Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
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Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future (known as Stakeholder Forum) is an international multi-stakeholder organization which exists at the interface of civil society and the UN. It seeks to shape a strategic, global, multi-stakeholder movement to influence and implement the outcomes from the sustainable development
agreements and the Millennium Development Goals
.
It facilitates the engagement of stakeholders from multiple perspectives in international governance processes, educates organizations on how to engage effectively in these processes, and promotes the idea of building stakeholder democracy.
Stakeholder Forum Stakeholder Forum acts as the National Committee for UNEP in the UK.
and was called the United Nations Environment Programme-UK (UNEP-UK). It was hosted by International Institute for Environment and Development
(IIED) from 1987 to 1992. In 1993 after the Rio
Earth Summit
it reformed as a multi-stakeholder body to reflect the Major Group concept in Agenda 21
It renamed itself the United Nations Environment and Development–UK Committee and was housed in the United Nations Association UK
office in London. It acted as the National Committee for UNEP in the UK and the first Northern Focal Point for UNDP from 1993 to 2000. In 2000 it became an international multi-stakeholder organization called Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future.
In October 2004 Stakeholder Forum became, after seventeen years, a free-standing organization in its own right. It took the opportunity to rename itself, feeling that Stakeholder Forum for a Common Future looked back to the Brundtland Report in 1987, while Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future looked forward.
The UN and governments have increasingly used Stakeholder Forum to facilitate stakeholder engagement in international meetings. These have included:
Stakeholder Forum hosted an informal workshop in June 1996 at Green College
Oxford, to prepare governments and stakeholders for the Rio+5 review of the outcomes of the Earth Summit
conference. Between 1998-2000 Stakeholder Forum hosted informal workshops to help create the momentum for a Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. This was eventually agreed to by governments in December 2000 at the UN General Assembly.
During the preparatory process for the World Summit on Sustainable Development it promoted the idea of multi-stakeholder partnerships being an engine for implementation for global agreements. At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 it launched twenty three multistakeholder partnerships and also the facilitated the launching of the first global network for Regional Government on sustainable development (NRG4SD).
Since 2005 Stakeholder Forum has been articulating the link between human, environment and economic security. It has also been developing further work on multistakeholder processes such as the Global Public Policy Network on Water Management it developed with the Stockholm International Water Institute as a mechanism for stakeholders, governments and the UN to work together prior to a global meeting in developing a common narrative of the problem and some solutions.
In 2008 it hosted a workshop on the possible themes for a Rio+20. The outcome was known as the Donostia Declaration after the city in Spain where the workshop happened. This was ten days after G77 tabled a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly calling for a new Earth Summit. The workshop identified four areas for a possible Summit to address: a review of present commitments, sustainable development governance, the green economy and emerging issues. the United Nations General Assembly agreed to host a new Earth Summit in the General Assembly in december 2009. the Summit will be in 2012.
Since 1996 Stakeholder Forum has published a daily newsletter 'Outreach' at key sustainable development meetings. It has also run numerous training workshops based on the book 'How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings - Mine is a Cafe Latte'. In 2009 it started a partnership with the BBC World Service Trust
and UN Radio to produce radio programmes during the UN Commission on Sustainable Development meeting.
