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Felix Dodds is an author, futurist and activist. He has been instrumental in developing new modes of stakeholder engagement with the United Nations, particularly within the field of sustainable development. Mr. Dodds was the Executive Director of 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' most recent book, From Rio+20 to the New Development Agenda written with Jorge Laguna Celis and Liz Thompson is the companion book to Only One Earth – The Long Road via Rio to Sustainable Development written with Michael Strauss and Maurice Strong 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 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity edited with Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf UN Convention on Biological Diversity Executive Secretary this is a companion book to ''Climate Change and Energy Insecurity'' edited volume with Andrew Higham and Richard Sherman and ''Human and Environmental Security: An Agenda for Change'' they argue that the new paradigm facing the world is the interface between environmental, human, economic security considerations. Dodds argues that 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 Sprout Award in 2006 for the most significant publication in the field of environmental studies.〔(ISA Environmental Studies Section » The Harold and Margaret Sprout Award )〕 In 2010 Green Eco Services listed him as one of the twenty five environmentalists ahead of their time () and Wikipedia list him in their list of 49 Green thinkers. He has two children Robin Dodds and Merri Dodds. ==Early years== Felix Dodds was influenced at an early age by the visions of Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Dodds went on to study physics at the University of Surrey, where he was very active in student politics. He contributed much of his time to the Anti-Apartheid Movement 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, first at the Khartoum International Community School, and then in London at the Harlington Community School (). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Felix Dodds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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