Five years scientific
research and curatorial experience, 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 almost thirty 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 and the general public on
ecology, conservation, ethics and religion, environment and
sustainability.
Consultant to
many international organizations and government agencies, with special
emphasis on indicators of environment 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 sustainable development, climate change and
international governance; Visiting Professor at University of Brighton
(UK) and European Center for Peace and Development, Belgrade, Serbia;
member of scientific committee for University of Geneva Certificate of
Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development; five years as coordinator of
UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Environmental Diplomacy
Programme; and occasional lecturer for other advanced university courses.
Recent substantive interests
have focussed on values-based indicators, international governance and UN
reform, information for environmental decision-making, the Sustainable
Development Goals and indicators, national and global environmental
assessments and reporting, public participation in environmental
observations, coral reef protection and management, new economic
paradigms, and the special problems of Small Island Developing States.
Bachelor of Arts
(A.B.) in Biological Sciences with Departmental Honors, Stanford
University, California, 1964. (Honors project directed by Dr. Peter Raven)
Graduate study, Hopkins
Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, Summer
1964.
Graduate research,
Friday Harbor Laboratories of the University of Washington, Friday Harbor,
Washington, Summer 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph. D.) in Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969. (Major
Professor: Dr. Michael Neushul Jr.)
NDEA Title IV
Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1964-1967.
National Science
Foundation Graduate Student Training Grant, Friday Harbor Laboratories,
Summer 1965.
Public Health Service
(NIH) Predoctoral Research Fellowship, University of California, Santa
Barbara, 1967-1968.
Smithsonian Institution
Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1969-1970.
Consulting ecologist to governments and international
organizations, including:
Government of New Caledonia, 1982-1983; South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme (SPREP), 1983-85; Kanak Cultural, Scientific and Technical
Office (New Caledonia), 1983-1984; ffice of Technology Assessment, United
States Congress, 1985; International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN), 1985-1988; Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre,
United Nations Environment Programme, 1986-1989; Institut Francais de
Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), 1986-1987; Environment
and Policy Institute, East-West Center, 1987; UNESCO, 1987-1988.
Principal consultancy topics: coral reef and coastal zone management, conservation of nature and biodiversity, ecology and management of island environments and development of island database, environmental education and training, preparation and evaluation of programmes and project documents, organization of scientific meetings and editing of scientific publications, rural social and economic development, applications of science in developing countries.
Factors controlling interactions between organisms and their
environment:
- Studies on ecology of Littorina (Gastropoda), 1964.
- Culture studies of subtidal marine algae, 1964-1966.
- Studies on the life history and epiphytism of Soranthera
(Phaeophyta), 1965.
- Research on ecology, reproduction, submicroscopic structure, and
vegetative development of the brown alga Zonaria farlowii
(Dictyotales), 1964-1969.
- 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 on deep coral reef ecology as an aquanaut in the Puerto Rico
International Undersea Laboratory (PRINUL) habitat, Puerto Rico, 1972.
- Studies of quantification of coral reef and algal surface areas and
spatial relationships, 1972-1976.
Conservation of nature:
- Survey and classification of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in the
South Pacific region for South Pacific Commission and IUCN, 1975-1979.
- Detailed analysis of the biodiversity, nature conservation requirements
and protected area system in Oceania, 1985-1986.
Environmental impact assessments:
- Study of the initial effects of the Santa Barbara oil spill, 1969.
- 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, New Caledonia, 1982-1983.
- Analysis and quantification of storm effects on coral reefs using SPOT
satellite imagery, 1987-1988.
Island ecology:
- Studies of techniques for rural environmental resource management in
tropical islands, including traditional approaches to environmental
management, 1982-1989.
- Analysis and classification of islands according to ecological,
geographic and socio-economic criteria, as related to the effects of
limits on complex systems, preparation and maintenance of a database on
islands, 1985-1995. http://islands.unep.ch/
and http://yabaha.net/dahl/isldb/isldir.htm
Indicators of sustainable development:
- 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.
- Member of the Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators,
1996-2005, including development of the Bellagio
Principles and the Dashboard
of Sustainability.
- Collaborator in the SOPAC project on the Environmental
Vulnerability Index, 1999-2005.
- 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.
- Consultant in the preparation of the Humanitarian
Response Index 2007.
- Partner in a European Union-funded project on The Development of
Indicators and Assessment Tools for Civil Society Organization Projects
Promoting Values-based Education for Sustainable Development, 2008-2011. http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/esdinds/
and http://www.wevalue.org/
- Chair of a workgroup of the Partnership for Education and Research about
Responsible Living (PERL) to prepare toolkits for teachers on values-based
learning and indicators, 2012-2015.
- World Bank Group, consultant to develop the concept of a new development
index based on development at the individual level, 2012, 2015.
- World Bank Group, consultant on a Business Environment for Energy Index,
2013.
- World Bank Group, consultant to plan an inventory of national
discriminatory and anti-discriminatory legislation and indicators, 2014.
- World Bank Group, consultant on Sustainable Development Goals, 2015.
- UNEP consultant on the Sustainable Development Goals and indicators,
2014-2016.
- International partner, Make Visible research and action network,
Wageningen University for IPBES to find indicators for indigenous and
local knowledge for SDG14 and SDG15, 2019-present.
- Advisory Group, Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures,
University of Bristol, 2020-2022.
- Member, Evolutionary and Systematic Biology Steering Committee, Board
of Academic Studies, Smithsonian Institution, 1970-1973.
- Councillor, Senate of Scientists, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, 1971-1974.
- Planning and organization of international programmes, including the
proposed program of Comparative Investigations of Tropical Reef Ecosystems
involving 80 scientists, prepared for International Decade of Ocean
Exploration Program of U.S. National Science Foundation, 1970-1972.; the
Investigations of Marine Shallow-Water Ecosystems program, Smithsonian
Institution, 1971-1974; 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.
- Member of Council, Consortium for International Pacific Education and
Communications Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT), 1976-85.
- Organized and directed the Second Regional Symposium on Conservation of
Nature in the South Pacific, 1976; an 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.
- 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 Coordinator and Secretary to the Coordinating 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.
- Coordinator, UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Environmental
Diplomacy Programme, 2005-2010.
- Co-coordinator, UNEP Major Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on
International Environmental Governance (AGIEG), 2010-2013.
- Occasional lectures for graduate and advanced studies courses at
University of Geneva, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL) and
University of Lausanne, 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 Certificate of Advanced
Studies in Sustainable Development, University of Geneva (2003-2015, 2017)
(in French).
- Coordinator, member of scientific committee and lecturer in Certificate
of Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy, UNEP/University of
Geneva/Graduate Institute (2005-2010).
- Lecturer, 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 Advanced Studies, Bangalore (2012 and 2014)
- Academic Council member and Visiting Professor, European Center for
Peace and Development, Belgrade, affiliated with UN University for Peace
(2012-present).
