Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

Guest blog by  Narni Brooke-Adil shejoined Innovation Forum in June of this year shortly after finishing her bachelors in business and finance at Cass Business School. Her interest in sustainability was enhanced after taking a module in the last year of her degree, although she has grown up very aware of the world’s looming sustainability issues, in particular climate change. She was fortunate enough to secure a job with Innovation Forum straight after finishing her exams and is enjoying the role immensely.  The London deforestation conference will be her first forum and is already shaping up to be a great event, we hope to see you there!  The newest methodologies, technologies and industry examples for implementing zero deforestation policies 14th-15th November 2017, London Join us at us at this debate-driven business conference designed to provide delegates with the practical guidance necessary to build and implement effective zero deforestation commitment...

There has just been a two day meeting organized on Major Groups and Other Stakeholders (MGoS) Workshop on Governance, Transparency and Accountability with the hope of an outcome of: “Building on the governance discussions from the previous sessions, recommendations on how the future engagement of MGoS in the HLPF may be best structured to fulfill the provisions of 67/290 to the fullest extent possible will be considered. Recommendations for the establishment of autonomous coordination mechanisms among MGoS engagement at the HLPF will also be considered.” I listened in and participated when I thought I could make a useful contribution. What became clear was that people misunderstand concepts that they use, or use them wrongly or possibly don’t understand the consequences of using them. A little history Traditionally as far as the UN is concerned everyone one who is not government is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).  Outside the UN over the last twenty five...