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While the importance of evidence for decision-making has been well-documented, global challenges in recent years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, humanitarian crises, climate change and the associated health disparities and inequities, have exposed critical weaknesses in the global evidence architecture.1 2 The announcement of funding for global living evidence syntheses by major donors at the Summit of the Future in September 2024,3 followed by the Cape Town Consensus Statement and renewed commitments in the context of the United Nations General Assembly 20254, collectively signal a shared commitment to elevating the role of evidence in societal progress. The launch of the Global Coalition for Evidence at the Global Evidence Summit 2024 further advanced this agenda by fostering collaboration to promote systematic and transparent evidence use at the country level.