Experience relevant to
sustainable development
Sustainable development has been a focus of my whole career even before the term was coined, as integrating environment and development has been my goal since undergraduate studies. I have advised governments of developing countries and islands since 1969, worked for intergovernmental organizations since 1974, and taken a lead in efforts to measure and monitor sustainable development with indicators. I lectured at the first Earth Day in 1970, participated in the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, was in the secretariat for the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Earth Summit) where I helped to draft Agenda 21, and organized several parallel activities at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002, and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012. I have also written and lectured widely on sustainable development and taught postgraduate and distance-learning courses on the topic.
ADDRESS:
12B Chemin de Maisonneuve
CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
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
Development of
quantitative marine ecological surveys and long-term coral reef monitoring
techniques, 1969-present.
Studies, as part of
interdisciplinary programs, of coral reef and algal ecology, with
development of theoretical systems models, 1970-1974.
Research into urban
impact on the coastal zone in tropical developing countries and studies of
appropriate strategies for waste management, 1979-1982.
Environmental impact
assessment of a hydroelectric project in a national park, 1982-1983.
Studies of techniques
for rural environmental resource management in tropical islands, including
traditional approaches to environmental management, 1982-1989.
Detailed analysis of the
biodiversity, nature conservation requirements and protected area system
in Oceania, 1985-1986.
Analysis and
classification of islands according to ecological, geographic and
socio-economic criteria, as related to the effects of limits on complex
systems, preparation of a database on islands, 1985-present. http://islands.unep.ch/
and http://yabaha.net/dahl/isldb/isldir.htm
Commission on
Sustainable Development programme of work on indicators of sustainable
development, 1994-2001.
SCOPE (Scientific
Committee on Problems of the Environment) projects on indicators of
sustainability, 1994-1997 and 2003-2006.
Consultative Group on
Sustainable Development Indicators, 1996-2005.
Expert adviser for the
World Economic Forum to Yale University and CIESIN on the redesign of the
Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, and the development of the
Environmental Performance Index 2005-2006.
Values-based indicators
of education for sustainable development (EU Framework 7), 2009-2011.
Participated in initial
field surveys of effects of Santa Barbara oil spill, California.
Prepared ecological
reports on American Samoa at request of government.
Co-organizer and working
group leader at Coral Reef Workshop in Belize organized by Comparative
Investigations of Tropical Reef Ecosystems program.
Accredited observer for
the Bahá'í International Community to United Nations Conference on the Human
Environment, Stockholm, Sweden.
Continued reef monitoring
and environmental surveys in American and Western Samoa, and prepared
revised ecological report for Government of American Samoa.
Visited international
organizations concerned with environment in Kenya, Switzerland, France,
United Kingdom, and U.S.A. (New York, Washington, California and Hawaii) on
behalf of South Pacific Commission. Discussions with
governments on environment and conservation activities in American Samoa,
Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue,
Tonga, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Western Samoa. Drafted environmental
legislation for Niue. Attended Pacific Islands
Tourism Conference, Samoa. Attended meeting on
Resource Utilization in the South Pacific, New Caledonia.
Visited Solomon Islands at
request of Government to prepare report on environmental management and
conservation, and draft legislation.
Secretariat and observer
at Plenipotentiary Meeting to conclude a Convention on Conservation of
Nature in the South Pacific, Apia, Western Samoa.
Organized and directed
inter-governmental expert planning meeting for South Pacific environmental
management programme, New Caledonia. Resource person for Asian
Development Institute Workshop on Development Planning with Special
Reference to Evaluation, Western Samoa. Visited Tonga at
Government request to prepare environmental and ecological report on
Tongatapu, including draft legislation.
Directed seven-week
Sub-regional Workshop in Environmental Planning and Assessment, Papua New
Guinea, with participants from various Pacific countries. Attended South Pacific
Regional Meeting for United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for
Development, Fiji. Directed Second Technical
Meeting on South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Noumea, New
Caledonia. Organized and directed
Expert Meeting on Coral Reef Monitoring, Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea.
Visited Western Samoa to
prepare report on national parks and conservation at request of Government,
and planned underwater nature trail.
Continued assistance to
Western Samoa in developing national parks and reserves and drafting
environmental policy. Presented paper on port
pollution at Sixth South Pacific Ports Conference, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Presented papers at
Workshop on Natural Systems Management Training, East-West Center, Honolulu,
Hawaii. Directed Territorial
Workshop in Environmental Planning and Assessment for rural medical officers
in New Caledonia.
