This summer, students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had the chance to don the badge of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future and attend a United Nations conference. Lily Mefford is a rising junior studying Public…
Since 1992, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future has been a bridge between stakeholders of all kinds and the international intergovernmental forums where sustainable development, and in particular the environment and issues related to its good governance, are debated, global…
You can now read SF’s most recent governance paper, ‘The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and Beyond,’ by Craig Boljkovac. In 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) mandated an…
‘Preparing for the 2027 Review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Including the SDGs,’ an in-person side event and Zoom webinar at the 2026 United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (the HLPF), was held on 6 July…
Just published by the IPS – the Inter Press Service News Agency – Stakeholder Forum Fellow Felix Dodds and co-author Chris Spence consider the future of UN Climate Meetings after the June 2026 UN Climate Meetings in Bonn. With progress…
In a recent article published on the Brighter Green website, Stakeholder Forum Associate Isis Alvarez and co-author Mia MacDonald center the case of the megafarms in the Yucatán to explore two conference themes: MOTH (More-Than-Human Life) rights in practice and…
Informed by stakeholder consultations conducted by Stakeholder Forum's delegation at the Seventh Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), 'A Pocket Guide to Environment and Sustainable Development Governance – Third Edition' is now available for download as a consolidated book, an introduction and 12 chapters.
You can now read SF’s most recent governance paper, ‘Lessons Learned from the BRS Conventions Synergies Process, Which Could Be Applied to the UNEP-Administered and Extended to Selected Other Biodiversity Conventions,’ by Craig Boljkovac, Hugo-Maria Schally, and Felix Dodds. The…
On 27 January 2026, Stakeholder Forum Fellow Branislava Balac spoke at this year’s United Nations ECOSOC Partnership Forum. The intervention focused on SDGs 7, 11, and 17—under review this year, where she emphasized the need to move from broad commitments…
SF’s newest opinion piece, ‘Trusting in Hope or Managing Disaster: UNEA 7, Human Rights and the Nobel Prizes’ by Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Senior Advisor to Stakeholder Forum, is now available. With an introduction by Stakeholder Forum Director Irena Zubcevic, Mr. Strandenaes…