Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

By Jamie Cummings, Associate, Stakeholder Forum, 11 June 2025 first published on Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future pgae here . The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 (GP2025) in Geneva has concluded on the eve of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body meetings (SBs) for climate in Bonn. Participants of both sessions are entering the SBs with a renewed sense of urgency and a clear roadmap for breaking down the silos that have long separated climate action from disaster risk reduction. Over five intensive days at GP2025 (June 2-6), representatives from across the globe gathered to bridge the critical gap between the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Mr. Anderson Banda, Director of SHOC at the Southern African Development Community, delivered a memorable line at the conference, based on Professor Virginia Murray’s original work: “Disasters are not natural. They are products of the decisions we make. And better decisions ar...

This is Episode 4 of our series based on  From Rio+20 to a New Development Agenda: Building a Bridge to a Sustainable  Future by  Felix Dodds ,  Jorge Laguna-Celis , and  Liz Thompson.  Over five episodes, we’re exploring the ideas, negotiations, and ripple effects that shaped the landmark 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20. Twenty years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, "The Earth Summit", the Rio+20 conference in 2012 brought life back to sustainable development by putting it at the centre of a new global development partnership, one in which sustainable development is the basis for eradicating poverty, upholding human development and transforming economies.  Written by practitioners and participants involved in the multilateral process of negotiations, this book presents a unique insider analysis of not only what happened and why, but also where the outcomes might impact in the f...

This is a copy of the third letter from the Brazilian Presdiency  Dear friends, Advancing the global effort against climate change, the Brazilian Presidency of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) presents its third letter to the international community, focused on preparations for the 62nd period of sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI). The meetings will take place in Bonn, from June 16 to 26, 2025. Listening carefully to the views and perspectives of delegates, Parties and other stakeholders, the COP30 Presidency will also address the negotiations that will take place at COP30 later in the year. In subsequent communications, I will also present plans for the Action Agenda and the Leaders’ Summit. In a context where climate urgency intersects with growing geopolitical and socio-economic challenges, the COP30...

 1. Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi - ft Venessa Carlton 2. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World  3.Jackson Browne - Before The Deluge 4. Albert Hammond - Down By The River 5. NENA | 99 Red Balloons 6. Michael Jackson - Earth Song  7.Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Where Do The Children Play 8.Miley Cyrus -Wake Up America 9. Billie Eilish - all the good girls go to hell 10.Bob Marley and the Wailers Sun is Shinning

This is Episode 3 of our series based on  From Rio+20 to a New Development Agenda: Building a Bridge to a Sustainable  Future by  Felix Dodds ,  Jorge Laguna-Celis , and  Liz Thompson.  Over five episodes, we’re exploring the ideas, negotiations, and ripple effects that shaped the landmark 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20. Twenty years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, "The Earth Summit", the Rio+20 conference in 2012 brought life back to sustainable development by putting it at the centre of a new global development partnership, one in which sustainable development is the basis for eradicating poverty, upholding human development and transforming economies.  Written by practitioners and participants involved in the multilateral process of negotiations, this book presents a unique insider analysis of not only what happened and why, but also where the outcomes might impact in the f...