Directed major study for
the government of New Caledonia of pollution problems and waste treatment
strategies for the Noumea urban area. Continued long-term
monitoring surveys of coral reefs in American Samoa. Conducted Workshop on
Environmental Planning and Assessment for Government of Niue. Drafted country report on
Vanuatu for South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. Presented paper at UNESCO
Tourism Workshop, Cook Islands. Presented paper at Second
International Symposium on Biology and Management of Mangroves and Tropical
Shallow Water Communities, Papua New Guinea.
Organized and directed
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Technical Meeting, New
Caledonia. Invited participant in
UNESCO Workshop in Research and Training Priorities for Coral Reef
Management in Oceania, South Asia and Southeast Asia, Philippines. Invited participant in
UNDP-CCOP/SOPAC Inshore and Nearshore Resources Training Workshop, Fiji. Visited Tuvalu to prepare
country report for South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
Organized and directed
ministerial-level Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific,
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, as part of South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme. Reviewed environmental
impact of development projects for Cook Islands Government. Invited speaker, Seminar
on Conservation and Development, and Training Course on Environmental
Studies and Conservation, Fiji.
Prepared environmental
impact study of a river diversion project in a national park for government
of New Caledonia. Invited lecturer at
IOI/FFA/USP Exclusive Economic Zone Management Course, Fiji.
Visited Fiji for
discussions on rural development. Discussions in Western
Samoa on park and reserve development.
Consultations with Office
of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, Washington, D.C. Directed Training Course
on Rural Environmental Management for Government of Vanuatu. Participant in conference
on Environment and Development: Opportunities in Africa and the Middle East,
the Netherlands.
Presented invited paper in
Symposium on Ecological Management of Coastal Zones at IV International
Congress of Ecology, New York, U.S.A., and participated in meeting of IUCN
Commission on Ecology.
Fellow, Environment and
Policy Institute, East-West Center, Hawaii. Lecture tours for European
Environment Year in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Consultant to Government
of Vanuatu through IUCN for planning of a National Conservation Strategy. Consultant to World
Tourism Organization/UNDP project for marine park development in Comoros.
Directed Expert and
Intergovernmental Meetings on Eastern African Action Plan, Nairobi.
Represented UNEP at Indian
Ocean Commission, Committee on Environment (Moroni, Comoros);
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group 2 (Moscow);
Intergovernmental Meeting on South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
(Noumea); London Dumping Convention (London).
Participant in UNCED
Working Party on Oceans, Geneva and Monaco. Represented UNEP at UNCED
Preparatory Committee meetings (Nairobi and Geneva) and Intergovernmental
and Contracting Parties meetings on South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme, Noumea. Seconded to the
Secretariat for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), Geneva, to assist in preparing Agenda 21 for adoption at the "Earth
Summit" in Rio de Janeiro.
Consultant to FAO to
prepare the Inter-regional Conference of Small Island Countries on
Sustainable Development and Environment in Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, Christ Church, Barbados, and represented UNEP and presented paper
at the conference. Leader of UNDP Appraisal
Team for the South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme funded by the
Global Environment Facility, Western Samoa. Participant in WRI
Workshop on Environmental Indicators, Washington.
Represented UNEP at
Preparatory Committee for Global Conference on Sustainable Development of
Small Island Developing States, New York. Named to chair Technical
and Management Advisory Group for South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation
Programme (GEF/UNDP/SPREP), Apia, Samoa. Presented paper at
European Baha'i Business Forum meeting, Landegg, Switzerland. Organized UNEP/UNSTAT
Consultative Expert Group on Environment and Sustainable Development
Indicators, Geneva.
Member of scientific
advisory committee for Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
(SCOPE) project on indicators of sustainable development. Organized inter-agency
Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva. Chaired South Pacific
Biodiversity Conservation Programme Technical and Management Advisory Group,
Apia, Western Samoa. Presented paper at GATT
symposium on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development. Participant in World Bank
Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Washington, DC, USA.
Member of organizing
committee for SCOPE/UNEP International Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable
Development, Ghent, Belgium. Participant in UN
Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development. Organized inter-agency
Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva. Part of UNEP delegation to
Commission on Sustainable Development. Chaired South Pacific
Biodiversity Conservation Programme Technical and Management Advisory Group,
Port Vila, Vanuatu. Invited expert at European
Commission meeting on Earth Observations in developing countries, Brussels.