- Lecturer on Coursera with 8,000 participants, University of Geneva
course: Pathways to climate change adaptation: the case of Small Island
Developing States, with Martin Beniston, Pascal Peduzzi, Sandy Alexander
Bisaro, Arthur Lyon Dahl & Angus Mackay (26 January-28 February 2015).
- UN Environment Management Group informal advisory group on the UN
paper for Stockholm+50, January-March 2022
- Lecture to an International University in Geneva course on "Ways
Forward: Drivers and Barriers", February 2022
- The main Swedish nature magazine Sveriges Natur featured in its April
2022 edition a four
page portrait of me and my fifty years of work for the environment
since participating in the UN Conference on the Human Environment in
Stockholm in 1972
- Webinar on approaches to pollution accounting, International Environment
Forum, February 2022
- Paper "Filling a Critical Gap in Global Environmental Governance"
published on the IEF website and by the Global Governance Forum, February
2022
- The secretariat for the June Stockholm+50 International Meeting included
me in their working group 1 meeting on 10 March
- ebbf event on gender and climate change for the UN Commission on the
Status of Women, 14 March
- "Challenging Assumptions of Old Business Models", blog for ebbf-Ethical
Business Building the Future, 9 March
- "Challenging Economic Assumptions Driving Climate Change", blog for
Global Governance Forum, 20 March
- "Coral gardening is a stopgap worth having", letter published in New
Scientist, 5 March
- Global Catastrophic Risk Index: Putting Risk on the Agenda, for
which I was lead author, launched 24 March
- Faculty for Wilmette Institute online course on climate change,
April-May 2022
- "Climate Change - Navigating the Urgent Transition Toward
Sustainability", webinar for Wilmette Institute and Graduate Theological
Union, 6 April
- "Climate Change, Global Pollution, Biodiversity: Can We Turn the
Corner?", webinar for Cambridge Festival (UK), 7 April
- Justice Conference, the Netherlands, opening keynote "Global Systems
Accounting Beyond Economics", April 2022
- "Improving Global Environmental Governance: Some ways forward", webinar
for Baha'i Institute of Higher Education, Iran, 19 April
- ebbf-Ethical Business Building the Future Annual Conference, Lisbon,
closing keynote "The Power of Unity", 11-16 May
- United Nations Stockholm+50 International Meeting and
International Environment Forum 26th Annual Conference, invited
commentator in UN Environment Management Group side event with heads of UN
agencies, 2 June; panelist in two IEF events
- Academic Council of the UN System annual meeting, Geneva, speaker in a
session on Human Rights and Global Governance, 23-25 June
- Participant in UN Ocean Conference 2022, Lisbon, 27 june-1 July
- Danish Bahá'í Summer School, Kerteminde on Fyn, Denmark, gave main
course on "Preparing for public discourse", 25-30 July
- Faculty Wilmette Institute course on "Sustainable Development and Human
Prosperity", September-October 2022
- Geneva public meeting on "A quoi ressemblera le bien vivre à Genève en
2031?" (what might a good life be like in Geneva in 2031?) with local
expert on sustainable development, 21 September
- ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future governing board meeting and
retreat, Acuto, Italy, 28 September-2 October
- Participant, first meeting of WHO People-Planet-Health Action Board to
represent unheard voices advising policies at WHO, 13-14 October
- European Center for Peace and Development, Belgrade, chaired 10th ECPD
Youth Forum with youth from 29 countries, 21-24 October
- India, 14-24 November, with Augusto Lopez-Claros and Joshua Lincoln for
Global Governance Forum, 15 presentations in Lucknow to 2,800 high school
students, several universities and conference of chief justices of the
world, and 7 talks in New Delhi, mostly universities, interview by Indian
TV journalist, Vikram Bahl, for his programme "Global View"
- Meeting of a high-level group preparing text for UN Charter Revision,
Madrid, 20-23 January 2023
- Faculty, Wilmette Institute course on Agriculture and Food,
February-April 2023
- Advisor to University of Bristol project on Transformative Education for
Sustainable Futures (TESF), Rwanda, South Africa, Somalia and India,
2020-2023
- "Global Governance Failures: Warnings by the Secretary-General", blog on
Global Governance Forum website, 21 February 2023
- "Why a space sunshade isn't such a bright idea", letter published in New
Scientist, 4 February 2023
- EPCD Council meeting, Madrid, presented concept notes for ECPD
Conference and Youth Forum in October, 28 February
- Contributed expert review of draft IPBES report on how to make a
fundamental transformation in society, March 2023
- Participant in Coalition for the UN We Need civil society process to
prepare for SDG Summmit in September and Summit of the Future in 2024,
working groups, European regional meeting, and Global Futures Forum on
20-21 March
- "High Seas Treaty", blog for Global Governance Forum, 20 March
- Justice Conference, Netherlands, keynote on "Environmental requirements
for planetary governance", 7-10 April
- "The unfolding food crisis", blog for IEF, April
- "Commemorating Earth Day", webinar interview, 22 April
- Faculty for Wilmette Institute course on climate change, April-June 2023
- "Climate, Sustainability, Values", presentation at Quaker House, Geneva,
23 April
- Panelist at legacy conference, Transforming Education for Sustainable
Futures, University of Bristol (UK), 24-26 April
- UN High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism report, "A
breakthrough for People and Planet" cited our paper on a Global
Environment Agency, 25 April
- "The climate crisis and mental health", blog on IEF website, 29 April
- "Why has environmental governance failed? GREED", blog on IEF website, 7
May
- "Microbial extinction is happening", blog on IEF website, 8 May
- Contributed Bahá'í perspective to meeting "Caring for the Earth,
Transforming Lives: Linking Faith and Natural Regeneration, World Council
of Churches, Geneva, 12 May
- Thinking about the Summit of the Future, article on HLAB theme on global
environmental governance, Global Governance Forum, 12 May
- Led workshop on "Global Solidarity Accounting for Business", ebbf Annual
Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 18-20 May
- Appointed to ebbf Advisory Council, 20 May
- "Spirited Seas: Science and Spirituality, an Interfaith Exploration of
the Environmental Consequences of Deep Seabed Mining", webinar I moderated
for G20 Interfaith Forum, 30 May
[to be completed]
- IEF webinar 6 January "Bringing Values into COP28" with Bahá'í
International Community
- Drafting meeting for Second UN Charter, Madrid, 26-29 January
- European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD) Council meeting,
Madrid, 12 March
- Launch of Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance (MEGA), Geneva, 26
March
- Justice Conference, de Poort, Netherlands, 29 March-1 April, give
opening keynote on "A Systems View of Justice" and workshops; to 7 April
in Heelsum with community talks and junior youth on coral reefs,
Wageningen University for Bahá'í Perspective on Agriculture, stories of
Knights of Bahá'u'lláh
- Draft policy brief on climate change for IF20, April
- Revisions for Peoples Pact for the Future, April
- ebbf learning circle on the cooperation economy 30 April
- Webinar for West Virginia, 4 May on Elevated Conversation: Coherence of
Material and Spiritual
- ebbf Annual Conference, Lisbon, 16-19 May, give keynote on "How do we
replace competition by cooperation and reciprocity?"
