Starting with my participation in the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972) and joining the South Pacific Commission in 1974, I have worked with or been employed by international organizations, including the UN and its agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and international non-governmental organizations, for most of my career. I organized the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and helped to oversee many other Regional Seas Programmes. I have been responsible for intergovernmental meetings, including at the ministerial level, served in the secretariat for the UN Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio Earth Summit), acted as task manager for the Commission on Sustainable Development for 8 years, and provided the secretariat for a plenipotentiary meeting to adopt a convention. For a decade I was responsible for coordinating environmental monitoring and assessment across the whole UN system, including organizing the Sponsors Group for the Global Observing Systems and the Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership. For four years I coordinated and taught in the UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Programme in Environmental Diplomacy. Most recently, I have been Co-coordinator of the UNEP Major Groups & Stakeholders Advisory Group on International Environmental Governance. This varied experience has given me unique perspectives on international environmental governance.
ADDRESS:
12B Chemin de Maisonneuve
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PERSONAL: Swiss and United States citizen, married to a French
citizen, two adult children
LANGUAGES: Bilingual, English and French
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Biological Sciences with Departmental Honors,
Stanford University, California, 1964
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) in Biology, University of California,
Santa Barbara, 1969
Five years scientific
research and curatorial experience on algae, National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA, with
special interests in coral reef ecology, marine algae, and
island environments, and continuing activity on various
international scientific committees.
Eleven years residence
in the South Pacific as adviser to governments and international
organizations in ecology, conservation and environmental
management, with extensive field experience, including at the
grass-roots level. Three years residence in Africa and twenty-five years
in Europe. Wide knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region and of small
island developing States, particularly the developing countries and
territories of the Pacific Islands, complemented by experience in the
Caribbean and Africa, and visits to many other areas.
Thirty-five years
programme management and administrative experience in the planning,
organization and evaluation of international
multi-disciplinary programmes of research, observation, and
environmental assessment and management, including liaison with
governments, organization of cooperation among international agencies,
directing intergovernmental meetings, scientific symposia and training
courses, and implementing the results of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
Producer of training
and audio-visual materials, lecturer and writer (in
English and French) for scientific audiences, universities and the general
public on sustainable development, environment, ecology, conservation,
ethics, religion and values
Consultant to
many international organizations and government agencies, with special
emphasis on indicators of environment, development and sustainability,
coral reef and coastal zone management, conservation of nature and
biodiversity, environment and management of islands, environmental
education and training, rural social and economic development, and
applications of science in developing countries
Academic
experience including organizing, curriculum development and teaching
graduate level and on-line courses in social and economic development and
sustainability, Visiting Professor at University of Brighton, coordinator
of UNEP/University of Geneva Environmental Diplomacy Programme, member of
scientific committee for University of Geneva Certificate of Advanced
Studies in Sustainable Development, Federal Technical University in
Lausanne (EPFL) Certificate of Advanced Studies in Management of
Development Projects and occasional lecturer for other university courses
Recent substantive interests
have focussed on indicators of values, sustainability and development;
international environmental governance; ethics of climate change and
sustainability; information for environmental decision-making; global and
national environmental observations and assessments; new economic
paradigms; coral reef protection and management; and the special problems
of small island developing States
Coordinator,
UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Environmental Diplomacy
Programme, 2005-2010.
Retired from the United
Nations Environment Programme, August 2002
Director, Coral Reef
Unit, Division of Environmental Conventions, United Nations Environment
Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000-2002
Coordinator, UN
System-wide Earthwatch, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva,
Switzerland, 1992-2000
Deputy Assistant
Executive Director, Division of Environment Information and Assessment,
United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996-1998
Deputy to the Director,
Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre, United Nations
Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, 1989-1992
Consulting ecologist to
governments and international organizations, 1982-1989, including:
Government of New Caledonia; South Pacific Regional Environment Programme;
Kanak Cultural, Scientific and Technical Office (New Caledonia); Office of
Technology Assessment, United States Congress; International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity
Centre, United Nations Environment Programme; Institut Francais de
Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER); Environment and Policy
Institute, East-West Center; UNESCO
Regional Ecological
Adviser, South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1974-1982
(organized South Pacific Regional Environment Programme)
Associate Curator
(Algae), Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1970-1974, and Research
Associate, 1974-1982
Visiting Postdoctoral
Research Associate, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1969-1970
Teaching Assistant,
Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa
Barbara, California, 1965-1966
- Planning and organization of international programmes, including the
Special Project on Conservation of Nature, South Pacific Commission,
1974-1976; the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 1975-1982;
the Regional Seas Programmes of UNEP, 1986, 1988, and 1989-1991; the UN
system-wide Earthwatch, 1991-2000; and International Coral Reef Action
Network (2000-2002).