Discussion group leader at
Third Scientific Symposium on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change, Geneva. Member of organizing
committee, and keynote speaker, for SCOPE Scientific Workshop on Indicators
of Sustainable Development, Wuppertal, Germany.
Organized inter-agency
meetings including Earthwatch Working Party, Meeting on Common/compatible
systems of access to data, New York. Participant in Expert
Meeting on Methodologies for Indicators of Sustainable Development, New
York. Lecturer in Hungary,
Turkey and Romania, at high-level Workshop on Sustainable Development and
International Cooperation, Bucharest. Chaired Fourth Technical
and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation
Programme, Apia, Western Samoa. Organized Workshop on
Information for Sustainable Development and Earthwatch, Geneva Chaired Technical Meeting
on Clearing-house for Global Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land-based Activities, Geneva. Major session speaker at
Second International Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development,
Ghent, Belgium. Invited participant in
Conference on Principles of Sustainable Development Performance Measurement,
Bellagio, Italy
Facilitator and speaker at
Regional Capacity 21/DPCSD Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable
Development, Accra, Ghana. Chaired Fifth Technical
and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation
Programme, Apia, Samoa. Invited participant in UN
Expert Meeting on Island Vulnerability Indicators, New York.
Participant in
Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, Washington, D.C. Facilitator at Fourth
International Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Prague,
Czech Republic. Member of steering
committee and participant in OECD Workshop on Agro-environmental Indicators,
York, U.K. Organized and chaired
fourth Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva, Switzerland. Panel co-chair and speaker
at 27th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment,
"Information for Sustainability", Tromso, Norway. Organizer and keynote
speaker at second International Conference of the Environment Forum, de
Poort, the Netherlands. Chaired Sixth Technical
and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation
Programme, Port Vila, Vanuatu. Invited featured speaker
at Beas Foundation Seminar on "The Eco Principle: Ecology and Economics in
Symbiosis", Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
Invited participant in
FAO/Australian Technical Consultation on Sustainability Indicators in Marine
Capture Fisheries, Sydney, Australia. Partially chaired Fifth
Expert Group Meeting on Indicators of Sustainable Development, New York. Named to Commission on
Peace, Ecology and Sustainable Development, in the Centre for Research on
Peace, Institut Catholique de Paris, France. Organized Fifth Meeting of
the Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva, Switzerland. Organizer and keynote
speaker at third Conference of the International Environment Forum, Sidcot,
England. Keynote speaker, AIESEC
Planet Club Conference, Hungary. Chaired Seventh Technical
and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation
Programme, Apia, Samoa. Invited speaker at Seminar
and Conference on Social and Economic Development in the Americas, Orlando,
Florida.
Organized and chaired
Sixth Meeting of the Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva, Switzerland. Invited speaker at
International Conference on Human Habitat and Environment, Landegg Academy,
Switzerland. Invited expert, meeting on
Impact of Information on Decision-making Processes, Arendal, Norway. Invited keynote speaker at
International Colloquium on Sustainable Development and Information for
Decision-making, St. Etienne, France. Keynote speaker at Second
AIESEC Planet Club Conference, Veroce-Kismaros, Hungary. Co-organizer of
International Expert Meeting on Information for Decision-making, Ottawa,
Canada. Chaired Eighth Technical
and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation
Programme, Wellington, New Zealand. Keynote Speaker, Fourth
Conference of International Environment Forum, and Seminar-Conference on
Social and Economic Development in the Americas, Orlando, Florida.
Keynote speaker and
panelist, Environment 2001 Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. UNEP representative and
part of secretariat for Commission on Sustainable Development Intersessional
Working Group on Information for Decision-making, and ninth session of
Commission on Sustainable Development, New York Invited participant in
Workshop on Environmental Sustainability Index, World Economic Forum,
Geneva. Participant in SOPAC/UNEP
Global Environmental Vulnerability Indicators Meeting, Geneva. Participant in
International Coral Reef Action Network Regional Seas Meeting, Bonaire,
Netherlands Antilles. Organizer and keynote
speaker, Fifth Conference of International Environment Forum, Czech
Republic. Invited lecturer, Royal
Commonwearth Society and London School of Economics, London, England. Keynote speaker, European
Baha'i Business Forum Annual Conference, Netherlands. Chaired Earthwatch Working
Party, Geneva. Consultations with
government and other partners on coral reef action, Madagascar
Lecturer, Centre of Human
Ecology, University of Geneva, and graduate programme, Federal Polytechnic
University of Lausanne, Switzerland. UNEP delegate to 3rd
Preparatory Committee for World Summit on Sustainable Development, New York.
