Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

RSVP here  if you are attending on Wednesday 16th at UN Bookshop 1-2pm  Environmental Lobbying at the United Nations: A Guide to Protecting Our Planet By Felix Dodds , Chris Spence is now available at all good bookshops and online. If bought directly through Routledge then you can have a 25% reduction using tbis code - ELUNCIS25  This is the second book by Felix Dodds and Chris Spence the first was Heores of Environemntal Deiplomacy a must also for anyone interested in how to engage iand succed in multilatralism  Environmental Lobbying at the United Nations provides a step-by-step, insiders’ guide on how to lobby and engage successfully at the United Nations. It reveals how the United Nations, which plays such a key role on issues from climate change to pollution of our air, land and sea, really works. In a world of rapid climate change, a flood of forever chemicals and plastic pollution, and the extinction of so much wildlife around the world, we need the conv...

Varda Group Obituary : It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Remi Parmentier, a dedicated environmentalist, a pioneering leader at Greenpeace, and the visionary co-founder of the Varda Group. Remi passed away on 26 June 2025, leaving behind a legacy of  unwavering commitment to the preservation of our planet and, especially, our ocean. Remi’s journey in environmental advocacy began with Greenpeace in the 1970s, where he emerged as a fearless champion for the oceans and the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems. He famously stood between the harpoons and the whales, aboard the Rainbow Warrior embodying the spirit of activism that defined a generation. His passionate efforts to halt whaling and protect marine life made a lasting impact on global awareness and policy regarding ocean conservation. Throughout his tenure at Greenpeace, Remi was at the forefront of opposition against nuclear and other waste dumping in oceans, spearheading campaigns that brought together ...

This podcast is from the first chapter of the book Negotiating the SustainableDevelopment Goals: A transformational agenda for an insecure world By FelixDodds, Ambassador David Donoghue  and  Jimena Leiva Roesch What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal set of 17 goals and 169 targets, with accompanying indicators, that were agreed upon by UN member states to frame their policy agendas for the 15-year period from 2015 to 2030. Written by three authors who have been engaged in the development of the SDGs from the beginning, this book offers an insider view of the process and a unique entry into what will be seen as one of the most significant negotiations and global policy agendas of the twenty-first century.  What does the book address? The book reviews how the SDGs were developed, what happened in key meetings and how this transformational agenda, which took more than three years to negotiate, came together in ...

Guest blog by Dr.   Antony Stokes LVO OBE, writing about diplomacy and how to do it Is a mid-career entry to multilateral diplomacy impossible? 7 ways you can make it possible:  It’s not the easiest time to find the diplomacy job you want. Cuts, reforms, AI. Competition is intense. The best-known entry routes are for graduates. But there are also ways for outsiders with expertise. 7 paths (with examples): 1️⃣ Consultancy rosters & expert panels Many UN agencies maintain pre-vetted pools in fields like governance, public health, emergency response. Examples: UNDP & UNICEF run calls where mid-career experts can be approved, then tapped for short-term assignments without fresh recruitment. https://lnkd.in/etFNWAeM https://lnkd.in/eC5JVcfd The UNSC establishes Panels of Experts for short-term consultancies requiring thematic or regional knowledge. 2️⃣ Standby & surge mechanisms NGOs & governments maintain standby rosters to deploy external experts to UN agencies’...

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  p ublished on  Jun 20, 2025 at 04:00  - Modified an hour ago To share  : link June 20, 2025 Dear friends, In my fourth letter to the international community, the Brazilian Presidency of the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reaffirms its commitment to driving forward our Global Action against climate change with an appeal not only to the Parties to the UNFCCC, but also to all those willing to act decisively in the face of the climate emergency, through an ambitious and integrated Action Agenda at COP30. In May 2024, when historic floods devastated Rio Grande do Sul, the waters made the boundaries between streets and rivers disappear, but not the determination of the people  . People responded collectively, in a chain of collective efforts that defied the chaos brought by the storm. Men, women, young people, civil servants from all levels of government, entrepreneurs — the...