- Liaison with international organizations concerned with the environment,
such as FAO, IMO, SCOPE, UNEP, UNESCO, WHO, WMO, ESCAP, East-West Center,
etc., 1974-present.
- Organized and directed the SPC/IUCN Second Regional Symposium on
Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific, 1976; an SPC Expert Meeting
on Coral Reef Monitoring, 1978; technical meetings on the South Pacific
Regional Environment Programme, 1977, 1978 and 1981; the ministerial level
Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific, 1982; and UNEP
symposia on regional co-operation on protection of the marine environment
in the Pacific, 1983 and 1987.
- Regional co-ordinator and secretary to the Co-ordinating Group of the
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, one of the UNEP Regional
Seas Programmes, 1980-1982, and consultant to the programme, 1982-1985.
- Deputy Director of UNEP Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme, 1989-1992.
- Deputy Coordinator, then Coordinator of UN System-wide Earthwatch for
UNEP, 1992-2000.
- Task Manager for the UN Interagency Committee on Sustainable Development
and the Commission on Sustainable Development on Earthwatch and Agenda 21,
Chapter 40: Information for Decision-making, 1993-2001.
- Deputy Assistant Executive Director, Division of Environmental
Information and Assessment, UNEP, 1996-1998.
- Co-organizer and member of Liaison Group/Secretariat for Integrated
Global Observing Strategy Partnership, 1998-2000.
- Project Director, UNF/UNFIP New UNEP Global Participative Observing and
Assessment Strategy project, 2000.
- Director, UNEP Coral Reef Unit, responsible for UNF/UNFIP International
Coral Reef Action Network projects, 2000-2002.
- Acting Director, International Coral Reef Action Network, 2002.
- Co-coordinator of UNEP Major Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on
International Environmental Governance, 2010-2012.
- Member, FAO working group on world seaweed resources, 1969-1970.
- Vice-chairman (1975-1987) and Chairman (1987-1990), Pacific Science
Association Scientific Committee on Ecology, Conservation and
Environmental Protection.
- Editor, South Pacific Commission Environment Newsletter, 1975-1982.
- Drafted major planning document for comprehensive environmental
management programme in the South Pacific for SPC and UNEP, 1977.
- Member, Commission on Ecology, World Conservation Union (IUCN),
1979-1994.
- Member, World Commission on Protected Areas, IUCN, 1981-present.
- Member, IABO Coral Reef Committee, 1982-1985 and 1990-1993.
- Management and evaluation of Regional Seas Programmes in the South
Pacific, Latin America and South-East Asia as a consultant to UNEP, 1986.
- Chairman of Task Force on Island Conservation, IUCN Commission on
Ecology, 1986-1990.
- Consultant to UNESCO on marine science education in the Pacific,
1987-1988.
- Prepared world database and directory of islands for IUCN and UNEP,
1987-1991.
- Contributed to the preparation of Agenda 21, the action plan for the
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) "Earth
Summit" as UNEP representative on the Oceans Working party and as member
of the UNCED Secretariat, 1990-1992.
- Chairman, Technical and Management Advisory Group, GEF/UNDP South
Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme, 1993-2001.
- Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, SCOPE project on indicators of
sustainable development, 1994-1997.
- Member, Programme Advisory Group, World Conservation Monitoring Centre,
1995-1997.
- Member, Commission on Ecosystem Management, World Conservation Union
(IUCN), 1998-present.
- Member of secretariat, Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)
Partnership, 1999-2001.
- Chairman, Steering Committee, International Coral Reef Action Network,
2000-2002. (http://www.icran.org)
- Prepared future strategy document for Integrated Global Observing
Strategy Partnership as consultant to FAO, 2003.