Invited speaker, World
Civil Society Forum, Geneva. Represented International
Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) and International Environment Forum (IEF)
at World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
organized and spoke at Dialogue on Indicators of Sustainability at WSSD
Science Forum, at panel on Multiple Dimensions of Globalization at IUCN
Environment Centre, at panel on Science at the Local Level at the University
of Witwaatersrand, and at ICRI/ICRAN parallel event. Speaker at European Bahá'í
Business Forum annual conference, the Netherlands, and EBBF national
conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, with lectures at various universities in
Bulgaria.
Lectures on sustainable
development at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various universities in
Madagascar. Lectures on sustainable
development at ten different universities in Adana, Ankara, Ismir and
Istanbul, Turkey. Invited speaker,
International Conference on the Impact of Global Environmental Problems on
Continental and Coastal Marine Waters, Geneva. Keynote speaker, Festival
de l'Avenir au Naturel, l'Albenc, France. Panelist on sustainable
development, European Bahá'í Business Forum Annual Conference, The
Netherlands. Speaker, European Bahá'í
Business Forum Workshop at World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva.
Co-organizer and speaker,
7th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum and Bahá'í
Conference on Social and Economic Development in the Americas, Orlando,
Florida, USA.
Invited workshop speaker,
First International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network, UNESCO,
Paris. Invited expert for South
Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) launch of Environmental
Vulnerability Index at SIDS preparatory session of UN Commission on
Sustainable Development, and observer for International Environment Forum at
CSD, New York. Prepared background paper
and chaired working group at SCOPE/IHDP Workshop on Assessment of
Sustainability Indicators, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Invited lecturer at AIESEC
National Conference on Ethical Leadership, London, UK. Panelist, European Bahá'í
Business Forum Annual Conference, The Netherlands. Invited expert,
Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) Think Tank II, SOPAC, Suva, Fiji. Led consultation on
environmental governance, Pacific Institute for Advanced Studies in
Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. Co-organizer and keynote
speaker, 8th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum,
Thessaloniki, Greece. Participant in Expert
Workshop to review the Environmental Sustainability Index, Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut, USA, as advisor to World Economic Forum.
Represented Global Islands
Network, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, and CSD Education
Caucus at the Mauritius International Meeting on further implementation of
the Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States, chaired side
events for International Coral Reef Initiative and Education Caucus, and
participated in the presentation of SOPAC Environmental Vulnerability Index. Represented International
Environment Forum at UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York Presented paper at
International Sustainability Conference, Basel
Invited lecturer for
AIESEC national and regional conferences in Italy, Czech Republic, United
Kingdom and Macedonia Represented International
Environment Forum at UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York Participated in plenary
panel at 3rd International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network,
Norway Speaker at European Baha'i
Business Forum Annual Conference, Netherlands Organizer and keynote
speaker at 10th Annual Conference of International Environment Forum,
Balliol College, Oxford, England Presented a week of
lectures on sustainable development at Master of Advanced Studies in
Development, Technology and Society, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Public and university
lectures in Chambery, France; Quebec, Canada; Leichtenstein; Blagoevgrad,
Bulgaria; Ohrid, Macedonia
Invited lecturer,
EBBF-AIESEC Seminar, Italy Public and university
lectures in Jyvaskyla, Tampere and Helsinki, Finland; Monaco; Nice and
Chambery, France; Brussels, Belgium; Quebec, Canada Invited participant in
UNESCOcat Expert Workshop on Faith-based Organizations and Education for
Sustainable Development, Barcelona, Spain Represented International
Environment Forum and Baha'i International Community at 15th Commission on
Sustainable Development, New York; panelist in side event on Ethical
Dimensions of Climate Change Participant and lecturer
in European Baha'i Business Forum (EBBF) meeting on the Enterprise of the
Future, Acuto, Italy; closing keynote at EBBF annual conference, dePoort,
the Netherlands; keynote lecturer at EBBF national conference, Berlin,
Germany Organized and lectured at
UNEP/University of Geneva Course in Environmental Diplomacy, Chateau de
Bossey, Switzerland Organizer and speaker at
International Environment Forum 11th Annual Conference on response to
climate change, Ottawa, Canada. Led two workshops at
AIESEC national conference, Fiesch, Switzerland. Participant in SCOPE/UNEP
Workshop on Policy Briefs, Paris.
