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.
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is the scientific assessment process for the Convention on Biological Diversity, equivalent to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It has prepared a special report on the many ways of understanding the values of biodiversity, ranging from material to spiritual and including Indigenous world-views.
United in Science
Multi-agency climate science report
13 September 2022
Materials for individual or group study
revised 3 January 2023
Arthur Dahl
"The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies."
(Bahá'u'lláh)
approved by UN General Assembly
Arthur Lyon Dahl
Revised and updated periodically - Version 8
22 July 2022
Formerly Global Systems Accounting Beyond Economics
Latest report of the
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
11 July 2022
Decisions Based on Narrow Set of Market Values of Nature Underpin the Global Biodiversity Crisis
More than 50 Methods & Approaches Exist to Make Visible the Diverse Values of Nature
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022, published on 7 July 2022, provides a global overview of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, using the latest available data and estimates. It tracks the global and regional progress towards the 17 Goals with in-depth analyses of selected indicators for each Goal.
Lisbon, Portugal
27 June-1 July 2022