- Reviewed all national environmental assessment and reporting since 1992
and prepared overview for UNEP Governing Council, 2007-2009.
United Nations System-wide Earthwatch (1995-2001), archived at http://yabaha.net/dahl/earthw.html
UNEP Islands web site (1998-present): http://islands.unep.ch/
Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership (1998-2001): http://www.igospartners.org/
no longer avaailable, some content at http://yabaha.net/dahl/earthw.html
UNEP Coral Reef Unit (2000-2002): http://coral.unep.ch/
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Review of the protected areas system in Oceania (including Oceania island list). International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland and Cambridge. 73 + 239 p. (1986). [Summary of the status of conservation of species and ecosystems on the islands of the South Pacific, including a more quantitative system for evaluating conservation importance and human impact].
IUCN/UNEP Island Directory. Regional Seas Directories and Bibliographies, No. 35, UNEP, Nairobi. 573 p. (1991). [Compiles geographic, ecological and socio-economic data on some 2,000 islands, with comparative tables]. Revised electronic version (1998): http://yabaha.net/dahl/isldb/isldir.htm
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Michael E. Porter, Klaus Schwab, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Augusto
Lopez-Claros, The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005. World
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business leaders' attitudes to the environment in over 100 countries and
demonstrates the positive benefits to business from
environmentally-responsible behavour]
Overview of environmental assessment landscape at national level: State
of state-of-the-environment reporting: Note by the Executive Director.
UNEP/GC.25/INF/12/Add.1, 45 p. http://www.unep.org/gc/gcss-x/download.asp?ID=1015
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Studies No. 97. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi. 293 p.
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potentials of inter-regional co-operation. In UNEP, Co-operation for
Environmental Protection in the Pacific. (A.L. Dahl, ed.) Regional
Seas Reports and Studies No. 97: 283-285. United Nations Environment
Programme, Nairobi. Discussion on
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environment of the Pacific basin, p. vi-viii. In UNEP, Regional
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and Environment Bulletin 009. Social crises and their
connections to global environmental problems. Seminars at Ukranian Academy
of Sciences for National Progress, Institute for Spiritual Foundations of
World Civilization, Kiev, 16-19 May 1994. https://iefworld.org/ddahl94a.htm
Ecological models of
social organization: a Baha'i perspective. In Irena Hanousková, Miloslav
Lapka and Eva Cudlínová (eds.), Ecology and Democracy: The Challenge of
the 21st Century. Proceedings of the First International Conference,
6-9 September 1994, Ceske Budejowice, Full Abstracts. Ceske Budejowice,
Czech Republic, NEBE s.r.o., 1994. https://iefworld.org/ddahl94b.htm
Earthwatch: an
introduction to the UN system-wide coordination of environmental
observation, p. 33-36. In W. Schröder. A. Fränzle, H. Keune and P. Mandy
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the clearing house mechanism. Annex IV, p. 33-57 in Report of the
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the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities Clearing-house,
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Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis. Zed Books Ltd, London and New
Jersey, and George Ronald, Oxford. 174 p. (also published in Portuguese)
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of the Global Observing Systems and their Sponsors, p. 92-94 in Proceedings
for the 27th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment,
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Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI): Proceedings of the EVI
Globalisation Meeting, 27-29August 2001, Geneva, Switzerland. SOPAC
Technical Report 345, 54 p., 3 appendices, 14 tables (with U.L. Kaly, C.R.
Pratt, E. Khaka, L. Briguglio and E. Sale-Mario). From Stockholm via Rio to
Johannesburg: Thirty years of international action on environment and
sustainable development. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the
International Environment Forum, 19-21 October 2001, Hluboka nad Vltavou,
Czech Republic. https://iefworld.org/ddahl01c.htm
The Environment and the
Lesser Peace, p. 79-106. In Babak Bahador and Nazila Ghanea, eds., Processes
of the Lesser Peace. Oxford, George Ronald. IGOS Coral Reef Sub-theme
Report, Published for Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)
Partnership by NOAA, Silver Springs, Maryland, USA (with Alan E. Strong and
theme team). http://coral.unep.ch/igoscrrp.htm
Social Sciences and the
International Advisory and Assessment Process. Summary in S.
