The Green Economy or the Greed Economy?
The choice of the ‘green economy’ as one of the main themes for the next world Earth Summit (Rio +20) seemed to appeal to a range of governments on the basis that it could...
Monthly Archive: May 2010
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Stakeholder Engagement Review
Following the Copenhagen climate change conference (COP-15), the UNFCCC requested Stakeholder Forum to undertake a review of the quality of stakeholder participation in UNFCCC meetings.
Dark Matter
Like the looming kraken emerging from a murky underworld, the ash cloud has now returned to hunt European skies once more. Flights have again been grounded, airports are in disarray, and political parties have...
NEW: SF is hosting a training session on How to Lobby at intergovernmental meetings
This one-day intensive training workshop that will provide all participants with a toolkit of good practices and tricks of the trade for ensuring that your voice is heard in the context of international meetings.
Felix Dodds is asked to present on ‘advancing the implementation of CSD Decisions’
His presentation can be viewed here. On May 11th 2010 Felix Dodds gave a speech to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in which he tackled some important questions regarding the future of the...
UK Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Earth Summit promotes lively discussion and debate
On 10th May 2010 Stakeholder Forum brought together a diversity of UK-based stakeholders to engage in initial discussions and dialogue on Earth Summit 2012. The half-day meeting took place at the NCVO offices in...
Stakeholder Forum and NGLS Earth Summit Conference great success
On 15th May 2010 Stakeholder Forum brought together hundreds of stakeholders at a Conference on Rio+20 held at the New School in New York. The Conference, entitled ‘New Foundations for the Future: Looking ahead...
Earth Summit update
Over 200 people from governments, UN Agencies and Programmes and stakeholders attended the UN NGLS and Stakeholder Forum conference ‘New Foundations for the Future: Looking ahead to Earth Summit 2012’, on May 15th. By...
Update on the review of stakeholder engagement in UNFCCC
In May the UNFCCC Secretariat requested that SF undertake an evaluative review of the quality of stakeholder engagement in the context of the UNFCCC climate change negotiations. We are now over half way through...