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Felix Dodds is a British author,
futurist
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, and activist. Born as Michael Nicholas Dodds he took the name Felix Dodds, when he was 18. He stood in
Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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for the
Liberal Democrats in the 2019 General Election. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of
sustainable development
Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...
. His latest book is ''Tomorrow's People and New Technology: Changing How We Live Our Lives''. In 2019 he was the UK candidate to be the Executive Director of the
United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on th ...
. Dodds was the Executive Director of the Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future from 1992–2012. He is probably best known as the author of ''How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings: Mine is a Café Latte'', written with co-author Michael Strauss.
Dodds has produced a trilogy of books known as the Vienna Cafe Trilogy, which covers the history of sustainable development at the global level. He wrote the third book in the series, ''Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals'' (2017), with Ambassador Donoghue and Jimena Leiva Roesch. The other two are the 2014 ''From Rio+20 to the New Development Agenda'' written by Jorge Laguna Celis and Liz Thompson, and the 2012 ''Only One Earth – The Long Road via Rio to Sustainable Development'' written by Michael Strauss and
Maurice Strong
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. The books look at the Rio+20 process and outcomes and the last forty years and the challenges for the future. His previous books include the ''Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus'' edited with Jamie Bartram, which takes up the themes of three of his other books on human and environmental security. These are ''Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity'' edited with Dr.
Ahmed Djoghlaf
Ahmed Djoghlaf (born 25 November 1953 in Algiers), was the executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) until 2012.
As Executive Secretary of the Convention, he had a key rol ...
UN
Convention on Biological Diversity
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Executive Secretary. This is a companion book to ''Climate Change and Energy Insecurity'', an edited volume with Andrew Higham and Richard Sherman, and ''Human and Environmental Security: An Agenda for Change''. The books argue that the new
paradigm
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facing the world is the interface between environmental, human, and economic security considerations. Dodds believes this is due to the failure of developed countries to deliver on promises made during the
1992 Rio Earth Summit and the
2002 World Summit in Johannesburg.
''Human and Environmental Security: An Agenda for Change'' was nominated for the
International Studies Association
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Sprout Award in 2006 for the most significant publication in the field of
environmental studies
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. In 2010, Green Eco Services listed him as one of the twenty-five environmentalists ahead of their time.
He has two children.
Early years
Dodds was born in
Allestree in
Derby
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. He was influenced at an early age by the visions of
John F. Kennedy
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,
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
and
Robert F. Kennedy
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. Dodds went on to study
physics
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at the
University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institut ...
, where he was very active in student politics. He contributed much of his time to the
Anti-Apartheid Movement
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and the Surrey Students Union, for which he served as Deputy President between 1977 and 1978. After university, Dodds went on to teach mathematics and
physics
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, first at the
Khartoum International Community School
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, and then in London at the Harlington Community Schoo
Political work (1980–1990)
Early in his career, Dodds was active in
Politics of the United Kingdom, UK politics and involved himself with the
Anti-Apartheid Movement
The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), was a British organisation that was at the centre of the international movement opposing the South African apartheid system and supporting South Africa's non-White population who were persecuted by the policie ...
and the
Anti-Nazi League
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. Dodds simultaneously began to engage with environmental issues such as
acid rain
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,
nuclear power
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and
ozone depletion
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. He held numerous positions in the
Liberal Party
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between 1983 and 1987 and became chairperson of the party's "young wing," the
National League of Young Liberals
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(NLYL), in 1985.
Dodds was a key instigator in the rebellion against the
SDP-Liberal Alliance leadership of
David Steel
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and
David Owen
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over the issue of an independent
nuclear deterrence
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. The rebel alliance produced the publication ''Across the Divide: Liberal Values on Defence and Disarmament'', which outlined the
Liberal Party's historic opposition to the UK having an independent nuclear deterrent. This resulted in a major defeat to the leadership in 1986, by twenty-three votes at the Liberal Party Conference defence debate in
Eastbourne
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.
