Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

NEW YORK — Today, the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development announced the release of Volume 7: Interlinking Major Sustainable Development Events to Embrace Policy Coherence and Implementation of the 2030 Agenda.   Felix Dodds , Secretary of the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development and Director of Research and Development of Multilateral Policies and International Affairs at the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainable Solutions Service (RMWSSS) at Arizona State University, and a Fellow at Stakeholder Forum, coordinated the launch of the publication through his publishing company New World Frontiers. “We are excited to announce the seventh volume of this series of books produced by the Friends group,” said Dodds. “The book is an invaluable resource that includes chapters written by nearly a dozen experts working within the UN system on a range of issues whose perspectives are crucial for anyone working to advance sustainable development at the global level.” ...

Diary - October 2023 to July 2024 Key UN Event s   October 23 rd -25 th   fourteenth meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) 30 th – 3 rd November - Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-5) November 6 th -9 th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Standing Committee 13 th -19 th Third Session of the INC for a Plastics Convention   30 th – 12 December -   UNFCCC COP28 December 1 st Brazil assumes the G20 presidency. 7 th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (to discuss the UNEA 6 resolutions) January 1 st Italy assumes the G7 presidency. February 26 th – 1 March - United Nations Environment Forum 6 27 th – 1 st March UN Statistical Commission 26 th -29 WTO Ministerial Conference March Statistical Commission April 19-21 st World Bank Group Meetings 21 st -30 th Fourth...

Originally published here   APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS   1. “Praise God for all his creatures”. This was the message that Saint Francis of Assisi proclaimed by his life, his canticles and all his actions. In this way, he accepted the invitation of the biblical Psalms and reflected the sensitivity of Jesus before the creatures of his Father: “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these” ( Mt  6:28-29). “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight” ( Lk  12:6). How can we not admire this tenderness of Jesus for all the beings that accompany us along the way! 2. Eight years have passed since I published the Encyclical Letter  Laudato Si’ , when I wanted to share with all of you, my brothers and sisters of our suffering ...