Its President is Derek Osborn who was the co-chair of the preparatory process for Rio+5 It has six Vice Presidents who have all chaired the UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Henrique Cavalcanti (former Brazil
ian Environment Minister and CSD Chair 1995, Mostapha Tolba (former UNEP Executive Director and CSD Chair 1997), Simon Upton
(former New Zealand
Environment Minister and CSD Chair 1999), Juan Mayar (Former Columbian Environment Minister and CSD Chair 2000) and Bedrich Moldan
(former Czech Republic
Environment Minister and CSD Chair 2001)
2000-2002: Derek Osborn and Hesphina Rukato (now Deputy Chief Executive NEPAD)
2002-2008: David Hales (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State USAID[1993-2000])
2002: Hon Gwen Mahlangu MP (Speaker in the South African Parliament)
2009 to date: Derek Osborn
Present members include
NGOs: WWF-International, Environment Development Action in the Third World, Participatory Research International Asia, Development Alternatives, ANPED, Tearfund
, Environment Liaison Centre International, World Information Transfer, ECO-Accord, CIVICUS, International Council for Social Welfare, LEAD International, Centro de Estudios Ambientales, Baha'i International Community, Arab Network for Environment & Development, NRDC
, National Wildlife Federation
Industry: International Chamber of Commerce
, World Business Council on Sustainable Development
Trade Unions: Global Unions
Local and Regional Government: International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Network for Regional Government for Sustainable Development
Women: The Network of NGOs of Trinidad & Tobago for the Advancement of Women, Huairou Commission
Youth: Peace Child International
, CSD Youth Caucus
Farmers: International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture
Academic and Research: International Institute for Sustainable Development, International Institute for Environment and Development
, World Resources Institute
, IUCN, International Council of Scientific Unions
Former Members include: Centre for Science and Environment
, Friends of the Earth Scotland
, Habitat II Youth Caucus, Women's Environment and Development Organisation, Globe Internation
Philip Dobie (2010 to date)
Andrew Binns (2008 to 2010)
Derek Osborn (1996–2008)
Jonathon Porritt
(1993–1996)
Peter Harap (1987–1993)
Present Board includes: Craig Bennett, Craig Jones, Mehjabeen Price,Vijay Krishnarayan and Emmanuel Lebaut
Former Board Members: Action Aid, BP
, Christian Aid
, Education Caucus, Friends of Earth, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, IIED
, Local Government Association
, Local Government Management Board, Local Government International Bureau, National Farmers Union, National Westminster Bank
, New Economics Foundation
, Oxfam
, Peace Child International
, Shell
, Severn Trent
, Skanska
, Television Trust for the Environment
, Town and Country Planning Association
, Tearfund
, Trade Unions Congress, United Nations Association
, Wales
, WaterAid
, Woodcraft Folk, Women's Environmental Network, Women's Institute
(1993 to date)
Koy Thompson (1989–1992)
David Cooper (1987–1989)
Report on Goal 7 (2008), the Annual Ministerial Review Report on MDG Goal 7 (2008), Options for Strengthening the Environmental Pillar of Sustainable Development
(169 paper final version)(2007), Sustainable Development
in the Context of UN Reform (2007),
UNEO
: A Champion for environment in the 21st century, but what role for stakeholders? (2007), the UN System and Sustainable Development: Proposals for a Sustainable Development Institutional Initiative (2007), From Words to Action: Civil Society
Representatives Call for a Strong Follow-up to the High Level Panel on System-wide Coherence (2007)
Sustainable development
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
agreements and the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015...
.
It facilitates the engagement of stakeholders from multiple perspectives in international governance processes, educates organizations on how to engage effectively in these processes, and promotes the idea of building stakeholder democracy.
Stakeholder Forum Stakeholder Forum acts as the National Committee for UNEP in the UK.
History
Stakeholder Forum was initially set up in 1987, as the first National Committee for the United Nations Environment ProgrammeUnited Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its...
and was called the United Nations Environment Programme-UK (UNEP-UK). It was hosted by International Institute for Environment and Development
International Institute for Environment and Development
The International Institute for Environment and Development is a London-based policy research centre and think tank.- History :IIED was established by the economist Barbara Ward in 1971...
(IIED) from 1987 to 1992. In 1993 after the Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
Earth Summit
Earth Summit
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992.-Overview:...
it reformed as a multi-stakeholder body to reflect the Major Group concept in Agenda 21
Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is an action plan of the United Nations related to sustainable development and was an outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992...
It renamed itself the United Nations Environment and Development–UK Committee and was housed in the United Nations Association UK
United Nations Association UK
right|The United Nations Association of the UK is the leading independent policy authority on the UN in the UK and a UK-wide grassroots membership organisation.-Activities:...
office in London. It acted as the National Committee for UNEP in the UK and the first Northern Focal Point for UNDP from 1993 to 2000. In 2000 it became an international multi-stakeholder organization called Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future.
In October 2004 Stakeholder Forum became, after seventeen years, a free-standing organization in its own right. It took the opportunity to rename itself, feeling that Stakeholder Forum for a Common Future looked back to the Brundtland Report in 1987, while Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future looked forward.
