Launch of the book Environmental Lobbying at the United Nations
IISD/ENB - Kiara Worth You can watch the book launch on the UN Publications YouTube site here. Felix Dodds - comments at the book launch. (copies still available at the UN Bookshop) I have had the pleasure of working with member states, UN staff and stakeholders on many of the critical issues that have challenged us since the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. Over the years, I have accumulated a set of knowledge on how to advance policy both in positive times and in difficult times, such as the ones we live in now. “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Winston Churchill’s famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Yet, the existing international environmental agreements and science bodies are not addressing these interconnected crises as effectively as they could. Can we turn the current situation into an opportunity for positiv...