Can I create a global variable to use for future projects?

CMake can dereference environment variables. You could define an environment variable named GLOCAL_INCLUDES_FOLDER, and then use it in a CMakeList like this:

include_directories($ENV{GLOCAL_INCLUDES_FOLDER})

If the variable is intended for CMake use only, prefer to use CMake-style directory separators (forward slash) in it.