Karlsson, Report of the Special Session on Human Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change Research and the Global Science Policy Interface. ISSC
CD ROM of the Vienna Conference: Social Science at the Crossroads.
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2004e. The competitive edge in environmental responsibility, p. 103-110. In
Michael E. Porter, Klaus Schwab, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Augusto
Lopez-Claros, The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005. World
Economic Forum. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill, UK and New York. SCANNED
PAPER Alder, Jackie, Arthur
Dahl, Ursula Kaly, Jonathan Mitchell, Ned Norton, Craig Pratt, and Michael
Witter. 2004f. Report on the Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI)
Think Tank II. Suva, Fiji, 4-6 October 2004. SOPAC Preliminary
Report 149; Technical Report 377. South Pacific Applied Geoscience
Commission, Suva, Fiji, October 2004. http://www.vulnerabilityindex.net/Files/EVI
Think
Tank II FINAL.pdf
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2005a. Good Governance and Competitiveness. Paper presented at the
International Sustainability Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 12-14 October
2005. https://iefworld.org/ddahl05.htm
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, and
Augusto Lopez-Claros. 2006c. The Impact of Information and Communication
Technologies on the Economic Competitiveness and Social Development of
Taiwan, p. 107-118, in Soumitra Dutta, Augusto Lopez-Claros and
Irene Mia (eds.) The Global Information
Technology Report 2005-2006: Leveraging ICT for Development.
INSEAD/World Economic Forum. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2006e. Indicators of sustainability: reliable tools for decision making.
UNESCO-SCOPE Policy Briefs No. 1, May 2006. Paris: UNESCO-SCOPE http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001500/150005e.pdf
Hak, Tomas, Bedrich
Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl (eds). 2007e. Sustainability
Indicators:
A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island
Press, 413 p.
Dahl, Arthur
Lyon. 2008d. Preventing Overshoot and Collapse: Managing the Earth's
Resources. Paper prepared on the introductory theme of the 2008
UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Environmental Diplomacy
Course, August 2008. https://iefworld.org/doc/ddahl08d.htm
Dahl, Arthur
Lyon. 2008e. Overview of environmental assessment landscape at national
level: State of state-of-the-environment reporting: Note by the Executive
Director. UNEP/GC.25/INF/12/Add.1, 45 p. http://www.unep.org/gc/gcss-x/download.asp?ID=1015
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2009a. Environment and Globalization, p. 88-98. In
Samir Dasgupta (ed.), Understanding the
Global Environment. Delhi: Pearson Education. Dahl, Arthur
Lyon. 2009d. Environment as a Factor for Peace, p. 230-232. In Takehiro
Togo and Negoslav P. Ostojic (eds), National Reconciliation, Inter-Ethnic
and Inter-Confessional Tolerance in the Balkans: Reconciliation and Human
Security. Proceedings of the Fourth ECPD International Conference,
Miločer, Montenegro, 30-31 October 2008. Belgrade, European Center for
Peace and Development. Dahl, Arthur
Lyon. 2009f. Financial Crisis and the Green Economy. Paper prepared on the
introductory theme of the 2009 UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate
Institute Environmental Diplomacy Course, August 2009. https://iefworld.org/doc/ddahl09d.html
Dahl, Arthur
Lyon. 2009g. Human Security and Climate Change: The Ethical Challenge.
Paper for the Balkans presented at the 5th ECPD International Conference,
Brioni Islands, Croatia, October 2009.
https://iefworld.org/doc/ddahl09e.html
Dahl, Arthur
Lyon. 2010a. Climate Ethics and the Copenhagen Summit. International
Environment Forum, https://iefworld.org/doc/ddahl10a.html Dahl, Arthur
Lyon. 2010c. The Constraints of UNEP and International Environmental Law
to Respond Effectively to the Victims of Climate Change. Paper presented
at the seminar "Human Rights? An approach to respond to the challenges of
climate change", World Council of Churches, Geneva, 1 October 2010. https://iefworld.org/ddahl10b Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2010d. Interstate Collaboration for Human Security: The Lessons From
Copenhagen. Paper presented at the 6th ECPD International Conference on
National and Inter-ethnic Reconciliation, Religious Tolerance and Human
Security in the Balkans - The Human Security Concept Implementation,
Brioni Islands, Croatia, 28-29 October 2010. Belgrade, European Center for
Peace and Development. https://iefworld.org/ddahl10c
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2011a. Multi-level Frameworks to Enable Responsible Living. Paper
presented at the PERL International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-15
March 2011. https://iefworld.org/ddahl11a Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2011c. European Union and Global Sustainability: Issues for Rio 2012.
