The International Environment Forum, as a Bahá'Ã-inspired professional organization for environment and sustainability, shares and upholds the principles and ideals of the Bahá'à Faith and supports its efforts to establish and promote peace, the unity of the human race, and an ever-advancing world civilization that preserves the ecological balance of the planet.
Exploring the future of work
new Bahá'à International Community Statement
Bahá'à World News Service
9 April 2023
Global Futures Forum
New York and online
20-21 March 2023
Global Futures Forum Calls for UN Reforms to Address Emerging 21st Century Challenges
New York, 28 March 2023:
The Latest on Climate Change
IPCC Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report
Summary for Policy Makers
Released 20 March 2023
Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030
Fiona Harvey, Environment editor
The Guardian 17 March 2023
with an extract from the full report
Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts
Landmark report urges overhaul of wasteful water practices around world on eve of crucial UN summit
Floods and droughts are intensifying
Nature Water March 2023
Climate Change and Its Ethical Challenges
The Bahá'à World online
Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity
beyond areas of national jurisdiction – BBNJ
20 February – 4 March 2023
UN Headquarters, New York
The other energy crisis
Arthur Dahl's blog
Global Solidarity Accounting Progress
Report on a year of activity
26 January 2023 online
Why a space sunshade isn't such a bright idea
Letter from IEF President Arthur Dahl
in New Scientist 4 February 2023
There is a fundamental contradiction between two of Vaclav Smil's innovations to save humanity [New Scientist 7 January 2023, p.38]. He calls for more efficient photosynthesis, while also suggesting the need for a planetary sunshade to control global warming.