UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Submitted by admin on 27. March 2019 - 11:46

UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

The IEF participated in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Geneva on 21-22 March 2019, and in the Civil Society Pre-Meeting to the Forum on 20-21 March. Both Victoria Thoresen and Arthur Dahl attended the Pre-Meeting, and Arthur was accredited for IEF as one of 800 participants in the UNECE Regional Forum.

IEF Annual Report 2018-2019

Report Year
2018-2019

International Environment Forum Annual Report
August 2018 – April 2019


This 23st Annual Report of the International Environment Forum summarizes the events and activities from August 2018 to April 2019 between two annual General Assemblies. The General Assembly in 2019 is being held during the IEF 23rd Conference in New Zealand on Planetary Health and Sustainable Development in Auckland and Rotorua, New Zealand, 5-14 April 2019

How can we keep global warming to 1.5°C?

Submitted by Arthur Dahl on 24. December 2018 - 20:59

How can we keep global warming to 1.5°C?

In a recent special report in New Scientist, Graham Lawton has sketched out what we must do to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the agreed threshold for a chance of avoiding irreversible and dangerous climate change. Quoting a lead author of the latest IPCC report on 1.5°C: " We have to do everything, and we have to do it immediately." This is not impossible, since we have the necessary technologies, but it will require unprecedented rates of transformation.

Talanoa Call for Action on Climate Change

Submitted by admin on 12. December 2018 - 21:29

Talanoa Call for Action on Climate Change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) launched the Talanoa Dialogue a year ago to share positive stories and to build commitment to more action on climate change. The International Environment Forum submitted a written contribution to the Talanoa Dialogue, and two IEF members took part in face-to-face dialogues with diplomats at the Talanoa Dialogues in Bonn, Germany, in May 2018.

Paris Peace Forum and Global Governance

Submitted by admin on 16. November 2018 - 0:21

Paris Peace Forum and Global Governance

Since winning the New Shape Prize for the proposal “Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century”, the effort now is to make these proposals for UN reform known to a wider audience.

ECPD International Conference

Submitted by admin on 15. November 2018 - 22:41

A New Concept of Human Security

XIV International Conference of the
European Center for Peace and Development
Belgrade, Serbia, 26 October 2018

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