Paper presented at the 7th ECPD International Conference, Milocer,
Montenegro, 21-22 October 2011. https://iefworld.org/ddahl11c
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2012b. Enabling Action at Rio+20. Paper presented at the PERL
International Conference, Berlin, 19-20 March 2012. https://iefworld.org/ddahl12b Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2012c. Design Criteria and Learning Strategies for International
Environmental Governance. Paper presented at the Planet Under Pressure
International Scientific Conference, London, 26-29 March 2012. https://iefworld.org/ddahl12c Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2012e. Science, Governance and Ethics in Environmental Migration. Paper
presented at the Planet Under Pressure International Scientific
Conference, London, 26-29 March 2012. https://iefworld.org/ddahl12e Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen,
Sylvia, and Arthur Lyon Dahl. 2012. Challenges in the Integration of
Systems Knowledge for Governance of the Earth System. Paper presented at
the Planet Under Pressure International Scientific Conference, London,
26-29 March 2012. https://iefworld.org/fl/dkarlsson_dahl12.pdf Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2012g. Achievements and gaps in indicators for sustainability. Ecological
Indicators, vol. 17, p. 14-19. June 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.032 Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2012j. Changing Mentalities and Motivations: Values for the
Sustainability Transition. Paper presented at the 16th IEF
Conference event at the Peoples' Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 June
2012. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl12j
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2012m. Human Development: A Vision of Well-being. PAPER
IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl12m
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2013a. Putting the Individual at the Centre of Development: Indicators
of Well-being for a New Social Contract. Paper presented at the
Third Rencontres Internationales de Reims on Sustainability Studies,
"Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: Towards a New Social Contract",
Reims, France, 18-20 June 2013. Published in 2014 in François Mancebo and
Ignacy Sachs (eds), Transitions to Sustainability. Dordrecht:
Springer. PAPER IN HTML or
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Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2013c. "A Multi-Level Framework and Values-Based Indicators to Enable
Responsible Living", pp. 63-77. In Ulf Schrader, Vera Fricke, Declan
Doyle and Victoria W. Thoresen (eds), Enabling Responsible Living,
Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, (hardback/eBook).
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7_6
http://www.springer.com/environment/sustainable+development/book/978-3-642-22047-0
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2013d. "What is Sustainable Wealth?" Opening keynote at the 17th
IEF International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 3-6 October 2013. PAPER
IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl13d
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2014a. Holistic Justice: Coherence and Service in our Economic Life.
Opening keynote at the European Baha'i Conference on Justice, de Poort
Conference Centre, The Netherlands, 21 February 2014. PAPER
IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14a
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2014d. Addressing Sustainability Challenges: A Framework for Material
and Spiritual Transformation, Presented at the Association for
Baha'i Studies - North America/18th IEF Conference, Toronto, Canada, 7-10
August 2014. PAPER IN HTML
or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14d
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2014e. Introducing Bahá'í Principles to United Nations Dialogues and
Conferences, Presented at the Association for Baha'i Studies - North
America/18th IEF Conference, Toronto, Canada, 7-10 August 2014. PAPER
IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl14e
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2014h. "Agenda 21", chapter 61, pp. 527-531, in Bill Freedman
(ed.), Handbook of Global Environmental Change, Springer,
Dordrecht, 2014. DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_88 DOWNLOAD
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2015a. UNEP Regional Office for Europe (UNEP/ROE) and the proposed
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Analytical report on regional
implications and perspectives of the proposed SDGs as they relate to the
UNEP ROE PoW identifying areas of alignment. Geneva: UNEP Regional
Office for Europe, January 2015. DOWNLOAD
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2015d. Summary and Commentary on Laudato Si: the Pope's
encyclical on the environment and poverty. International Environment
Forum. PAPER IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl15d
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2015e. "SPREP: Primed for Action", pp. 10-11 and three quotes in
boxes, In Setting a Course for Regional Seas. Regional Seas@40.
