Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

Stakeholder Forum is delighted to announce the appointment of Irena Zubcevic as its new Director.  She will take up office on 1 August following her retirement from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Irena will take over this role from Charles Nouhan who has been SF’s Acting Director for the last 9 months since the previous Director, Ruben Zondervan stood down for health reasons in October 2021. Charles Nouhan will continue to act as Chairman of the Board of Stakeholder Forum. Commenting on the appointment Charles Nouhan said “Stakeholder Forum is extremely fortunate to have secured the services of Irena Zubcevic as its new Director. Irena has been a highly effective promoter of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations on sustainable development issues during her distinguished career in UNDESA, and this wealth of experience and knowledge will be an invaluable asset to Stakeholder Forum as it continues to promote similar objectives from outside the U...

  Media advisory from the CBD Negotiation of Global Biodiversity Agreement will Resume at Special Three-Day Meeting in Montreal, Dec. 3 - 5, Immediately Prior to COP15, Dec. 7 - 19 5th session will tackle issues remaining on Global Biodiversity Framework to safeguard nature, scheduled for approval at COP15 A special three-day meeting to advance an ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework agreement to bend the curve on nature loss will take place in Montreal 3-5 December. It will be the world community's 5th meeting to negotiate the agreement's outline, goals and targets, which will be considered for adoption immediately thereafter during the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. COP15, chaired by China, now scheduled 7-19 Dec. in Montreal, Canada. A high-level segment of the conference will take place 13- 15 Dec. Said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity: “The 4th negotiating session in Nairobi i...

  ROLE OF SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY IN ACHIEVING THE SDGS: POTENTIAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION     The purpose of this side event is to socialize the social and solidarity economy and its role in achieving the SDGs. Getting on track to achieving the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs and realizing a resilient, inclusive and sustainable recovery from the covid-19 pandemic will not happen through a business-as-usual approach. There is need to identify alternative economic models that can accelerate their achievement. Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) is such a model, especially considering its different roles: Transformative agent of change : A growing interest among development practitioners, academics, activists and policy makers in forms of economy that are “people-centred and planet-sensitive” has positioned SSE as a significant element in transformative change and achieving the SDGs. In fact, as a source and means of sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic g...

On Wednesday the 13th of July. Heroes of Envirobmental Diplomacy - Profiles in Courage was launched. It can be viewed on facebook here . It can be bought on amazon here . The event was opened by Mayer Nasser t he Director of the Outreach Division in the United Nations Department of Global Communications. It was moderated by  Chantal Line Carpentier  who currently serves as Chief, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) New York office of the Secretary-General.  The speakers at the launch were Felix Dodds (co-editor and who wrote on the hero Maurice Strong ), Irena Zubcevic (who wrote on the hero Paula Caballero ) ,  and Patrick Ramage (who wrote on the hero  Sidney Holt )  Here is Felix's comments at the book launch: I am only one part of the team that put this book together the other part is Chris Spence unfortunately in New Zealand and so couldn’t join us. This book is his inspiration and he hassled me to come along for t...

  Elmau, 28 June 2022 We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), met in Elmau on 26-28 June 2022, at a critical juncture for the global community, to make progress towards an equitable world. As open democracies adhering to the rule of law, we are driven by shared values and bound by our commitment to the rules-based multilateral order and to universal human rights. As outlined in our Statement on support for Ukraine, standing in unity to support the government and people of Ukraine in their fight for a peaceful, prosperous and democratic future, we will continue to impose severe and immediate economic costs on President Putin’s regime for its unjustifiable war of aggression against Ukraine, while stepping up our efforts to counter its adverse and harmful regional and global impacts, including with a view to helping secure global energy and food security as well as stabilising the economic recovery. At a time when the world is threatened by division...