- Moderate IF20/KAICIID webinar on "Climate change and the importance of
indigenous knowledge" 27 May
- Webinar for Bahá'ís of Edmonton, Alberta, 15 June, on Adaptation to
Climate Change
- Academic Council of the UN System (ACUNS) virtual roundtable, 22 June,
speak on Climate Governance Commission report on accountability
- Bahá'í History webinar 4 July on Agnes Alexander
- Berlin 7-11 July to review Second UN Charter draft
- Quaker UN Summer School, 8 July, speak on Reframing Economic Systems and
Paradigms
- Caux, 22-27 July, for Intergenerational Forum of Initiatives for Change
- 31 July-13 August, Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Onno, Erasmus and Elian
camping at my chalet, with Swiss Bahá'í picnic 3 August, Thonon-les-Bains
and Gorges du Diable 9 August
- G20 Interfaith Forum/PaRD, Brasilia, 18-24 August on Religion and
Sustainable Development, speak on history of religious advocacy on
environment
- International Environment Forum 28th
Annual Conference, 14-28 September, virtual events associated with the UN
Summit of the Future, on the theme "A World-embracing Vision for a Sustainable
Future", I spoke on the Pact for the Future and challenges in implementation,
and prepared a report
- Global Governance Forum launched the
Second
UN Charter that I helped to draft, in New York on 19 September
- 19-20 October, Geneva, UNECE CSW civil society regional consultation
on preparation for the Beijing+30 Women's Conference
- From
Stockholm to Rio to Geneva: six decades of enhancing collaboration, 28 November,
Geneva Environment Network round table of the "elders" to
commemorate its 25th anniversary
- 30 November, Mantova, Italy, Keyvan Foundation, speaking on "New Governance for
a Sustainable Future"
- contributed to another Geneva Environment Network event 16 December on the role of
faith-based organisations
- 14 January blog
Transformative Change: A Bahá'í Perspective on the IPBES Assessment on
G20 Interfaith Forum website
- Reflections on Information,
blog on International Environment Forum website, 16 January 2025
- 18 January all-day virtual meeting of the Triglav Circle on why the sciences
are pushing out the humanities, sharing the Bahá'í perspective on the need for ethics
and values to rise above materialism
- 19 January Thonon-les-Bains, interfaith panel for World Religion Day
- Hamburg, Germany, 3-7 February, Expert Meeting on Proposals to Enhance Global
Environmental Governance at The New Institute, presenting on the history of
environmental governance
- blog on Global
Disintegration and Integration for the International Environment Forum website
- Post-growth: the science of
wellbeing within planetary boundaries, summary of Giorgos Kalis et al.,
on International Environment Forum website, 13 February
- book review of The Forever
Crisis: Adaptive Global Governance
- March blog for the Global Governance Forum on the
latest warnings on climate change
- blog on IEF website about What are rights
worth?
- 18-21 April Justice Conference, de Poort, Netherlands, keynote and two workshops
on Building Community Resilience Against
Complex Risks
- To Istanbul 8-11 May, ebbf-Ethical Business Building the Future annual conference
on "Leading with Purpose: Building Capacity for Progress at the Crossroads"
- paper for IEF developing
Values-based Transformative
Learning
- IEF blog on A better future for
Artificial Intelligence
- blogs on Microplastics, on
Health benefits of nature, and a book
review of Cultural Ecosystem Services
- Review of 'Adasiyyih: The Story
of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Model Farming Community book by Paul Hanley, reprinted from
International Environment Forum website by Association for Bahá'í Studies, UK,
Bahá'í Studies Review
(2025) 22 e20250617 and in print
- issue brief with Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen on Options
for Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms in Global Environmental Governance
for the Global Governance Innovation Network and the Climate Governance Commission
- 7-9 June to Les Fontaines conference centre north of Paris for
intensive ASRA conference on "Currents of Change: New Horizons in Systemic Risk"
- 24 June Academic Council of the UN System (ACUNS) virtual presentation on
comprehensive multilateral strategies to address the refugee and climate
change challenges
- England 26-30 June, International Environment Forum (IEF) annual conference near
Oxford on Building Capacity for Sustainability Discourse and Action,
introduced IEF to participants, keynote on environmental
challenges facing communities around the world
- with Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen submitted requested contribution on accountability
needed for multilateral environmental agreements to journal Global Governance
- 7-8 July contributed to Global Governance Forum review of protocols to its
proposed Second UN Charter
- two interns at Stimson Center interviewed me for papers they are preparing on
accountability in environmental agreements
- 17 July Katoikos.world interviewed and recorded my 42 minute podcast
Reimagining our relationship with the Earth, The Eco Principle for
"The Global Citizen" and FOGGS
- Governing
the Planet: Why We Need an Earth System Council Now, blog for Global Governance
Forum, 28 July
- La
Foi bahá'íe, une religion écologique (in French) posted by the Swiss Bahá'í
Community on the website religion.ch on 29 July.
- book review of Goliath’s Curse:
The History and Future of Societal Collapse by Luke Kemp, 2 August 2025
- co-author of book chapter The
Role of Rapid Environmental Assessment in Monitoring the Environmental Impacts of
Deep-Sea Mining, August 2025
- book review of The Way of Unity:
Essential Principles and Preconditions for Peace by Robert Atkinson, Fort
Lauderdale: Light on Light Press, 19 August 2025
- co-author with Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen of academic paper
Turning Words into Action:
Designing Accountability Mechanisms with Impact for Multilateral Environmental
Agreements" in Global Governance 26 August 2025
- faculty for International Environment Forum online course on climate change,
1 September-9 November 2025
- Agnes Baldwin Alexander.