Activities and achievements
Stakeholder Forum has been the main coordinating mechanism used by the UK Government to gauge UK stakeholder views for intergovernmental meetings. It has facilitated UK stakeholder input to the following events:- the World Summit 2005
- the UNEP Hilltops to Oceans Conference (2004)
- UN Economic Commission for Europe Environment Conference (2003)
- The World Trade Organisation Meeting (2003)
- the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)
- the World Summit on Social Development Review (2000)
- the WHOWhoWho may refer to:* Who , an English-language pronoun* who , a Unix command* Who?, one of the Five Ws in journalism- Art and entertainment :* Who? , a 1958 novel by Algis Budrys...
European Health and Environment Conference (1999) - UN General Assembly Special Seesion to review Rio Agreements known as Rio+ 5(1997)
- the Istanbul Habitat IIHabitat IIHabitat II - the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements - was held in Istanbul, Turkey from June 3–14, 1996, twenty years after the 1976 Habitat conference in Vancouver that had led to the establishment of the Nairobi-based United Nations Centre on Human Settlements. The twin...
Conference (1996) - the Beijing Women's Conference (1995)
- the CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
World Summit on Social Development(1995) - the UN Commission on Sustainable DevelopmentCommission on Sustainable DevelopmentThe United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development was established in December 1992 by General Assembly Resolution as a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council, implementing a recommendation in of Agenda 21, the landmark global agreement reached at the June 1992 United...
(1993–2004) - the Earth SummitEarth SummitThe United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992.-Overview:...
(1992).
The UN and governments have increasingly used Stakeholder Forum to facilitate stakeholder engagement in international meetings. These have included:
- Facilitating stakeholder input on climate and water in the UNFCCC process
- Facilitating stakeholder consultation in the UN Annual Ministerial Review (2008)
- Facilitating stakeholder consultation in the UN Heads of State Round Table on Environmentally Sustainability (2008)
- Facilitating stakeholder consultation for the Informal UN General Assembly Session on International Environmental GovernanceGovernanceGovernance is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of either a separate process or part of management or leadership processes...
(2007) - Facilitating the UK media launch of UNEP Global Environmental Outlook 2 (1999) GEO3 (2002) GEO4 (2007)
- Setting up with SIWI a Global Public Policy Network on Water ManagementWater managementWater management is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources. In an ideal world. water management planning has regard to all the competing demands for water and seeks to allocate water on an equitable basis to satisfy all uses and demands...
(2007) - Facilitating stakeholder involvement in the Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable developmentSustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
Consultation with the UN High Level Panel on System Wide Coherence (2006) - Facilitating stakeholder involvement in UNEP GPA IGR-2 on Land based pollution to the marine environment (2006).
- Coordinated the Stakeholder Dialogues for the Bonn Renewable Energy Conference (2004)
- Preparing global stakeholders for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) (2002)
- Organising the Implementation Conference for the WSSD, launching 23 Type Two (2002)
- Setting up the Global Network (NRG4SD) for Regional Government for Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable developmentSustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
(2002) - Coordinating the Stakeholder Dialogues for the Bonn International Freshwater Conference (2001)
- Coordinating the stakeholder Dialogues for the Bergen Adhoc Environment Ministers Meeting (2000)
Stakeholder Forum hosted an informal workshop in June 1996 at Green College
Green College, Oxford
Green College was a graduate college of the University of Oxford in England. It was centred around an architecturally appealing 18th century building: the Radcliffe Observatory, which is modelled after the ancient "Tower of the Winds" in Athens....
Oxford, to prepare governments and stakeholders for the Rio+5 review of the outcomes of the Earth Summit
Earth Summit
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , also known as the Rio Summit, Rio Conference, Earth Summit was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 June to 14 June 1992.-Overview:...
conference. Between 1998-2000 Stakeholder Forum hosted informal workshops to help create the momentum for a Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. This was eventually agreed to by governments in December 2000 at the UN General Assembly.