Speaker at AIESEC
conferences in Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and keynote speaker at AIESEC
International Presidents Meeting in Macedonia Lecturer at Instituto
Impressa Business School and EOI Business School of Computense University,
Madrid, Spain Speaker at Freiburg Forum
on Environmental Governance, Freiburg, Germany Presented keynote and
paper at Consumer Citizenship Network International Conference, Tallinn,
Estonia Organized and lectured at
UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Course in Environmental
Diplomacy, Chateau de Bossey, Switzerland Speaker at joint
EBBF/International Environment Forum Conference in the Netherlands Invited participant in
UNEP/SCOPE meeting on environmental measurement, Paris Presented paper at
International Conference on Ethics and Climate Change, Padua, Italy Invited speaker at
European Center for Peace and Development conference on Peace and
Reconciliation in the Balkans, Milocer, Montenegro Participated in advisory
board meeting for European project on indicators of sustainability, Tampere,
Finland Speaker and panelist in
keynote session on multiple dimensions of climate change at Baha'i
Conference on Social and Economic Development, Orlando, Florida
Participant in review
panel and research team meetings for education for sustainable development
indicators project, University of Brighton, England Keynote speaker for AIESEC
alumni at AIESEC International Presidents Meeting, Rome, Italy Presentation at
international science congress: Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and
Decisions, Copenhagen, Denmark Presented paper at Sixth
Consumer Citizenship Network Conference, Berlin, Germany Chaired first Core Group
Meeting, ESD indicators project, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Keynote speaker, AIESEC
Sustainability Day, Vienna, Austria Opening keynote lecturer
on Environment, and panelist, Association for Baha'i Studies of North
America, and International Environment Forum Annual Conference, Washington,
D.C., USA Coordinator and lecturer,
UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Certificate of Advanced Studies
in Environmental Diplomacy, Geneva, Switzerland Lecturer, University of
Geneva Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development, Geneva,
Switzerland Invited speaker, European
Center for Peace and Development conference on Peace and Reconciliation in
the Balkans, Brijuni, Croatia Representative of Baha'i
International Community to present action plan on climate change at ARC/UNDP
Celebration of the Faith Commitments for a Living Planet with Prince Philip
and UN Secretary-General, Windsor Castle, UK Chaired second Core Group
Meeting, ESD indicators project, Brighton, UK, and speaker at Barnett
dignitaries meeting, London Lecture on sustainable
development indicators, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Representative of
International Environment Forum and Baha'i International Community at UN
Climate Change Conference (COP15), Copenhagen, Denmark, keynote speaker in
parallel NGO events and participant in seminar on ethical dimensions of
climate change.
Chaired working group at
Partnership for Education and research about Responsible Living (PERL) Joint
Working Groups Meeting, Rome, Italy Lecture at EBBF/AIESEC
seminar, Acuto, Italy Faculty seminar,
University of Brighton, UK Lecturer, University of
Geneva Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development, Geneva,
Switzerland Chaired third Core Group
Meeting, ESD indicators project, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic,
and fourth Core Group Meeting, Brighton, UK Module coordinator and
lecturer, EPFL/Indian Institute of Science Certificate of Advanced Studies
in Technology and Development, Bangalore and C.K.Puna, India Participant in PERL Joint
Working Groups Meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Represented International
Environment Forum at UN Human Rights Council Social Forum on Climate Change
and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland Appointed to UNEP Major
Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on International Environmental
Governance, elected co-coordinator, and organized teleconference with UNEP
Executive Director and Ministers co-chairing the High Level Consultative
Group on International Environmental Governance, Helsinki, Finland Invited speaker and
session chair, European Center for Peace and Development conference on Human
Security, Peace and Reconciliation in the Balkans, Brijuni, Croatia Co-organized ESDinds and
International Environment Forum Conference "Making the Invisible Visible",
and gave Inaugural Professorial Lecture at University of Brighton, United
Kingdom.