Les premiers croyants en Occident [en français/in French] article in
Bahá'í Magazine: Suisse et Liechtenstein, September 2025
- participate in ebbf-Ethical Business Building the Future retreat at Acuto, Italy,
2-5 October 2025
- interview with Nur University (Bolivia) students, 7 October 2025
- reviewed a report Climate
Sufficiency: 1.5°C Lifestyles from the Hot or Cool Institute of my old friend
and former student Lewis Akenji, 7 October 2025
- speak at Quaker Economics meeting 8 October 2025
- speak online to Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education (Iran) class, 20
October 2025
- Women and Climate Change Resilience,
presented at Widows Rights International seminar, Palais des Nations, 17 October 2025
- resource person for Values and Climate
Action, contribution to climate change Global Ethical Stocktake report, Bahá'í
Academy, Panchgani, India, 30 October 2025
- webinar on Environment and Sustainability for American Academy of Religion,
31 October 2025
- on 15 November I took part in a Geneva march for the climate
- Confrontation in Belém, blog on
International Environment Forum website with summary and commentary on Climate
Change COP30, 23 November 2025, and Global Governance Forum
website,
28 November 2025, Republished on G20 Interfaith Forum
website in March
2026
- preside at International Environment Forum General Assembly, 29 November 2025
- on 23 January I participated in a Quaker UN Office meeting on a moral economy
- met with the ebbf-Ethical Business Building the Future governing board, 27
February
- Economic Prosperity for the Common
Good, blog on International Environment Forum website with some thoughts for
IF20, 4 March 2026
- speak at the International School of Lausanne, 30 March 2026
- From Reef Science to Reef
Action, profile of me in Reeflections, International Coral Reef
Society newsletter Reef Encounter, April 2026
- visited the Netherlands 3-12 April, including giving a plenary lecture at the
Justice Conference in de Poort on "Peace with Nature: Designing Global Environmental
Governance", talking for Bahá'ís on the future of America, another meeting on our
relation with nature, a fireside talk on the unity of science and religion, and a
meeting with youth on "Being Different", also visiting the International Criminal
Court in The Hague
- attended the ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future annual conference on
the coast near Athens, Greece, on "Reorienting Towards Hope", 16-19 April
- UNEP asked me join the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Regional Seas
Programme for the Western Indian Ocean to speak on the early history of the Regional
Seas Programme, 29 April 2026
- Reorienting towards hope,
International Environment Forum blog on the recent conference of ebbf-Ethical
Business Building the Future, Greece, 4 May 2026
- became very concerned by the aggressive pushing of Artificial Intelligence:
The Real Danger of AI, blog on
International Environment Forum website, 5 June 2026
- Artificial Intelligence and the Planet,
IF20 Webinar along with David Korten and John C. Havens, 9 July 2026, recording
here
- AI can escape by cheating, blog on
International Environment Forum website, 25 July 2026
- featured speaker at a European Centre for Peace and Development (ECPD) online
Round Table on "The Sustainability Challenge: A Global Systems Perspective", 17 June
2026
- spoke to Quaker UN Office Summer School on "Reframing Economic Systems and
Paradigms", 7 July 2026
- book review of Rethinking Social Justice by Michael Karlberg and
Derik Smith, 30 July 2026
- book review of Whole Earth Farming,
by Hugh Locke, 19 September 2026
-
- Replacing economic
assumptions with ethical alternatives keynote to the opening session, IEF 30th
Annual Conference, 14 October 2026, and
report on the talk
- reviewed the G20 Global Inequality
Report prepared for the 2025 G20 meeting in South Africa, 3 November 2026
- Planetary Governance Amid The Polycrisis:
Shifting from Competition to Cooperation, webinar for Beyond Bretton Woods,
4 November 2026
- Member, FAO working group on world seaweed resources, 1969-1970.
- Consultant to National Geographic Society and other organizations on
algae and coral reefs, 1973-1974.
- Editorial board of Coral Reef Newsletter, 1973-1980.
- Co-editor of special issue of Atoll Research Bulletin on Comparative
Investigations of Tropical Reef Ecosystems (CITRE) program, 1974.
- Vice-chairman (1975-1987) and Chairman (1987-1990), Pacific Science
Association Scientific Committee on Ecology, Conservation and
Environmental Protection.
- Editor, SPC Environment Newsletter, 1975-1982.
- Drafted major planning document for comprehensive environmental
management programme in the South Pacific, 1977.
- Member, Commission on Ecology, International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN), 1979-1994.
- Member of Advisory Panel on Nature Conservation in the Line and Phoenix
Islands, 1981-1992.
- Member, World Commission on Protected Areas, IUCN, 1981-present.
- Member, IABO Coral Reef Committee, 1982-1985 and 1990-1993.
- Edited volumes of scientific papers on Pacific environment for UNEP,
1983-1984 and 1987-1988.
- 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.
- Prepared report on tropical island ecosystems and conservation
strategies for Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress,
1985.
- Member, International Organizing Committee, Third International
Phycological Congress (Melbourne, 1988), 1985-1988.
- Consultant to IUCN for a survey of protected area system requirements in
Oceania, 1985-1986.
- Management and evaluation of Regional Seas Programmes in the South
Pacific, Latin America and South-East Asia as a consultant to UNEP, 1986.
- Consultant to IFREMER, the French Oceanographic Institute, on
applications of remote sensing in the South Pacific, 1986-88.
- 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.
- Co-organizer of mini-symposium at 6th International Coral Reef
Symposium, 1988.
- 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 of South Pacific
Biodiversity Conservation Programme (GEF/UNDP/SPREP), 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, Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, IISD,
1996-2005. (http://www.iisd.org/cgsdi/)
- President, Governing Board, International Environment Forum,
1997-present. (https://iefworld.org/)
- Member, Commission on Ecosystem Management, International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 1998-present.
- Global faculty member, Landegg International University, 1998-2004.
- 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)
- Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Center for Caribbean
Coral Reef Research, 2001-2006. (http://www.ncoremiami.org/)
- Governing Board, ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future, 2001-2023
(https://ebbf.org)
- Co-leader, Coral Reef Sub-theme team, Integrated Global Observing
Strategy Partnership, 2003-2004
- Member, Board of Directors, Global Islands Network, 2002-2015. (http://www.globalislands.net)
- Member, Coastal Theme Team, Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)
Partnership, 2003-2004.
- Prepared future strategy document for Integrated Global Observing
Strategy Partnership as consultant to FAO, 2003.
- Consultant to World Economic Forum on Executive Opinion Survey,
2003-2004.
- Contributor and part author of Environmental Sustainability Index 2005,
Yale University and Columbia University, as advisor to World Economic
Forum, 2004-2005.
- Consultant to United Nations Environment Programme to prepare strategy
for emerging themes for Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)
Partnership, 2005.
- Advisor to Yale University and Columbia University for World Economic
Forum on the pilot Environmental Performance Index, 2005-2006.
- Consultant to World Economic Forum to prepare a case study on Taiwan for
Global Information Technology Report, 2005-2006.
- Scientific advisor to Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
for the Coral Reef Initiative in the South Pacific (CRISP), 2006-2007.
- Editorial Board of La Pensée Baha'ie, 2007-2010.
- Consultant to United Nations Environment Programme to review all
national environmental assessment and reporting since 1992, compiling 196
country profiles and inventory of 1700 reports, and preparation of report
for UNEP Governing Council, 2007-2008.
- Partner in EU project for the Development of Indicators & Assessment
Tools for CSO Projects Promoting Values-based Education for Sustainable
Development (2008-2011) http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/esdinds/,
and follow-up wevalue.org partnership http://www.wevalue.org/.
- Co-coordinator, IUCN Thematic Group on Island Ecosystems, 2009-2012
- Co-coordinator of UNEP Major Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on
International Environmental Governance, 2010-2012 https://agieg.iefworld.org/,
http://www.environmentalgovernance.org/reform/cs/ag
and
http://www.unep.org/civil-society/GlobalMajorGroupsStakeholdersForum/RegionalConsultations2010/MajorGroupsandStakeholderAdvisoryGrouponIEG/tabid/6345/Default.aspx
- Co-editor of special issue of Ecological Indicators on
sustainability indicators, 2010-2011.
