Environmental Lobbying At the United Nations - A Guide to Protecting Our Planet

This book offers a guide to lobbying and engaging successfully at the UN. It reveals how the UN operates on issues like climate change and pollution, making it an essential resource for individuals and organisations entering the world of the UN for the first time and those seeking an understanding of how international diplomacy works.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Why do UN meetings matter? The case for getting involved.
Chapter 2: What are international agreements on the environment and sustainable development? Who is involved?
Chapter 3: How does a UN meeting operate?
Chapter 4: Why attend a UN meeting?
Chapter 5: How should I prepare for a UN meeting?
Chapter 6: What to do at the meeting: Starting out.
Chapter 7: What to do at the meeting: The middle stage.
Chapter 8: What to do at the meeting: The end game (and what comes after)
Chapter 9: What is it like being a government representative?
Chapter 10: Using media to highlight your presence and reinforce your message
Conclusion

About the author

Felix Dodds is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina's Water Institute and a consultant advising stakeholders on United Nations engagement. He has written or edited twenty-six books, including Heroes of Environmental Diplomacy (Routledge, 2022), Tomorrow's People and New Technologies (Routledge, 2021) and Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals (Routledge, 2016). Felix was also a key contributor to the UN's sustainable development initiatives, including chairing the 2011 UN DPI NGO conference that proposed the first Sustainable Development Goals.
Chris Spence is an environmentalist, writer, and former leader of nonprofits in New York, New Zealand, and California. He has consulted for the UN, IUCN, and IISD, working in over forty countries. An award-winning author, his books include Heroes of Environmental Diplomacy (Routledge, 2022) and Global Warming: Personal Solutions for a Healthy Planet (2005). Chris has also served as a journalist, political advisor, and board member for several environmental organisations.

Product details

• Authors: Felix (University of North Carolina & Tellu Dodds, Dodds Felix, Spence Chris
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 12.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032597485
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259748-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; United Nations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, LAW / Environmental, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political structure & processes, International institutions, Environmental policy & protocols, Development Studies, Environment law, Political structure and processes, Environmental policy and protocols