During the preparatory process for the World Summit on Sustainable Development it promoted the idea of multi-stakeholder partnerships being an engine for implementation for global agreements. At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 it launched twenty three multistakeholder partnerships and also the facilitated the launching of the first global network for Regional Government on sustainable development (NRG4SD).
Since 2005 Stakeholder Forum has been articulating the link between human, environment and economic security. It has also been developing further work on multistakeholder processes such as the Global Public Policy Network on Water Management it developed with the Stockholm International Water Institute as a mechanism for stakeholders, governments and the UN to work together prior to a global meeting in developing a common narrative of the problem and some solutions.
In 2008 it hosted a workshop on the possible themes for a Rio+20. The outcome was known as the Donostia Declaration after the city in Spain where the workshop happened. This was ten days after G77 tabled a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly calling for a new Earth Summit. The workshop identified four areas for a possible Summit to address: a review of present commitments, sustainable development governance, the green economy and emerging issues. the United Nations General Assembly agreed to host a new Earth Summit in the General Assembly in december 2009. the Summit will be in 2012.
Since 1996 Stakeholder Forum has published a daily newsletter 'Outreach' at key sustainable development meetings. It has also run numerous training workshops based on the book 'How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings - Mine is a Cafe Latte'. In 2009 it started a partnership with the BBC World Service Trust
BBC World Service Trust
The BBC World Service Trust is the BBC's international development charity, funded independently by external grants and voluntary contributions. The purpose of the organization is to use media and communication to reduce poverty and promote human rights...
and UN Radio to produce radio programmes during the UN Commission on Sustainable Development meeting.
Structure
Stakeholder Forum is overseen by a UK Board of Directors and advised for its work in the UK by a UK multi-stakeholder policy advisory panel and internationally by its international advisory group.Its President is Derek Osborn who was the co-chair of the preparatory process for Rio+5 It has six Vice Presidents who have all chaired the UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Henrique Cavalcanti (former Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian Environment Minister and CSD Chair 1995, Mostapha Tolba (former UNEP Executive Director and CSD Chair 1997), Simon Upton
Simon Upton
Simon David Upton, QSO is a former New Zealand politician and member of Parliament from 1981 to 2001, representing the National Party.-Early life:...
(former New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Environment Minister and CSD Chair 1999), Juan Mayar (Former Columbian Environment Minister and CSD Chair 2000) and Bedrich Moldan
Bedrich Moldan
Bedřich Moldan is a Czech ecologist, publicist and politician.Moldan is professor of environmental science, founder and director of the Charles University Environment Center...
(former Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
Environment Minister and CSD Chair 2001)
International Advisory Board
Chairs of International Advisory Board have been2000-2002: Derek Osborn and Hesphina Rukato (now Deputy Chief Executive NEPAD)
2002-2008: David Hales (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State USAID[1993-2000])
2002: Hon Gwen Mahlangu MP (Speaker in the South African Parliament)
2009 to date: Derek Osborn
Present members include
NGOs: WWF-International, Environment Development Action in the Third World, Participatory Research International Asia, Development Alternatives, ANPED, Tearfund
Tearfund
Tearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency which works in over 50 countries. It is a founding member of both the Micah Network and the Disasters Emergency Committee.-History:...
, Environment Liaison Centre International, World Information Transfer, ECO-Accord, CIVICUS, International Council for Social Welfare, LEAD International, Centro de Estudios Ambientales, Baha'i International Community, Arab Network for Environment & Development, NRDC
Natural Resources Defense Council
The Natural Resources Defense Council is a New York City-based, non-profit, non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing...
, National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation
The National Wildlife Federation is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over four million members and supporters, and 48 state and territorial affiliated organizations...
Industry: International Chamber of Commerce
International Chamber of Commerce
The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....
, World Business Council on Sustainable Development
Trade Unions: Global Unions
Global Unions
Global Unions is a website, which is jointly owned and managed by the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC, the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD and ten global union federations....
Local and Regional Government: International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Network for Regional Government for Sustainable Development
Women: The Network of NGOs of Trinidad & Tobago for the Advancement of Women, Huairou Commission
Youth: Peace Child International
Peace child international
Peace Child International is a UK based charity focusing on sustainable development and youth empowerment.-History of the Organisation:Peace Child International began during the Cold War as a musical, based on Bernard Benson's The Peace Book, aimed at resolving conflict between the USA and USSR,...
