Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,   AND FOR THESE ENDS to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and socia...

  View this email in your browser A Word from the Director Dear food systems colleagues and partners, Addis Ababa became the global center of food systems action last week, as the UNFSS+4 Stocktake gathered over 3,500 people to drive transformation forward. I am deeply grateful to the Governments of Ethiopia and Italy for co-hosting this milestone event, and to all the governments, partners, and organizations whose active engagement made it a success. Together, we have achieved significant progress since 2021: 130 countries have developed national pathways for food systems transformation, including 63% now with implementation plans; 62% have embedded food systems into national climate, biodiversity, and development plans; 169 nations are delivering school meal programmes; and International Financial Institutions have exceeded their $15 billion target, disbursing $17.8 billion to support low- and middle-income countries. These milestones show that food systems are not simply problem...

Link to the UNFCCC page is here Dear colleagues,  At its sixth session, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement called “on all actors to work together to enable the scaling up of financing to developing country Parties for climate action from all public and private sources to at least USD 1.3 trillion per year by 2035.”  In this context, Parties decided to launch, under the guidance of the Presidencies of the sixth and seventh sessions of the CMA, in consultation with Parties, the ‘Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T’ (henceforth Roadmap), aiming at scaling up climate finance to developing country Parties to support  low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development pathways and implement the nationally determined contributions and national adaptation plans including through grants, concessional and non- debt creating instruments, and measures to create fiscal space, taking into account relevant multilateral ...

Belem City Limits: How to Host a Successful Climate COP By Felix Dodds and Chris Spence originally published through InterPress Service here. There is no question that most climate activists and governments were delighted when Brazil offered to host the 2025 UN Climate Conference taking place this November. Brazil has played such a crucial role in shaping the sustainable development agenda. It hosted the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, which agreed on Agenda 21 and the blueprint for sustainability in the 21st century, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 27 principles intended to guide countries in future sustainable development but also saw signged agreements for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Forestry Principles. Out of the Rio Earth Summit, you saw the creation of a new UN body to monitor the implementation of these agreements. This was the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and a new convention, the Deserti...