After serving the NLYL, Dodds published his first book, ''Into the Twenty-First Century: An Agenda for Political Realignment''. His work called for closer cooperation between
Green
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members on the left in
British politics
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. Contributors to the book included:
Jonathon Porritt
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He is known for his advocacy of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Porritt frequently contributes to magazines, newspapers and books ...
,
Jean Lambert
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Early life and career
She attended Palmer ...
,
Peter Hain
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,
Simon Hughes
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,
Michael Meadowcroft
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Early life
Meadowcroft was born in Halifax, West Yorks ...
,
Sara Parkin
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,
Petra Kelly
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in Germany,
Jeremy Seabrook
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Early ...
,
Peter Tatchell
Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January 1952) is a British human rights campaigner, originally from Australia, best known for his work with LGBT social movements.
Tatchell was selected as the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey ...
and
Hilary Wainwright
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Early life and education
Wainwright's father was the Libera ...
. In 1988, Dodds co-founded Green Voice, which worked for two years to create a dialogue between Green members on the left of
Politics of the United Kingdom, UK politics. In 2018 he published his autobiography about those years: ''Power to the People: Confessions of a Young Liberal Activist 1975–1988''.
Leadership at the UN (1990–present)
Since 1990, Dodds has been active within the United Nations network, originally as Director of the United Nations Environment and Development, UK Committee (UNED-UK). This organization evolved into the UNED Forum, eventually leading to its successor organization, the Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future. These organizations played a critical role in mobilizing support for the
Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 and Rio+20 in 2012. In the months leading up to the highly publicized meeting, Stakeholder Forum's
Earth Summit
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Conference or the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992.
Earth Su ...
website was used by stakeholders as the primary non-UN online resource. For the
Rio+20
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conference, Stakeholder Forum was a partner to the UN to engage stakeholders in the conference.
In 2000, Dodds's book, ''Earth Summit 2002: A New Deal'', outlined many of the key issues for the Summit two years before it occurred.
Dodds has co-founded global Non-governmental organization coalitions for a number of United Nations processes, including the annual
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN CSD), the 1996
UN-HABITAT
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II Conference, and the 1999
World Health Organization
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Health and Environment Conference in London.
Dodds co-chaired the NGO coalition at the UN CSD from 1997 to 2001 and is credited with proposing to the
UN General Assembly
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in 1996 the introduction of Stakeholder Dialogues at the United Nations. Dodds has played a role in their development since that time and is an advocate for the involvement of stakeholders in the decision-making process and implementation of global agreements. He has argued that we are in a process of transition from representative democracy –
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democracy
to a participatory democracy –
Jeffersonian Democracy
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. Dodds contends that at present, we are in a period of stakeholder democracy, and trying, at various levels within society, to develop the structures, vocabulary, and institutions to embed this phase. He believes such developments will strengthen
world democracy. In 2019 he outlined his theory of stakeholder democracy in his book ''Stakeholder Democracy: Represented Democracy in a Time of Fear.''
Since 2004, Dodds has been working on the emerging agenda of
human
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and
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. His book, ''Human and Environmental Security: An Agenda for Change'', produced with Tim Pippard of
Jane's Information Group
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, outlines the critical issues of this new agenda. Dodds argues that due to the failure of donor governments to fund the agendas stemming from summits at
Rio
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and
Johannesburg
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, many environmental issues are now becoming security dilemmas.
He has held a number of positions, including Member of the Green Globe Task Group to advise the
Foreign Secretary
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on issues of sustainable development; Member of the International Advisory Board for 'Down to Earth –
sustainable consumption
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in the 21st Century; Member of the Board of the
Montreal International Forum; The Co-Chair International Steering Committee for Rio+8; Member of the International Advisory Board for the 2001 Bonn Freshwater Conference; A Commissioner of the Commission on Globalisation; A Member of the International Steering Committee for the Conference Hilltops to Oceans; A Bremen Partnership Award Judge; Member of the Advisory Group for the 2006 Basque
Sustainable Development
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Conference; Member of the
G8 (
Russian Government
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) International Advisory Council of Non-governmental Organizations.