- Consultant to World Bank Group on indicators of development at the
individual level, Living Life, 2012-2015.
- Consultant to World Bank Group on business environment for energy
investment, 2013
- World Bank Group, consultant to plan an inventory of national
discriminatory and anti-discriminatory legislation and indicators, 2014.
- Consultant to the UNEP Regional Office for Europe on the integration of
the Sustainable Development Goals into its future work programme, and
integration at the national level, example of Azerbaijan, 2014-2015.
- Participant in UNEP International Resource Panel expert consultation on
marine resources, Paris, 2015.
- Coordinating lead author for a section of the UNEP Global Environment
Outlook 6 (GEO6) regional report for Europe, 2015-2016.
- World Bank Group, consultant on Sustainable Development Goals, and on
performance appraisal, 2016-2017.
- Proposal for "Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions
for the 21st Century" with Augusto Lopez-Claros and Maja Groff wins New
Shape Prize of Global Challenges Foundation, May 2018, with follow up
working group and book.
- Visiting Professor at the European Center for Peace and Development, of
the University for Peace Established by the United Nations, Belgrade,
Serbia, October 2019 to present.
- Scientific Advisory Board, International Academy for Human Sciences and
Culture, Walenstadt, Switzerland, 2019-present.
- Advisory Group, Global Governance Forum, 2020-present. https://www.globalgovernanceforum.org/
- Advisory Group, Transformation of Education for Sustainable Futures
project, University of Bristol, UK, 2020-2023. https://tesf.network/
Video
- Participant, Make Visible workshop and project on indigenous values for
biodiversity, Wageningen University for IPBES, 2020.
- Core project team, Review of Regional Development Strategy in North
Macedonia, European Center for Peace and Development, 2020.
- Steering Committee of the Climate Governance Commission, 2021 to
present, prepared a paper on a Global Environment Agency, 2021.
- World Health Organization member People Planet Health (PPH) Action
Board, October 2022 to present.
- Common Home of Humanity (CHH) Scientific Committee, April 2023 to
present.
- Chair pro tem of the Religion
and Environment Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum 2021 to
present
- Steering Group of Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance (MEGA) January
2024 to present
ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future (former Honorary Member,
Governing Board Member 2001-2023, Advisory Council Member)
International Environment Forum (President, Governing Board Member)
International Coral Reef Society (Founding Member of Council, 1980-1983)
United Nations System-wide Earthwatch (1995-2001): formerly
http://earthwatch.un.org (archived at http://yabaha.net/dahl/earthw.html)
UNEP Islands web site (1998-2008): formerly http://islands.unep.ch/,
archived at http://yabaha.net/dahl/islands.html
Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership (1998-2001):
formerly http://www.igospartners.org/ (some content available at http://yabaha.net/dahl/earthw.html)
UNEP Coral Reef Unit (2000-2002): formerly http://coral.unep.ch/
International Environment Forum (1997-present): https://iefworld.org/
Professional and personal web site (1995-present): http://yabaha.net/dahl/index.htm)
Planetary Governance Amid The Polycrisis: Shifting from Competition to Cooperation, webinar with for Beyond Bretton Woods, 4 November 2026
Replacing economic assumptions with ethical alternatives, opening keynote at
the 30th International Environment Forum annual conference, 14 October 2026
[recording still being edited]
Podcast Ocean Collaborations #34 on 27 July 2026,
On Substack: https://lnkd.in/edBJQi8y
On Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ejkYCGES
On Apple Podcast: https://lnkd.in/emnE69ZJ
Podcast: Reimagining our relationship with the Earth, The Eco Principle, The Global Citizen, a podcast by Katoikos.world and FOGGS #32, 17 July 2025 (42 minutes)
From Stockholm to Rio to Geneva: six decades of enhancing collaboration, a roundtable with elders, Geneva Environment Network, 28 November 2024.
Lessons from Religious advocacy on environment: Laudato Si, Al Mizan session of the G20 Interfaith Forum in Brasilia 21 August 2024 (1 hour 20 minutes, my initial presentation at 22-27 minutes)
Climate Change and the Importance of Indigenous Knowledge, webinar for KAICIID and IF20 Interfaith Forum, 12 October 2023, which I moderated (32 minutes)
Spirited Seas: Science and Spirituality, and interfaith exploration of the environmental consequences of Deep Seabed Mining, G20 Interfaith Forum webinar moderated by Arthur Dahl, 30 May 2023 (1 hour, 10 minutes)
Commemorating Earth Day - An Interview with Arthur Dahl, Bahá'í Blog for Earth Day 21 April 2023 (33 min)
Global Systems Accounting Beyond Economics, contribution to Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind, Global Online Summit, 29 June-2 July 2022 (10 min)
Rethinking the role of Business: an exploration offered by three EBBF members, Wendi Momen, Arthur Dahl, Jenna Nicholas, panel contribution to Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind, Global Online Summit, 29 June-2 July 2022 (30 min)
Improving Global Environmental Governance: Some ways forward, webinar for the Baha'i Institute of Higher Education on 19 April 2022
Climate Change, Global Pollution, Biodiversity: Can We Turn the Corner? webinar for the Cambridge Festival organized by the Cambridge Bahá'í Society, 7 April 2022 (1 hour 9 minutes)
Climate Change - Navigating the Urgent Transition Toward Sustainability webinar for the Wilmette Institute and the Graduate Theological Union, 6 April 2022 (1 hour 7 minutes)
Rethinking the role of business panel with Wendi Momen and Jenna Nicholas by ebbf-Ethical Business Building the Future, for the New Eco-Social World Congress, recorded 29 March 2022 (27:29 min)
A Bahá'í-inspired perspective on social justice, webinar of an interfaith roundtable organized by Jubilee for Climate UK on 15 February 2022, including my 10-minute presentation (starting at 2:22) and discussion (1 hour 50 min)
Nature et Spiritualité depuis 100 Ans: Défis actuels écologiques et économiques de l'environnement et de la nature, webinar pour la Journée mondiale des religions, Savoie-Haute Savoie 16 janvier 2022 (1hr 14min)
Global Systems Accounting: Beyond Economics, webinar for ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future on 8 December 2021 (40:35) based on IEF paper
Foreseeing the Future of Our Responsibility and Opportunity, panelist on UN Environment Management Group nexus dialogue towards Stockholm+50, 30 November 2021 (two hours), my part at 49:50 to 56:00 plus discussion
New Shape Forum 2021, day 2, launch of the Climate Governance Commission interim report on 13 October 2021 (57 min)
Interfaith Initiatives to Achieve the Agenda 2030 Environmental Goals on 14 July 2021, webinar of the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20), together with eleven partner organizations, the fifth installment of its “Ahead of the 2021 Italy G20 Summit” webinar series (1 hour); webinar summary
Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century - bahai.chat together with co-authors Augusto Lopez-Claros and Maja Groff about our book, 12 June 2021 (1 hour 9 minutes)
The challenge of becoming the source of social good - introduction to the 31st ebbf Conference 14-16 May 2021 (9:51), also audio podcast
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Blueprint to Achieve a Better and More Sustainable World, presentation for Science Alliance for Valuing the Environment (SAVE), Ohio, USA, 16 March 2021 (1 hour)
Navigating the Double Epoch: Thoughts on Changing Humanity's Current Plot Line. A bahai.chat panel conversation around an article by Hugh Locke with Homa Mahmoudi and Arthur Dahl on 27 February 2021 (1 hour 32 minutes).