, CSD Youth Caucus
Farmers: International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture
Academic and Research: International Institute for Sustainable Development, International Institute for Environment and Development
International Institute for Environment and Development
The International Institute for Environment and Development is a London-based policy research centre and think tank.- History :IIED was established by the economist Barbara Ward in 1971...
, World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute
The World Resources Institute is an environmental think tank founded in 1982 based in Washington, D.C. in the United States.WRI is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts,...
, IUCN, International Council of Scientific Unions
Former Members include: Centre for Science and Environment
Centre for Science and Environment
Centre for Science and Environment is a not-for-profit public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1980, CSE has been working on various environment-development issues in India, pushing for policy changes wherever required and better implementation...
, Friends of the Earth Scotland
Friends of the Earth Scotland
Friends of the Earth Scotland is an independent member of the Friends of the Earth international network of environmental organizations, and operates separately from Friends of the Earth in England, Wales and Northern Ireland . There is no single Friends of the Earth .Since 2011, Stan Blackley has...
, Habitat II Youth Caucus, Women's Environment and Development Organisation, Globe Internation
Board of Directors
ChairsPhilip Dobie (2010 to date)
Andrew Binns (2008 to 2010)
Derek Osborn (1996–2008)
Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Espie Porritt, CBE, is an English environmentalist and writer. Porritt appears frequently in the media, writing in magazines, newspapers and books, and appearing on radio and television regularly.-Early life and family background:...
(1993–1996)
Peter Harap (1987–1993)
Present Board includes: Craig Bennett, Craig Jones, Mehjabeen Price,Vijay Krishnarayan and Emmanuel Lebaut
Former Board Members: Action Aid, BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
, Christian Aid
Christian Aid
Christian Aid is the official relief and development agency of 40 British and Irish churches and works to support sustainable development, alleviate poverty, support civil society and provide disaster relief in South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa and Asia...
, Education Caucus, Friends of Earth, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, IIED
International Institute for Environment and Development
The International Institute for Environment and Development is a London-based policy research centre and think tank.- History :IIED was established by the economist Barbara Ward in 1971...
, Local Government Association
Local Government Association
The Local Government Association is a voluntary lobbying organisation acting as the voice of the local government sector in England and Wales, which seeks to be an authoritative and effective advocate on its behalf....
, Local Government Management Board, Local Government International Bureau, National Farmers Union, National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank Plc, commonly known as NatWest, is the largest retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom and has been part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc since 2000. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is ranked as the second largest bank in the world by assets...
, New Economics Foundation
New Economics Foundation
The New Economics Foundation is a British think-tank.NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability"....
, Oxfam
Oxfam
Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
, Peace Child International
Peace child international
Peace Child International is a UK based charity focusing on sustainable development and youth empowerment.-History of the Organisation:Peace Child International began during the Cold War as a musical, based on Bernard Benson's The Peace Book, aimed at resolving conflict between the USA and USSR,...
, Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
, Severn Trent
Severn Trent
Severn Trent plc is a British public utility. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.Severn Trent is a group of companies employing more than 15,000 people across the UK, US and mainland Europe, with some involvement in the Middle East.The main...
, Skanska
Skanska
Skanska AB, is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden, where it also is the largest construction company. The company's head office is in Solna, north of Stockholm.-History:...
, Television Trust for the Environment
Television Trust for the Environment
Television Trust for the Environment is an independent, international not-for-profit organisation founded 27 years ago by Central Television, UNEP and WWF...
, Town and Country Planning Association
Town and Country Planning Association
The Town and Country Planning Association is England's oldest environmental charity. It was founded as the Garden Cities Association in 1899 by Ebenezer Howard, initially to promote the development of Garden Cities...
, Tearfund
Tearfund
Tearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency which works in over 50 countries. It is a founding member of both the Micah Network and the Disasters Emergency Committee.-History:...