Dodds has, in the past, advised the
European Union
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, the governments of
Denmark
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, and the
UK at intergovernmental events. Dodds also served as an advisor on civil society to the
Russian Government
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for the
2006 G8 Summit. From 2006 to 2007, he was a member of the
UNEP
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Global Environmental Outlook 4 Outreach Advisory Committee and is a former
board member
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of the Montreal International Forum.
He was selected by the United Nations Department for Public Information (DPI) and NGOs to chair the UN DPI Conference on "Sustainable Societies; Responsive Citizens" (which input to Rio+20). He was part of a number of advisory boards for Rio+20, including the global scientist's conference in 2012, Planet Under Pressure, the German Government sponsored conference Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in the Green Economy, and the Government of Abu Dhabi-sponsored conference Eye on Earth Summit framework committee and stakeholder advisory committee.
Current positions
Felix Dodds is an International Ambassador for the City of
Bonn
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. He is an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, a Senior Affiliate of the Water Institute at the
University of North Carolina
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, and an Associate Fellow at the
Tellus Institute
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in Boston. He was co-director of the Nexus 2014 and 2018: Water, Energy, Food, and Climate Conference. He advises a number of organizations working on post-2015 development goals. He is a writer and was for twenty years Executive Director of
Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
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from 1992 to 2012 and was President of Amber Valley Liberal Democrats until 2021.
He has had a semi-regular column, 'Food for Thought' in the Stakeholder Forum newsletter Outreach which is published daily at UN meetings such as the UN
Commission on Sustainable Development
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and
UNFCCC
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. He has been an occasional writer for Inter Press Service and the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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's website and Forbes and Inter-Press Service News Service. He has taken up blogging on sustainable development and Twitter.
Works
* Dodds, F., MP Hughes, S. MP Kirkwood, A., MP Meadowcroft, M., et al. 1986, ''Across the Divide: Liberal Values on Defence and Disarmament'' Hebden Bridge
* Dodds, F., (Ed.), 1988. ''Into the 21st Century – An Agenda for Political Realignment''. London:
Green Print
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* Dodds, F., & Haskin, M., 1988. ''The Politics of Realignment''. In: F. Dodds (Ed.), ''Into the 21st Century – An Agenda for Political Realignment'', London:
Green Print
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* Dodds, F., & Roddick, J. 1993. ''Agenda 21's Political Strategy''. In: C. Thomas (Ed.): ''Rio: Unravelling the Consequences''. London:
Frank Cass
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* Grimshaw, C., Hussain, I., Dodds, F. & Stringer, S., 1995. ''Connections Earth''. London: Two Can & Watts Books
* Dodds, F., 1996 ''Sustainable Communities – the Broader Agenda''. In ''Millennium Partnerships for Sustainable Regeneration'', Greenwich: Docklands Forum & Greenwich Waterfront Community Forum
* Dodds, F., (Ed.), 1997. ''The Way Forward – Beyond Agenda 21''. London:
Earthscan
* Dodds, F., 1997. ''The Adventures of Change''. In: F. Dodds (Ed.), ''The Way Forward – Beyond Agenda 21''. London:
Earthscan
* Bigg, T. & Dodds, F., 1997. ''The UN Commission on Sustainable Development''. In: F. Dodds (Ed.). ''The Way Forward – Beyond Agenda 21''. London:
Earthscan
* Dodds, F., 1997. ''Indicators for Citizens''. In: Kirdar, Uner. (Ed.), ''Cities Are for People''. New York: United Nations
* Dodds, F. & Bigg, T., 1997. ''NGOs and the UN System Since the Rio Summit: The NGO Steering Committee for the Commission on Sustainable Development''. ''In Implementing Agenda 21: NGO Experiences from around the World''
UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service. Geneva:
UN NGLS
*Dodds, F., 1999. ''Introduction'' In Strauss, M., ''The Dialogue Records''. New York. CSD NGO Steering Committee Northern Clearing House
*Dodds, F., 1999. ''Foreword'', In: Girardet, H., ''Creating Sustainable Cities''. Totnes:
Green Books
*Dodds, F., (Ed) 2000 & 2002. ''Earth Summit 2002 – A New Deal''. London.