The Economy of Nature - learning from nature about better economic systems, webinar for the Economics Special Interest Group of the Association for Bahá'í Studies - United Kingdom, and ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future, on 20 December 2020 (23 minutes) and questions and answers (30 minutes).
Global Governance and Sustainability, webinar for the International Environment Forum on 6 December 2020, 1 hour 20 minutes with questions.
Video Baha'i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson - Episode 59: The Spirituality of Climate Change, with Christine Muller and Afsaneh Angelina Rafii, and audio blog released 3 December 2020, 1 hour 8 minutes.
A Governance Befitting: Humanity and the Path Toward a Just Global Order, O.Z. Whitehead fireside in England on 8 November 2020, 40 minutes.
Renewing Peace: Governance Befitting an Evolving World, a video created by the Bahá'í International Community and the Global Governance Forum for Geneva Peace Week, 2-6 November 2020, with a round-table discussion on the BIC statement for the UN 75th anniversary with Augusto Lopez-Claros, Maja Groff and myself (1 hour)
The Global Sustainability Challenge: A Systems View of Agriculture, webinar for the Agriculture Working Group of the Association of Baha'i Studies, North America, on 27 September 2020.
The pandemic as an environmental turning point, O.Z. Whitehead Fireside in England on 19 July 2020.
Inclusive Development and Spiritual Indicators of Development from 3:07:20 to 3:21:15, presentation at the International Environment Forum 24th Annual Conference in partnership with the Bahá'í Institute in Panchgani, India, on 11-12 July on the theme Education for Social Cohesion.
Turning Point in the Transition, webinar on 6 June 2020 for the Justice Conference on the processes of disintegration and integration (1 hour) https://www.facebook.com/441073912697524/videos/646226212900951/
Malta television broadcast for World Environment Day, 5 June 2020, with Lea Hogg interview of Arthur Dahl (12 minutes)
Unity: Indicator of True Success (starts at 21:15), and second keynote on Rethinking what will create successful global governance (1:05:00, starts at 7:30) at ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future virtual 30th annual conference on "Rethinking Success" 14-17 May 2020.
Un
tournant dans la grande transition ?, webinar for the Baha'is
of France, 3 May 2020 (in French, 1 hour)
[for English, see 6 June 2020 above]
In Pursuit of Hope in a Time of Crisis ebbf and Wilmette Institute webinar 25 April 2020 (1 hour), Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/WilmetteInstitute/posts/3004453406244884, YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/rseYnGRUqyg
Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century Wilmette Institute web talk 12 April 2020 with Augusto Lopez-Claros, Arthur Lyon Dahl and Maja Groff. YouTube (1:55:00) Facebook: Facebook recording (1:55:00)
What is the role of global governance during a pandemic?, a webinar with Maja Groff and Arthur Dahl, for ebbf 5 April 2020 (53 minutes)
Complexity Systems Science gathering, 7-9 December 2019, Stockholm, Rough pre-edit (35 minutes, Arthur Dahl at 12-13 minutes and 33-34 minutes (conclusion)
Rethinking Success: What key dimensions of success are we failing to address? An ebbf dialogue with Arthur Dahl on YouTube 19 December 2019 (51 minutes), text at https://iefworld.org/ddahl19i
Interview on Maltese television, 18 October 2019, starting at 51:50 https://netondemand.mt/play/6120
Sustainability and Islands: the Challenges of the 21st Century, talk at Lerwick Town Hall, Shetland Islands, Scotland, 1 June 2019 (1 hour 14 minutes). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO4ZqJOy-Ro
Time for Reflection, presentation at the opening of the Scottish Parliament 21 May 2019 (4 minutes). https://www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/time-for-reflection-may-21-2019
Saving the World's Coral Broadcast on Radio New Zealand, 22 April 2019, 13 minutes
Building a movement for global governance, at ebbf meaningful breakfast, Geneva, Switzerland, 18 January 2019. 15 minute presentation plus 45 minute discussion (start at minute 4)
Wilmette Institute, course on Sustainable Development and the Prosperity of Humankind 2018, faculty introductory video (3 1/2 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3tQhgTCe1Q
International Environment Forum "IEF Panel on Your Smartphone" at UN High
Level Political Forum, New York, 9-18 July 2018, video clips on Transformation
towards sustainable and resilient societies at https://youtu.be/lox_vzhsLBo
(8 minutes) FULL
TEXT
Responsible consumption and
production (SDG12) at https://youtu.be/i8TQh-ZZovs
(10 minutes) FULL TEXT
ebbf conference keynote Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals, Geneva, Switzerland, 20 May 2018. https://www.facebook.com/ebbf.mindfulpeople.meaningfulwork/videos/10155596986466801/
The Great Dichotomy: from Egoism to Altruism; from Love of Power to Love of Justice. Presentation at The Justice Conference, The Netherlands, April 2018 (50 minutes).
TEDx L’Information: Propriété Privée ou Bien Commun?. TEDx talk at INPENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France, 15 February 2018. (in French, 14 minutes). https://youtu.be/gP4Kr2cYxdQ
ebbfgovernance - What new forms of governance are the SDGs enabling? webinar on 14 March 2018 (32 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WBu6TGyKp0
My life as a Bahá'í scientist one hour Bahá'í podcast, January 2017 http://bahaipodcast.com/assets/mp3/abp-347.mp3
Systems Science Beyond Diversity, video of opening keynote at ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future annual conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 4 May 2017. https://www.facebook.com/ebbf.mindfulpeople.meaningfulwork/videos/10154628682531801/
The Scientific and Spiritual Dimensions of Unity and Collaboration
Keynote at ebbf - Ethical Business Building the Future 25th annual
conference
Barcelona, Spain, 1-4 October 2015
Full talk (28 min): https://vimeo.com/150990199
Questions & Answers (19 min): https://vimeo.com/151000022
Short summary (2 min): https://vimeo.com/150776632
Powerpoint presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/ebbf/ebbf25-the-science-and-spirituality-of-collaboration-arthur-dahl
Implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Challenges and
Responses
UNEP/University of Geneva Global Environmental Policy Programme, Policy
Dialogue
Geneva, Switzerland, 2 September 2015
https://vimeo.com/138195156
Panel discussion includes Dr. Arthur Dahl with the civil society
perspective from 55:15, segment of 16 min.
