groundwork for a larger convening in March 2024, creating a shared space to align priorities, identify opportunities for collaboration, and develop more integrated messages for global policy processes. Participants co-designed the vision and focus of the March event while building collective ownership and commitment to a longer term collaboration.