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., 2000 and 2002. ''Reforming the International Institutions''. In F. Dodds (Ed.). ''Earth Summit 2002 – A New Deal''. . London:
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., 2000. ''CSD NGO Steering Committee'', In Kunugi, T., and Schweitz, M., ''Codes of Conduct for Partnership in Governance''. Japan: The
United Nations University
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*Dodds, F. & Narain, S., 2000. ''Challenges for the Future: Co-Chairs perspectives of the Rio+8 Copenhagen NGO Roundtable Forum''. In ''We Have One Earth''
Copenhagen: The Danish 92 Group
*Dodds, F., 2001. ''From The Corridors To The Table – The Evolution Of The CSD NGO Steering Committee''. In M. Edwards (Ed.): ''Global Citizen Action''. New York:
Reinner
*Dodds, F., 2001, ''Preface to the Revised Edition'', In ''Earth Summit 2002 A New Deal'', London
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., ''From Rio to Johannesburg''. In ''The Road to Earth Summit 2002'
The Heinrich Boell Foundation, Washington
Heinrich Boell Foundation
*Dodds, F., 2002, ''Multi-stakeholder Process in Context of Global Governance Reform'', In M. Hemmati, (Ed.), ''Multi-stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability Beyond Deadlock and Conflict'', London.
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., 2002, ''From Rio to Johannesburg, Cooperation South'', New York,
United Nations Development Programme
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*Dodds, F., 2002, ''From Rio via The Hague to Johannesburg: the role of multi-stakeholder dialogues,'' In Water Science and Technology – Balancing Competing Water Uses Present Status and New Prospects
Stockholm, IWA Publishing
*Dodds, F., with Strauss M., March 2004 and 2006, ''How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings or Mine is a Café Latte'', London,
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., 2004 and 2006, ''Preface'', in ''Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development'', London
Earthscan
*Dodds, F and Pippard, T., (Ed.), March 2005, ''Environment and Human Security – An Agenda for Change''. London:
Earthscan
*Dodds, F. and Pippard, T., 2005, ''An Agenda for Change,'' In ''Environment and Human Security – An Agenda for Change''. London
Earthscan
*Sherman, R., Peer, J., Dodds, F., and Figueroa Kupcu, M., 2006, ''Strengthening The Johannesburg Implementation Track'
''Considerations for Enhancing the Commission on Sustainable Development's Multi Year Programme of Work''. London
Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
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*Dodds, F., Peer, J., Sherman, R., 2006. ''Some Way, But Not All Way on UN Reform''
on the BBC web site.
*Dodds, F., 2007, ''Emerging Stakeholder Democracy: A New Style of Diplomacy,'' In Cooper, A. and Hocking B., ''Worlds Apart? Exploring the Interface between Governance and Diplomacy''. Japan,
United Nations University
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*Dodds, F., Strauss, M., Howell, M., & Onestini, M., 2007, ''Negotiating and Implementing MEAs: A Manual for NGOs'', Nairobi UNEP
*Dodds F., Sherman, R., 2007, ''Climate and the UN: A new bid for control?,''
on the BBC web site
*Dodds, F., 2007, ''Foreword,'' In ''NGO Diplomacy: The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Environmental Negotiations'', Edited by Michele M. Betsill and Elisabeth Corell,
MIT Press
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History
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*Dodds, F., Strauss, M., 2008, ''Sacrificing the Millennium Goals would be a real crisis'
on the BBC web site
*Dodds, F., Osborn, D., Stoddart, H., Strandenaes, J.G., 2008, ''Donostia Declaration on Rio+20''
Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
Stakeholder may refer to:
*Stakeholder (corporate), a group, corporate, organization, member, or system that affects or can be affected by an organization's actions
*Project stakeholder, a person, group, or organization with an interest in a proje ...