Navigating the Storm: The Transition to Sustainability
Wilmette Institute web talk 6 September 2015, with Arthur Lyon Dahl,
Bahá'í Web Talks #08 (1 hour 37 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxULSlF5gSQ
Spiritual Responses to Climate Change
International Society of Doctors for the Environment Representative to the
UN, Elizabeth Bowen and retired official for the UN Environment Programme
Arthur Dahl discuss the importance to finding spiritual responses to the
problems we encounter with Climate Change. Prepared by the United States
Baha'i Community, 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9X4pvI1dvY
"The Bahá'í Faith: an Ecological Religion" - "Le défi de l'écologie :
Le point de vue de la foi baha'ie"
recording on YouTube from Luxembourg Baha'i Centre 30 May 2013 (in French)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RycU7v2bB0
(1 hour)
"Baha'i Principles of Governance" - "Les Principes de Gouvernance du
point de vue baha'i"
recording on YouTube from Luxembourg Baha'i Centre 2013 (in French)
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwaPPQRs31w
(one hour) Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVg2XvkctRc
(50 minutes)
IEF 15th Annual Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 23 March 2012
In an interview, Dr. Arthur Dahl (President of International Environment
Forum) discusses the motivations for the international conference,
“Ethical Responses to Climate Change: Individual, Community, and
Institutions” held at the Bahá’í Centre of Learning for Tasmania on 10-11
December 2011.
https://youtu.be/pU-BWKO8_00
Life: A Systems Approach - Reflections on Multiple Dimensions of Sustainability, IEF 14th Annual Conference, Brighton, UK, 16 December 2010, Inaugural Lecture as Visiting Professor, University of Brighton. Written text: Life: A Systems Approach - Reflections on Multiple Dimensions of Sustainability; presentation (58 mb); audio recording: WMA recording (31.5mb) or mp3 mp3 recording (63.4mb), listen while following the presentation.
The Science of Climate Change (2008)
quick link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/9415165/Arthur-OrlandoClimate08
mp3 audio recording 15 mb,
powerpoint
presentation 15 mb
World Environmental Challenges (part 1 only) presentation at International Environment Forum Conference, Ottawa, Canada, October 2007 (video, 10 minutes, without slides) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXm8Xvn4_J0
The Eco Principle (2006)
Radio interview with Andrew Singer in Budapest on 17 February 2006 audio
recording mp3, 50 minutes
FOR A GENERAL AUDIENCE:
In Pursuit of Hope in Today's World
The role of Baha'is in environmental action
Ecology and Spirituality
Nature and Spirituality
The Science of Sustainability
Sustainable development and prosperity
Sustainable Development Goals for communities and individuals
Women and sustainability
The coral reef ecosystem: model for humanity
Faith communities and climate change: a shared responsibility
The ethics of sustainable development
Energy and climate change: challenges for our future
Meeting the challenges of the 21st century
Beyond Economics
The importance of youth in society today
FOR AN ACADEMIC AUDIENCE:
The origins of sustainable development
A half-century of environmental action
Theory and practice of sustainability indicators
Values-based indicators for sustainability education
Indicators of well-being for a new social contract
A systems approach to global sustainability
Coral reefs: an ecosystem under threat
Climate change and its ethical challenges
Linking Spirituality to the Sustainable Development Goals
Bahá'í Faith and Environment
Global governance for sustainability
Reforming the United Nations for the 21st Century
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1971. Development, form and environment in the brown alga Zonaria farlowii (Dictyotales). Botanica Marina 14:76-112 (1971). [Integrated analysis of the relationships between cellular organization, morphology and ecology in a marine alga]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1973. Surface area in ecological analysis: quantification of benthic coral reef algae. Marine Biology 23:239-249. [Quantitative analysis of complex reef surfaces with a discussion of their ecological significance]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, B.C. Patton, S.V. Smith and J.C. Zieman, Jr. (eds.). 1973. A preliminary coral reef ecosystem model. Atoll Research Bulletin 172:7-36. [Results of a working group of 80 scientists planning a systems model of a coral reef ecosystem]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, and Austin Lamberts. 1977. Environmental impact on a Samoan coral reef: a resurvey of Mayor's 1917 transect. Pacific Science 31(3):309-319. (with) [Quantitative analysis of changes on a coral reef over 60 years]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1980. Regional ecosystems survey of the South Pacific area. South Pacific Commission, Noumea. Technical Paper 179. 99 p. [Classification and analysis of the distribution of island ecosystems in Oceania]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, and Ian Baumgart. 1982. The state of the environment in the South Pacific. p. 47-71. In Report of the Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 8-11 March 1982. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. Reprinted as UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 31. UNEP, 1983. [Summary of the environmental problems in the tropical Pacific Islands]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1985. Traditional environmental management in New Caledonia: a review of existing knowledge. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Topic Review 18. South Pacific Commission, Noumea. 17 p. Revised in 1989 as Traditional environmental knowledge and resource management in New Caledonia. In R.E. Johannes (ed.), Traditional Ecological Knowledge: a Collection of Essays. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge. 64 p. Dahl1989a and http://islands.unep.ch/dtradknc.htm [Review of the aspects of traditional island culture concerned with resource management and the environment]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1986. 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. [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]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1990. Unless and until: a Baha'i focus on the environment. Baha'i Publishing Trust, London. 96 p. [Relates environmental issues to future development of human society] (also published in Azerbaijani, Russian, Spanish and Italian (as Ecoesperanza))
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1991. IUCN/UNEP Island Directory. Regional Seas Directories and Bibliographies, No. 35, UNEP, Nairobi. 573 p. [Compiles geographic, ecological and socio-economic data on some 2,000 islands, with comparative tables]. Revised electronic version (1998): http://islands.unep.ch/isldir.htm and http://yabaha.net/dahl/isldb/isldir.htm
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1996. The ECO Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis. Zed Books Ltd, London and New Jersey, and George Ronald, Oxford. 174 p. (1996). [Systems analysis of economics from an ecological perspective, with proposals for new economic and social paradigms] (also published in Portuguese and Spanish)
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 1997. "The Big Picture: Comprehensive Approaches - Introduction." Chapter 2, p. 69-83 in Bedrich Moldan, Suzanne Billharz and Robyn Matravers (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Report on the Project on Indicators of Sustainable Development. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE 58. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. [overview of use of indicators to measure sustainability]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2000. Using indicators to measure sustainability: recent methodological and conceptual developments. Marine and Freshwater Research 51(5): 427-433 (2000). [Review of indicator approaches relevant to fisheries sustainability]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2002. The Challenge of Sustainable Development and Prosperity. Paris, European Baha'i Business Forum, 2002. [relates sustainable development to economics in a business perspective]. (also translated into French and Bulgarian). http://yabaha.net/dahl/papers/Dahl2002f.html
