Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

Preparing For the Glasgow 2020 Climate Summit article 1: Before handing over to the Guest blog from Edward Davey I just wanted to make a comment on UK preparedness for the Glasgow Climate COP. The only reason I went back to the UK to stand in the UK election in December was because of my deep concerns over UK preparedness for the Glasgow COP.  The UK needs a huge change in the way they are preparing for Glasgow and I was about to write a blog on this here is Edward Davey's take. Guest blogger: Edward Davey  Director, Geographic Deep Dives, Food And Land Use Coalition, World Resources Institute. Prior to joining WRI, Edward was Senior Programme Manager at The Prince of Wales' International Sustainability Unit, where he co-led a number of international initiatives on REDD+, zero-deforestation commodity supply chains, forest landscape restoration and climate change. Prior to the ISU, he served as Lead Adviser on Environment in the Colombian Presidency's International ...

World Resources Institute and the Governments of Colombia and Switzerland   cordially invite you to This high-level event will showcase experiences of countries that will be the first movers on internalizing the SDGs. It will highlight outstanding issues, commonalities and differences among member states’ experiences thus far, and spur reflection on the challenges and opportunities of SDG implementation for a variety of stakeholders. Sunday, 27 September 2015 • 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. • UN Conference Room 12  (You will need to register to attend) CONFIRMED  SPEAKERS:  H.E. Mr. Simón Gaviria, Minister for Planning, Colombia H.E. Mr. Régis Immongaul t, Minister of Economy, Gabon H.E. Ms. Isabella Lövin, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden H.E. Mr. Manuel Sager , State Secretary and Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Switzerland M s. Paula Caballero , Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resou...