The International Environment Forum, as a Bahá'Ã-inspired professional organization for environment and sustainability, shares and upholds the principles and ideals of the Bahá'à Faith and supports its efforts to establish and promote peace, the unity of the human race, and an ever-advancing world civilization that preserves the ecological balance of the planet.
UN Forum on Forests
8-12 May 2023
This month, the sustainable management of the world’s forests will take centre stage at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Officials from UN Member States, the UN system, international and regional organizations, will gather to discuss this critical planetary resource at the UN Forum on Forests on 8-12 May 2023. Here are 5 things you need to know:
Excerpts from the Universal House of Justice
Ridvan Message 30 April 2023
The international governing body of the Bahá'à Faith has issued its annual message celebrating the Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'à Faith. The following excerpt refers to community life and social action, including for the environment.
Report on a presentation by
Professor Britt Wray
28 April 2023
The Frontiers Forum on Friday 28 April 2023 included a presentation by Professor Britt Wray of Stanford University on the climate crisis and mental health, which leads to climate anxiety or eco-anxiety. She is the author of Generation Dread, describing her own experience overcoming climate anxiety.
UN High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism
Report released 25 April 2023
Arthur Lyon Dahl
Webinar interview with Arthur Dahl
Global Policy Dialogue
Recife, Brazil, 19-20 January 2023
(excerpts from the Executive Summary)
new Bahá'à International Community Statement
Bahá'à World News Service
9 April 2023
New York and online
20-21 March 2023
New York, 28 March 2023:
IPCC Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report
Summary for Policy Makers
Released 20 March 2023
