Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

This is THE event for stakeholders to attend if they are engaged in the 2015 process on the Sustainable Development Goals or the climate change process. Following the release of the reports of the Open Working Group and the Experts Committee on SD Financing this summer, we invite you to prepare for the 65th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference on "2015 and Beyond: Our Action Agenda" taking place at UN HQ (NY), 27-29 August 2014 . The Conference will provide an opportunity for civil society, international networks and activists to develop an “Action Agenda” to mobilize messaging, advocacy strategies, partnerships and accountability frameworks in the lead up to the start of the intergovernmental negotiations at the beginning of the 69th session of the General Assembly for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, due to culminate at a Summit in September 2015. The Conference will also be an important milestone ahead of the Secretary-General’s September 2014 Climate Summit...

One of the primary goals of the Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference is to provide input to the UN Sustainable Development Goals process. To do so a group of experts has prepared this draft of the Nexus Declaration. We are seeking feedback on the Declaration and welcome comments. The draft will be online for ten days until the 28th of February for comments. To submit comments please email them to Nexusdeclaration@unc.edu Based on the feedback we receive, a new draft will be available for those attending the Nexus 2014 Conference. A final document incorporating the inputs from the conference will be produced and given to the Sustainable Development Goals Open Working Group. Ready the Declaration and input http://nexusconference.web.unc.edu/declaration/ Watch the UN thematic debate on water and energy - Nexus focus Wednesday 19th 10-1pm on http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/