*Dodds, F., Higham, A., and Sherman, R., (Ed.) 2009, ''Climate and Energy Insecurity''. London,
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., Sherman, R., 2009, ''A multilateral system for climate and energy security: what roles for existing institutions?'' In ''Climate Change and energy Insecurity''. London,
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., Strauss M., 2009, ''Dreaming of a green Christmas'
on the BBC web site
*Dodds, F., Strong, M., 2010, ''Reviving the Spirit of Rio'
on the BBC web site
*Dodds, F., Strandenas, J.G., 2010, ''Input to the Consultative Group on International Environmental Governance'' London
Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
Stakeholder may refer to:
*Stakeholder (corporate), a group, corporate, organization, member, or system that affects or can be affected by an organization's actions
*Project stakeholder, a person, group, or organization with an interest in a proje ...
*Djoghlaf, A., Dodds, F., (Ed.) 2011, ''Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity: A Planet in Peril''. London
Earthscan
*Djoghlaf, A., Dodds, F., 2011, ''A Panet in Peril'' In Djoghlaf, A., Dodds, F., (Ed) ''Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity: A Planet in Peril''. London
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., Sherman, R., 2011, ''Governing Biodiversity,'' In Djoghlaf, A., Dodds, F., (Ed.) ''Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity: A Planet in Peril''. London
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., 2012, ''Foreword,'' In ''The Tierra Solution: Resolving Climate Change Through Monetary Transformation'', by Frans C. Verhagen,
Cosimo Inc
*Dodds, F., Strauss, M., with Strong, M., 2012, ''Only One Earth: The Long Road via Rio to Sustainable Development''. London
Earthscan
*Dodds, F., 2012, ''Travelling to tomorrow – stakeholders on the same planet'', In G.Lipman, T.Delacy, R. Hawkins and M. Jiang(Ed.), ''Green Growth and Travelism – Letters from Leaders'', London.
Goodfellow Publishers Ltd
Goodfellow is a surname with English, Scottish or Irish origins. Notable people with the surname include:
* Benjamin Goodfellow (1864–1946), British solicitor and philatelist
* Bill Goodfellow, Canadian Minister of Highways in the Ontario Depa ...
*Dodds, F. and Nayar, A., 2012, ''Rio+20 – A New Beginning''. Perspectives Issue 8, Nairobi,
UNEP
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*Dodds, F. Peach, R. and Strauss, M. 2013, ''Acting to Address the Ocean-Related Impacts of Climate Change on Human and National Security, with Recommendations for Priority Actions drawn from the discussions of the Global Conference on Oceans, Climate and Security at the University of Massachusetts Boston'', Boston Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security, University of Massachusetts Boston
*Dodds, F., Thompson, E. and Laguna Celis, J. 2014, ''From Rio+20 to a New Development Agenda: Building a Bridge to a Sustainable Future'', London.
Routledge
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*Dodds, F., Thompson, E. and Laguna Celis, J. 2014, "The Plain Language Guide to Rio+20: Preparing for the New Development Agenda", Apex.
New World Frontiers
*Dodds, F. , 2014 ''From Rio+20 to a New Development Agenda'', New York,
Forbes
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*Lim, H., Luna, S., Rebedea, O., Banisar, D., Dodds, F. and Quinn, M. (Ed), 2015, ''Governance for Sustainable Development: Ideas for the Post 2015 Agenda'', Apex.
New World Frontiers
*Lim, H., Luna, S., Rebedea, O., Banisar, D., Dodds, F. and Quinn, M. 2015, ''Volume 1Governance for Sustainable Development: Introduction Governance for Sustainable Development: Ideas for the Post 2015 Agenda'', Apex.
New World Frontiers
*Dodds, F. 2015, ''Partnerships lessons from the first ten years of Type 2 Partnerships'' In Lim, H., Luna, S., Rebedea, O., Banisar, D., Dodds, F. and Quinn, M. 2015, In ''Governance for Sustainable Development: Ideas for the Post 2015 Agenda'', Apex.
