UNEP at Fifty

Submitted by Arthur Dahl on 15. February 2021 - 10:50

In The Untold Story of the World’s Leading Environmental Institution: UNEP at Fifty, my good friend Maria Ivanova @mivanova assesses the past and imagines the future for the United Nations Environment Programme @UNEP. It features UN Secretaries-General, UNEP Executive Directors, and other leaders. My voice as a long-time UNEP collaborator and partner is included. http://bit.ly/MITPressUntoldStoryMariaIvanova.

Reweaving the Ecological Mat

Submitted by Arthur Dahl on 7. February 2021 - 15:04

Reweaving the Ecological Mat

Report of a webinar on 4 February 2021
by Arthur Dahl

Webinars by IEF members

Submitted by admin on 31. January 2021 - 15:01

Webinars with IEF members


Members of the International Environment Forum are presenting webinars for various communities accessible online in coming weeks.

Sunday 7 February at 8:00pm UK time, 21:00 CET, 3:00pm EST
Man of the Trees: A Pioneer Environmentalist's Vision for the Future
by Paul Hanley and Hugh Locke

O.Z. Whitehead Fireside, UK, about Richard St.Barbe Baker

IEF Lecture Saturday, 23 January 2021

Submitted by admin on 20. January 2021 - 17:37
Dates
23 January 2021
Place
webinar

IEF Lecture Saturday, 23 January 2021

by Dr. Joachim Monkelbaan
Exploring Barriers to Justice and Sustainability in Economic Systems:
Discussion on Root Causes and Potential Remedies


The second lecture in the present IEF series on 23 January 2021 featured Dr. Joachim Monkelbaan who talked about:

It’s time to make peace with nature

Submitted by admin on 8. December 2020 - 17:02

It’s time to make peace with nature

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, address at Columbia University
2 December 2020


The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, in a passionate, uncompromising speech delivered on Wednesday at Columbia University in New York.

Scientists' Warnings: Affluence

Submitted by Arthur Dahl on 7. December 2020 - 0:09

Scientists' Warnings: Affluence


After a "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity in 1992, the Alliance of World Scientists (https://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/) issued a "World Scientists’ Warning: Second Notice" in 2017, and a "Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency" in 2019 (https://www.scientistswarning.org/).

The Spirituality of Climate Change

Submitted by admin on 3. December 2020 - 11:49

The Spirituality of Climate Change

On 3 December 2020, the Baha'i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson released a video Episode 59: The Spirituality of Climate Change, featuring IEF members Christine Muller, Arthur Dahl and Afsaneh Angelina Rafii, as well as an audio blog (1 hour 8 minutes).

Last updated 3 December 2020

Ecocide to be defined

Submitted by admin on 18. November 2020 - 18:44

Ecocide to be defined


An expert drafting panel is to prepare a legal definition of “ecocide” as a potential international crime that could sit alongside War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, in the context of a new global threat: the climate and biodiversity crisis.

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