Co-organized and
participated in PERL Think Tank Meeting, London, England Co-chaired meeting of UNEP
Major Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on International Environmental
Governance (AGIEG), participated in high-level panel at Major Groups and
Stakeholders Forum, spokesperson for AGIEG at UNEP Governing Council/Global
Ministerial Environment Forum, and participated in ministerial round table,
Nairobi, Kenya Participated for AGIEG in
Preparatory Committee for UN Conference on Sustainable Development, New
York, and panelist in high-level side event Presented paper at
Partnership on Education and research about Responsible Living (PERL)
International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, and lectured at universities in
Istanbul and Ankara Participant in UNEP Global
Consultation in preparation for Rio+20, UNEP Regional Consultation for
Europe, and UN Department of Public Information 64th NGO Conference, Bonn,
Germany 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).
Drafted major planning
document for comprehensive environmental management programme in the South
Pacific, 1977.
Organized and directed
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.
Supervised development
of curriculum materials in environmental education, and directed
production of educational films on island environmental management,
1978-1981.
Organizer of regional
and national training courses on environmental planning and management in
the Pacific, 1978-1985.
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.
Consultant to South
Pacific Regional Environment Programme, developing extensive set of
training materials and audiovisual supports on rural environmental
resource management and development, 1983-1985.
Management and
evaluation of Regional Seas Programmes in the South Pacific, Latin America
and South-East Asia as a consultant to UNEP, 1986-1988.
Deputy Director of UNEP
Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme, 1989-1992.
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.
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.
Chairman, Technical and
Management Advisory Group of South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation
Programme, 1993-2001.
Member, Scientific
Advisory Committee, SCOPE project on indicators of sustainable
development, 1994-1997.
Member, Consultative
Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, IISD, 1996-present. (http://www.iisd.org/cgsdi/)
President, Governing
Board, International Environment Forum, 1997-present. (https://iefworld.org)
Member, Commission on
Ecosystem Management, World Conservation Union (IUCN), 1998-present.
Director, UNEP Coral
Reef Unit, responsible for UNF/UNFIP International Coral Reef Action
Network projects, 2000-2002.
Chairman, Steering
Committee, International Coral Reef Action Network, 2000-2002. (http://www.icran.org)
Member, Governing Board,
European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001-present. (http://www.ebbf.org)
Acting Director,
International Coral Reef Action Network, 2002.
Consultant to World
Economic Forum, 2003-2006
Co-coordinator, UNEP
Major Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on International
Environmental Governance (AGIEG), 2010-2013.
Occasional lectures on
sustainable development for graduate courses at University of Geneva and
Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
(2001-present).
Member of steering
committee, Department of Economic and Social Development, Landegg
International University, Switzerland, helped to develop Master of Arts in
International and Community Development (2002-2003).
Taught graduate courses
on Sustainable Development, and International Institutional Framework for
Development, at Landegg International University, Switzerland (2003).
Member of Scientific
Committee and lecturer for Continuing University Education Certificate in
Sustainable Development, University of Geneva (2003-present).
Coordinator, member of
scientific committee and lecturer in Certificate of Advanced Studies in
Environmental Diplomacy, UNEP/University of Geneva (2005-2010).
Lecturer on sustainable
development, Master of Advanced Studies en développement, technologies et
sociétés, EPFL, Burkina Faso (2006) (in French).
Module coordinator and
lecturer, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Technology for Development,
Federal Technical University of Lausanne (EPFL), and Indian Institute for
Science, Bangalore (2010).
Visiting Professor,
University of Brighton, United Kingdom (2010-2013).
Member of Scientific
Committee, module coordinator and lecturer, Certificate of Advanced
Studies in Management of Development Projects, EPFL, and Indian Institute
for Science, Bangalore (2011-2012)
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Croatia, 28-29 October 2010. Belgrade, European Center for Peace and
Development. https://iefworld.org/ddahl10c Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2010e.
Life: A Systems Approach - Reflections on Multiple Dimensions of
Sustainability. Inaugural Lecture, University of Brighton, Thursday 16
December 2010, presented during the 14th IEF Conference. https://iefworld.org/ddahl10d
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. 2011b.
Values-based Indicators for Responsible Living. Paper presented at the PERL
International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-15 March 2011. https://iefworld.org/ddahl11b
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. 2012a.
Alternatives to the Consumer Society. Paper presented at the PERL
International Conference, Berlin, 19-20 March 2012. https://iefworld.org/ddahl12a 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. 2012d.
Ethical Sustainability Footprint for Individual Motivation. Paper presented
at the Planet Under Pressure International Scientific Conference, London,
26-29 March 2012. https://iefworld.org/ddahl12d 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. 2012f.
Achievements and gaps in indicators for sustainability. Ecological
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