New World Frontiers
*Dodds, F. 2015, ''Key Questions for an interlinked and coherent governance for the review and follow up of the post 2015 agenda and its SDG and the Addis Ababa commitments'' In ''Governance for Sustainable Development: Ideas for the Post 2015 Agenda'', Apex.
New World Frontiers
*Bartram, J. Kayser, G., Gordon, B. and Dodds, F., 2015 ''International Policy'', In Bartram, J. Handbook of Water and Health, London
Routledge
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*Dodds, F., and Strauss, M., 2015 ''The year of negotiating precariously'
London,
The Guardian, Guardian
*Dodds, F. and Lipman, G., 2015, ''Once in a lifetime chance for green growth and travelism
London
The Guardian, Guardian
*Dodds, F., and Strauss, M., 2015, ''Maurice Strong - A Sustainable Life'
London
The Guardian, Guardian
*Dodds, F., and Bartram, J., (Ed) 2016 ''The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus: Challenges and an Agenda for Action'', London.
Routledge
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*Dodds, F., and Bartram, J., 2016, ''History of the Nexus at the Intergovernmental Level'' in ''The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus: Challenges and an Agenda for Action'', London.
Routledge
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*Dodds. F. and Simons, C., 2016 ''Principles for the Integration of the Nexus within Business'' in ''The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus: Challenges and an Agenda for Action'', London.
Routledge
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*Halle, M. and Dodds, F. 2016 ''Issue No. 20: UNEP AND CIVIL SOCIETY: AN EXCHANGE A New Landscape for Stakeholder Engagement in UNEP?'', Nairobi,
UNEP
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*Dodds, F., Donoghue, D. and Roesch, L., J, 2016, ''Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals: A Transformational Agenda for an Insecure World'', London,
Routledge
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*Dodds, F., Strauss, M. and Charles, J., 2016, ''Santa's Green Christmas: Father Christmas battles Climate Change'', New York, Comics Uniting Nations
*Dodds, F. 2017 ''Emergence of Environment as a Security Imperative'' in ''The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science'', Oxford,
Oxford University Press
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*Dodds, F. 2018 ''Power to the People: Confessions of Young Liberal Activist 1975-1988'', Apex,
New World Frontier
*Dodds, F. 2018 ''People and Pollution'' UNEP Perspective Paper 30, Nairobi,
UNEP
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*Dodds, F., Bolaji, A., Yeongmoo, C., Popescu,P. Krapp, R., Banisar, D. and McKew, Q. 2018 ''Volume 3: Governance for Sustainable Development Volume 2: Implementing the 2030 Agenda'', Apex,
New World Frontier
*Dodds, F. 2018 ''Father of Sustainable Development'' in ''Remembering Maurice Strong: Tributes and Reminiscences'' editors Federico Mayor, Negoslave Ostojic and Roberto Savio, Belgrade, European Center for Peace and Development
*Dodds, F. Dering-Klinger, V. Hilali El, M. Cho, Y. Bolaji, A. Popescu, C. Banisar, D. and McKew, Q. 2019 ''Volume 3 Governance for Sustainable Development: Preparing for the Heads of State Review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development''
New World Frontiers
*Dodds, F. Dering-Klinger, V. Hilali El, M. Kim, H. Makwe, S. Popescu, C. Banisar, D. and McKew, Q. 2020 ''Volume 4 Governance for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development''
New World Frontiers
*Dodds, F. 2019 ''Stakeholder Democracy: Represented Democracy in a Time of Fear'', London,
Routledge
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*Dodds, F. Nicklas, S. Hilali El, M. Kim, H. Makwe, S. Popescu, C. Banisar, D. and McKew, Q. 2021 ''Governance for Sustainable Development: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Governance Challenges'',
New World Frontiers
*Dodds, F. Chopitea-Duque, C. and Ruffins, R. (2021) ''Tomorrow's People and New Technology: Changing How We Live Our Lives'',
Routledge
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*Dodds, F. Spence, C. (2022) ''Heroes of Environmental Diplomacy: Profiles in Courage'',
Routledge
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