, Trade Unions Congress, United Nations Association
United Nations Association
The United Nations Associations are non-governmental organizations that exist in various countries to enhance the relationship between the people of a member state and the United Nations, raise public awareness of the UN and its work, promote the general goals of the UN and act as an advisory body...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, WaterAid
WaterAid
WaterAid is an international non-profit organisation set up as a response to the UN International Drinking Water & Sanitation decade . WaterAid is dedicated to helping people escape the poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation. It is based in London, England and was...
, Woodcraft Folk, Women's Environmental Network, Women's Institute
Executive Directors
Felix DoddsFelix Dodds
Felix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
(1993 to date)
Koy Thompson (1989–1992)
David Cooper (1987–1989)
Books
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity: A Planet in Peril edited by Ahmed DjoghlafAhmed DjoghlafAhmed Djoghlaf , is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity under the United Nations Environment Programme ....
and Felix DoddsFelix DoddsFelix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
(Earthscan 2011) Earthscan - Energy and Climate Insecurity edited by Felix DoddsFelix DoddsFelix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
, Andrew Higham and Richard Sherman (Earthscan 2009). - Negotiating and Implementing Multilateral Environmental AgreementMultilateral Environmental AgreementA multilateral environmental agreement is a legally binding agreement between three or more states relating to the environment. They are predominantly produced by the United Nations...
s by Felix DoddsFelix DoddsFelix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
, Maria Onestin, Michael Strauss (UNEP 2007) - Human and Environmental Security edited by Felix DoddsFelix DoddsFelix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
and Tim Pippard (Earthscan 2005) - How to Lobby At Intergovernmental Meetings by Felix DoddsFelix DoddsFelix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
and Michael Strauss (Earthscan 2004) - Plain Language Guide to WSSD by Georgina Ayres, Rosalie Callway, Jan McHarry, Janet Strachen (Earthscan 2004)
- GovernanceGovernanceGovernance is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of either a separate process or part of management or leadership processes...
for Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable developmentSustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
edited by Georgina Ayre and Rosalie Callway (Earthscan 2004) - Multistakeholder processes on SustainabilitySustainabilitySustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
and GovernanceGovernanceGovernance is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of either a separate process or part of management or leadership processes...
by Minu Hemmati with Felix DoddsFelix DoddsFelix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
, Jasmin Enayati and Jan McHarry (Earthscan 2000) - Earth Summit 2002Earth Summit 2002The World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD or Earth Summit 2002 took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations. WSSD gathered a number of leaders from business and non-governmental...
A New Deal edited by Felix DoddsFelix DoddsFelix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
and Toby Middleton (Earthscan 2000) - Poverty in Plenty: a Human Development ReportHuman Development ReportThe Human Development Report is an annual milestone publication by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme .-History:...
for the UK edited by Jane Seymour (Earthscan 1999) - Earth Summit II by Tom Bigg and Derek Osborn (Earthscan 1998)
- The Way Forward Beyond Agenda 21Agenda 21Agenda 21 is an action plan of the United Nations related to sustainable development and was an outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992...
edited by Felix DoddsFelix DoddsFelix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds is the Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future...
(Earthscan 1997)
Major reports
Donostia Declaration (promoting an Earth Summit 2012 (2008), Millennium Development GoalsMillennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015...
Report on Goal 7 (2008), the Annual Ministerial Review Report on MDG Goal 7 (2008), Options for Strengthening the Environmental Pillar of Sustainable Development
Sustainable development
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
(169 paper final version)(2007), Sustainable Development
Sustainable development
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
in the Context of UN Reform (2007),
UNEO
UNEO
Proposals for the creation of a United Nations Environmental Organization have come as some question the efficacy of the current United Nations Environmental Program at dealing with the scope of global environmental issues. Created to act as an anchor institution in the system of , it has...
: A Champion for environment in the 21st century, but what role for stakeholders? (2007), the UN System and Sustainable Development: Proposals for a Sustainable Development Institutional Initiative (2007), From Words to Action: Civil Society
Civil society
Civil society is composed of the totality of many voluntary social relationships, civic and social organizations, and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society, as distinct from the force-backed structures of a state , the commercial institutions of the market, and private criminal...
Representatives Call for a Strong Follow-up to the High Level Panel on System-wide Coherence (2007)