Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future

An international NGO working to advance sustainable development and to expand the role of all relevant stakeholders in international forums, at all levels.

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On 27 January 2026, Stakeholder Forum Fellow Branislava Balac spoke at this year’s UN ECOSOC Partnership Forum. The intervention focused on SDGs 7, 11, and 17—under review this year. Read the text of the intervention at https://t.co/FYOIIRynuw

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October 8, 2026 – Stakeholder Forum Director Irena Zubcevic is pleased to announce that Craig Boljkovac, Sander van Bennekom, & Kyra Sadat Ruben are Stakeholder Forum’s newest Fellows & Associate. You can read more about them by visiting https://t.co/qGHKUq5pEA

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Take a look at SF’s August blog no. 2: ‘Future Generations in Global Governance – A 2026 Progress Check’, by SF Senior Fellow Daniella Tilbury, at https://t.co/lNU6ZXb6bj

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SF’s newest blog, ‘Mid-term Review of the New Urban Agenda’, by SF Fellow Branka Balac, is now live. Read her expert assessment of the review, including recommendations on the way forward: https://t.co/ySAw0IXKXg

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SF's newest blog, 'Youth at the June 2026 Bonn UNFCCC Climate Conference,' by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students Lily Mefford and Joshua Bream, is now online. Visit the SF Blogs Space to read about their experience and unique impressions: https://t.co/ySAw0IXd7I

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Stakeholder Forum’s ‘Annual Report 2025 – Advancing Sustainable Development at all Levels’ is now available, including messages from ChairLouis Meuleman, Director Irena Zubčević, and a snapshot of our activities. See it here: https://t.co/ZPZvdCEWWU

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Stakeholder Forum's Newest Governance Paper is Now Available: 'The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and Beyond,' by Craig Boljkovac. Read all about it here: https://t.co/ZRJ3iJTHCc

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The UN Climate Talks in Bonn Just Failed. Why? Published by 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. https://t.co/vJ2wjNtSkT

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Now available to read and download: "Exploitation, Resistance, and Resilience in Mexico’s Yucatán: Stories of Human and Nonhuman Rights under Pressure from Animal Megafarms," by Mia MacDonald & SF Associate Isis Alvarez. You can find it here: https://t.co/FckdSCOgnv

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SF's newest 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,’ is now available at https://t.co/ImCcuGErVf

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‘Financing the Triple Planetary Crisis of Chemicals and Waste, Biodiversity, and Climate Change’ By Craig Boljkovac, Hugo-Maria Schally, et. al., SF's newest Governance Paper, is now Available. Read it here: https://t.co/V3W1IZrA49

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Stakeholder Forum’s newest Governance Paper, ‘Breaking the Deadlock – Ideas for Advancing a Global Treaty on Plastics Pollution, by Craig Boljkovac, is now available. Please have a look at https://t.co/uNfDLPyHqG

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Stakeholder Forum and UNEP have agreed to a new MOU to engage global stakeholders. This new working agreement will be in effect until the end of 2029 and will, in part, inform thinking beyond 2030. You can read more about it at https://t.co/xZ6Ye6IxgR

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Prof. Daniella Tilbury, Hon Fellow, St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, and a Stakeholder Forum Fellow, recently authored a new European Commission analytical report that critically examines higher education for sustainability. Download it at https://t.co/orNgwiuQU0

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Stakeholder Forum is pleased to announce that Ruben Zondervan has become our newest Fellow. He's a sustainability choreographer, aligning actors, interests, institutions, and governance for sustainability. You can read more about Ruben and SF Fellows at https://t.co/Wz6EeqtvIf

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Just published: SF's 5th sdg2030 Series Report – UN80: Reform of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements – Around the Triple Planetary Crisis of Pollution, Biodiversity, and Climate Change. Edited by Felix Dodds and Chris Spence. Find it here: https://t.co/F05dsdH1U4

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Now Available on the SF Blog Space: ‘Just Transitions: Multiple Challenges, Multiple Options’, by David O’Connor and Rene Marker-Katz. Read about their thoughts in full at https://t.co/Je7h4Yqo29

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Just Published on IISD’s SDG Knowledge Hub – ‘Science, Policy, and Society: A Trinity That Can Accelerate the 2030 Agenda,’ an article by SF’s Louis Meuleman, Irena Zubcevic, Ingeborg Niestroy, and Dmytro Zlenko. Jump to the article now: https://t.co/y51TZ6y1AH

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Now Available on the SF Blog Space: ‘Climate Change Goes to Court: What the ICJ Just Told the World’. Prof Daniella Tilbury discusses how, on July 23, the International Court of Justice handed down its Advisory Opinion on climate change. Read it here: https://t.co/8NmWoF1baP

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Now on the SF Blog Space: ‘UN Reform: Is it Time to Renew the Idea of Clustering the Major Environmental Agreements?’ Felix Dodds and Chris Spence discuss the triple planetary crisis: https://t.co/moNbbYSAIQ