Nairobi: UNEP, 2014. http://www.unep.org/ecosystemmanagement/water/regionalseas40/Portals/50221/RS40_Final_updated.pdf
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2015g. Europe and the 2030 Agenda: Regional Assessment. Paper
presented at the European Economic and Social Committee/UNEP/European
Environmental Bureau Conference, Sustainable Development Goals:
Implementation in Europe; United Nations Environment Assembly:
Opportunities for Engagement of Major Groups and Stakeholders, Brussels,
Belgium, 12-13 November 2015. PAPER IN
HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl15g
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2015h. Personal and professional accountability: an ethical challenge.
Presented in the IEF side event on "Principles of Accountability for
Climate Change Agreements" at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21),
Paris, France, 10 December 2015. Paper: PAPER
IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl15h,
presentation:
https://iefworld.org/fl/cop21_9Dahl_accountability1.pdf, video: https://vimeo.com/152637286
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2015i. Resource efficiency improvements and marine resources
management in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Paper
presented at the International Resource Panel Scoping Workshop on Marine
Resources, UNEP, Paris, 14-15 April 2015. PAPER
IN HTML Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2016a. Values-based education for environment and sustainable
development. Based on a paper prepared for the United Nations
Environment Programme, January 2016. PAPER
IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl16a
Dahl, Arthur Lyon,
2016d. The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals:
Challenges and Opportunities for Business. Paper presented at the
Vision Gulf Business Conference, Kuwait, 31 May 2016. PAPER
IN HTML or https://iefworld.org/ddahl16d"
Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2016f. Input to the United Nations 2016 Virtual Dialogue on Harmony with
Nature – Earth Jurisprudence – Theology/Spirituality. http://www.harmonywithnatureun.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/DialogueInputs/ArthurDahl.Theol.Spirit.pdf
and https://iefworld.org/ddahl16f
and DOWNLOAD HTML Dahl, Arthur Lyon.
2016i. Environment and Sustainability in the Middle East.
Published on line by the Burhán Institute. (English and Arabic) https://burhaninstitute.org/content/?q=node/150As a United Nations official from 1989 to 2002, it was not possible to
claim individual authorship for work produced as an international civil
servant and published by the United Nations. However, major
contributions were made to the following publications, among others:
Mechanisms for
capacity building. United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development, Research Paper No. 9. 18 p. (July 1991)
Issues and
requirements of small island countries for sustainable development and
environment in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. FAO AGR:SIC 1. 9 p.
(April 1992)
Agriculture, forestry
and fisheries in small island countries within the framework of UNCED
Agenda 21. FAO AGR:SIC 2. 11 p. (April 1992)
Agenda 21,
Chapter 17: Oceans and Coastal Areas (1992).
United Nations
Environment Programme. Global Environment Outlook 2000. London,
Earthscan, 1999. 398 p.
United Nations
Environment Programme. Global Environment Outlook 3. London,
Earthscan, 2002.
United Nations
Environment Programme. 2008. Overview of the international environmental
assessment landscape and options for a future global assessment on
environmental change. Report by the Executive Director.
UNEP/GC.25/4/Add.1 http://www.unep.org/gc/gcss-x/download.asp?ID=828
United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP). 2014. Emerging Issues for Small
Island Developing States. United Nations Environment
Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. http://apps.unep.org/publications/index.php?option=com_pmtdata&task=download&file=-Emerging
Issues
for Small Island Developing States-2014Emerging issues.pdf
UNEP 2014. GEO
Small Island Developing States Outlook. United Nations
Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
http://apps.unep.org/publications/index.php?option=com_pmtdata&task=download&file=-Global
Environment
Outlook: small island developing states-2014GEO_SIDS_final.pdf and
interactive e-book http://content.yudu.com/htmlReader/A327m6/GEOSIDS/reader.html
UNEP/UNECE. 2016. GEO-6 Assessment for the pan-European region.
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
http://uneplive.unep.org/media/docs/assessments/GEO_6_Assessment_pan_European_region.pdf
e-book:
http://content.yudu.com/web/2y3n2/0A2y3n3/GEO6-EUROPE/html/index.html
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