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, Alan E. Strong and theme team. 2003. IGOS Coral Reef Sub-theme Report. Published for Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership by NOAA, Silver Springs, Maryland, USA. [Strategy for the future development of remote sensing and in situ observations of coral reefs] Download pdf http://coral.unep.ch/igoscrrp.htm or IGOS Coral Reef Subtheme Report
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2004. 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. [analyzes business leaders' attitudes to the environment in over 100 countries and demonstrates the positive benefits to business from environmentally-responsible behavour]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, and Augusto Lopez-Claros. 2006. The impact of information and communications technologies on the economic competitiveness and social development of Taiwan. p. 107-118 in Soumitre Dutta, Augusto Lopez-Claros and Irene Mia, The Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006: Leveraging ICT for Development. INSEAD and World Economic Forum. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill, UK and New York. [explains the amazing transformation of the Taiwanese economy and society over 50 years]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2007. Climate Change and its Ethical Challenges, p. 157-172. In The Baha'i World 2005-2006: An International Record. Haifa: Baha'i World Centre. [explores the ethical implications of climate change]
Depraetere, Christian, and Arthur Lyon Dahl. 2007. Unravelling the puzzling world of islands. Chapter 2 in G. Baldacchino (ed.), A World of Islands: An Island Studies Reader. Malta & Canada, Agenda Academic and Institute of Island Studies, 2007. [provides a geographic overview of islands in all the world's oceans and their significance for human settlement and dispersal]
Hak, Tomas, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl (eds). 2007. Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press, including Chapter 2 "Challenges to sustainability indicators" (with Bedrich Moldan), Chapter 3 "Meeting Conceptial Challenges" (with Sylvia Karlsson et al.) and Chapter 10 "Integrated Assessment and Indicators", plus section introductions. [reviews the state of the art of sustainability indicators and future challenges for their development as guides to policy making]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2008. 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 [A review of all national environmental assessment and reporting since 1992, based on 196 country profiles and an inventory of 1700 reports, with lessons learned]
Hak, Tomas, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl. 2012. Editorial. Ecological Indicators, vol. 17, p. 1-3. June 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.001 [Introduction as guest editors of the special journal issue on sustainability indicators]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2012. 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
[A look forward at needs for developing indicators at multiple levels of
decision making]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2014. "Putting the Individual at the Centre of
Development: Indicators of Well-being for a New Social Contract".
Chapter 8, pp. 83-103, In François Mancebo and Ignacy Sachs (eds), Transitions
to Sustainability. Dordrecht: Springer. DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-9532-6_8 [Background and proposals for indicators of
development based on the individual human being]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2014. "Sustainability and Values Assessment in
Higher Education", Chapter 9, pp. 185-195, in Zinaida Fadeeva, Laima
Galkute, Clemens Mader and Geoff Scott (eds), Sustainable Development
and Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Transformation of Learning
and Society, Houndsmill, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137459138
HB ebook ISBNs: 9781137459145 PDF 9781137459152 EPUB. DOI:
10.1057/9781137459145. [Discussion of the importance of values and their
assessment in teaching sustainability at the tertiary level]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2015. "Ethics in Sustainability Education", pp. 27-40. In Thoresen, Victoria W., Robert J. Didham, Jorgen Klein and Declan Doyle (eds), Responsible Living: Concepts, Education and Future Perspectives. Heidelberg and Switzerland: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15305-6_3 DOWNLOAD PDF PAPER IN HTML [A systems approach to ethical principles necessary to motivate changes in behaviour, with practical applications in education]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2017. Island Conservation Issues in International
Conventions and Agreements. Environmental Conservation p.
1-19, theme issue on Humans and Island Environments. Published online: 17
April 2017, doi:10.1017/S0376892917000224
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/island-conservation-issues-in-international-conventions-and-agreements/1E84C81ECC64EF0C0B7DD99B39902F32
and PAPER IN HTML
[A review of how well international law covers the conservation needs of
island countries]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2018. Contributions to the Evolving Theory and Practice of Indicators of Sustainability, chpt. 3, pp.42-57, and UNEP and the CSD Process for Sustainable Development Indicators, chpt. 23, pp.347-363, in Simon Bell and Stephen Morse (eds),Routledge Handbook of Sustainability Indicators, London and New York: Routledge. [Two reviews of my experience with indicators of sustainability, one looking forward to continuing challenges, the other my past work on indicators since 1992]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2018. Environment and Sustainability in the Middle
East, Chapter 11, pp. 311-350 in Winds of Change. The Burhán
Institute. (in Arabic) https://burhaninstitute.org/content/?q=node/150
DOWNLOAD PDF English; DOWNLOAD
PDF Arabic [A discussion of the environmental challenges
facing the region and the need to move towards sustainability]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2019. In Pursuit of Hope: A Guide for the Seeker. (book) Oxford: George Ronald. 194 p. Order from https://www.grbooks.com/products/in-pursuit-of-hope-a-guide-for-the-seeker. A Kindle version is available from Amazon. An html version to read on smartphones and tablets is available at http://www.yabaha.net/dahl/hope/hope.html [This book integrates the scientific and the spiritual for all those who want to contribute to positive solutions to the problems the world is facing today]
Lopez-Claros, Augusto, Arthur L. Dahl and Maja Groff. 2020. Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century. (book) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 545 pages. doi:10.1017/9781108569293 Available on line in open access. Order from Cambridge or e-book from Amazon [We review the challenges that the United Nations has faced since its founding in 1945 and make concrete proposals for revisions to the UN Charter to give it the capacity to manage today's global problems, from fiscal instability and corruption to climate change]
Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia and Arthur Lyon Dahl. 2021. Towards a Global Environment Agency: Effective Governance for Shared Ecological Risks. A Climate Governance Commission Report. Stockholm: Global Challenges Foundation. 77 p. https://globalchallenges.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FINAL-%E2%80%93-Towards-a-Global-Environment-Agency-2021-11-03.pdf [Review of proposals for the reform of UNEP and proposals for effective governance of climate change, biodiversity protection, pollution control and other global risks]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2021. Environment and Sustainability, chapter 28, pp. 336-348, in The World of the Bahá'í Faith, edited by Robert H. Stockman. London and New York: Routledge, 648 p. ebook ISBN 9780429027772 DOI: 10.4324/9780429027772-33 [Summary of the Bahá'í principles and texts concerning the environment and sustainability, in this definitive academic work on the Bahá'í Faith]
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2024. Towards Effective Multilevel Environmental and Sustainability Governance for Shared Ecological Risks, chapter 19, pp. 317-331 in Global Governance and International Cooperation: Managing Global Catastrophic Risks in the 21st Century, Richard Falk and Augusto Lopez-Claros (eds), London: Routledge. (book pdf and all chapters available free under creative commons: https://globalgovernanceforum.org/global-governance-international-cooperation/)
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