Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

17 – 28 August | 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification | UNCCD COP 17 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 8 – 22 September | 81st Session of the UN General Assembly, Opening and General Debate | UNGA 81 | New York, United States 18th September  | The Sustainable Development Goals Moment  22-26th September  | High-Level Week (and the 28th) 23rd September  | High-level meeting to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development 23rd September  | The Secretary-General will convene a high-level meeting on climate action and the just transition, focused on accelerating a just and orderly energy transition to renewables; mobilizing and scaling up affordable finance and investments for developing countries; and delivering adaptation and resilience support in an era of climate overshoot 24th September  |    High-level meeting to address the existential threats p...

The United Nations has been called many things in its time: A champion of human rights.  The world’s peacekeeper and provider of disaster relief. A leader in climate change, sustainable development, poverty reduction, and disease prevention. The world’s single most important organisation. The UN reform discussion under UN80 presents an opportunity in the environmental area to review and strengthen the multilateral landscape. Since July, several articles in Inter Press Service have examined ways to strengthen the environment pillar through clustering. These suggestions were compiled in a report circulated to the UNEP Committee of Permanent Representatives and the UNEA Bureau meeting on September 29th and 30th, enabling them to consider the ideas as they prepare for UNEA 7. It has also been circulated to member states in New York prior to this workshop. The report is available here The report was edited by Felix Dodds and Chris Spence, with Reflections by Liz Dowdeswell and con...