Sustainable development has been a focus of my whole career even before the term was coined, as integrating environment and development has been my goal since undergraduate studies. I have advised governments of developing countries and islands since 1969, worked for intergovernmental organizations since 1974, and taken a lead in efforts to measure and monitor sustainable development with indicators. I lectured at the first Earth Day in 1970, participated in the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, was in the secretariat for the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Earth Summit) where I helped to draft Agenda 21, and organized several parallel activities at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002, and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012. I have also written and lectured widely on sustainable development and taught postgraduate and distance-learning courses on the topic.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
Five years scientific research and curatorial experience on algae, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA, with special interests in coral reef ecology, marine algae, and island environments, and continuing activity on various international scientific committees.

Eleven years residence in the South Pacific as adviser to governments and international organizations in ecology, conservation and environmental management, with extensive field experience, including at the grass-roots level. Three years residence in Africa and twenty-five years in Europe. Wide knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region and of small island developing States, particularly the developing countries and territories of the Pacific Islands, complemented by experience in the Caribbean and Africa, and visits to many other areas.

Thirty-five years programme management and administrative experience in the planning, organization and evaluation of international multi-disciplinary programmes of research, observation, and environmental assessment and management, including liaison with governments, organization of cooperation among international agencies, directing intergovernmental meetings, scientific symposia and training courses, and implementing the results of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992)

Producer of training and audio-visual materials, lecturer and writer (in English and French) for scientific audiences, universities and the general public on sustainable development, environment, ecology, conservation, ethics, religion and values

Consultant to many international organizations and government agencies, with special emphasis on indicators of environment, development and sustainability, coral reef and coastal zone management, conservation of nature and biodiversity, environment and management of islands, environmental education and training, rural social and economic development, and applications of science in developing countries

Academic experience including organizing, curriculum development and teaching graduate level and on-line courses in social and economic development and sustainability, Visiting Professor at University of Brighton, coordinator of UNEP/University of Geneva Environmental Diplomacy Programme, member of scientific committee for University of Geneva Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development, Federal Technical University in Lausanne (EPFL) Certificate of Advanced Studies in Management of Development Projects and occasional lecturer for other university courses

Recent substantive interests have focussed on indicators of values, sustainability and development; international environmental governance; ethics of climate change and sustainability; information for environmental decision-making; global and national environmental observations and assessments; new economic paradigms; coral reef protection and management; and the special problems of small island developing States

POSITIONS:
Coordinator, UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Environmental Diplomacy Programme, 2005-2010.
Retired from the United Nations Environment Programme, August 2002
Director, Coral Reef Unit, Division of Environmental Conventions, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000-2002
Coordinator, UN System-wide Earthwatch, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 1992-2000
Deputy Assistant Executive Director, Division of Environment Information and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996-1998
Deputy to the Director, Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, 1989-1992
Consulting ecologist to governments and international organizations, 1982-1989, including: Government of New Caledonia; South Pacific Regional Environment Programme; Kanak Cultural, Scientific and Technical Office (New Caledonia); Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress; International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre, United Nations Environment Programme; Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER); Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center; UNESCO
Regional Ecological Adviser, South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1974-1982 (organized South Pacific Regional Environment Programme)
Associate Curator (Algae), Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1970-1974, and Research Associate, 1974-1982
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1969-1970
Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 1965-1966

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE relevant to sustainable development:
Development of quantitative marine ecological surveys and long-term coral reef monitoring techniques, 1969-present.
Studies, as part of interdisciplinary programs, of coral reef and algal ecology, with development of theoretical systems models, 1970-1974.
Research into urban impact on the coastal zone in tropical developing countries and studies of appropriate strategies for waste management, 1979-1982.
Environmental impact assessment of a hydroelectric project in a national park, 1982-1983.
Studies of techniques for rural environmental resource management in tropical islands, including traditional approaches to environmental management, 1982-1989.
Detailed analysis of the biodiversity, nature conservation requirements and protected area system in Oceania, 1985-1986.
Analysis and classification of islands according to ecological, geographic and socio-economic criteria, as related to the effects of limits on complex systems, preparation of a database on islands, 1985-present. http://islands.unep.ch/ and http://yabaha.net/dahl/isldb/isldir.htm
Commission on Sustainable Development programme of work on indicators of sustainable development, 1994-2001.
SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) projects on indicators of sustainability, 1994-1997 and 2003-2006.
Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, 1996-2005.
Expert adviser for the World Economic Forum to Yale University and CIESIN on the redesign of the Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, and the development of the Environmental Performance Index 2005-2006.
Values-based indicators of education for sustainable development (EU Framework 7), 2009-2011.

MEETINGS AND FIELD EXPERIENCE relevant to sustainable development:
1969
Participated in initial field surveys of effects of Santa Barbara oil spill, California.
1970
Prepared ecological reports on American Samoa at request of government.
1971
Co-organizer and working group leader at Coral Reef Workshop in Belize organized by Comparative Investigations of Tropical Reef Ecosystems program.
1972
Accredited observer for the Bahá'í International Community to United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, Sweden.
1973
Continued reef monitoring and environmental surveys in American and Western Samoa, and prepared revised ecological report for Government of American Samoa.
1974
Visited international organizations concerned with environment in Kenya, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, and U.S.A. (New York, Washington, California and Hawaii) on behalf of South Pacific Commission.
Discussions with governments on environment and conservation activities in American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Tonga, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Western Samoa.
Drafted environmental legislation for Niue.
Attended Pacific Islands Tourism Conference, Samoa.
Attended meeting on Resource Utilization in the South Pacific, New Caledonia.
1975
Visited Solomon Islands at request of Government to prepare report on environmental management and conservation, and draft legislation.
1976
Secretariat and observer at Plenipotentiary Meeting to conclude a Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific, Apia, Western Samoa.
1977
Organized and directed inter-governmental expert planning meeting for South Pacific environmental management programme, New Caledonia.
Resource person for Asian Development Institute Workshop on Development Planning with Special Reference to Evaluation, Western Samoa.
Visited Tonga at Government request to prepare environmental and ecological report on Tongatapu, including draft legislation.
1978
Directed seven-week Sub-regional Workshop in Environmental Planning and Assessment, Papua New Guinea, with participants from various Pacific countries.
Attended South Pacific Regional Meeting for United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, Fiji.
Directed Second Technical Meeting on South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Noumea, New Caledonia.
Organized and directed Expert Meeting on Coral Reef Monitoring, Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea.
Visited Western Samoa to prepare report on national parks and conservation at request of Government, and planned underwater nature trail.
1979
Continued assistance to Western Samoa in developing national parks and reserves and drafting environmental policy.
Presented paper on port pollution at Sixth South Pacific Ports Conference, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Presented papers at Workshop on Natural Systems Management Training, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Directed Territorial Workshop in Environmental Planning and Assessment for rural medical officers in New Caledonia.
1980
Directed major study for the government of New Caledonia of pollution problems and waste treatment strategies for the Noumea urban area.
Continued long-term monitoring surveys of coral reefs in American Samoa.
Conducted Workshop on Environmental Planning and Assessment for Government of Niue.
Drafted country report on Vanuatu for South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
Presented paper at UNESCO Tourism Workshop, Cook Islands.
Presented paper at Second International Symposium on Biology and Management of Mangroves and Tropical Shallow Water Communities, Papua New Guinea.
1981
Organized and directed South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Technical Meeting, New Caledonia.
Invited participant in UNESCO Workshop in Research and Training Priorities for Coral Reef Management in Oceania, South Asia and Southeast Asia, Philippines.
Invited participant in UNDP-CCOP/SOPAC Inshore and Nearshore Resources Training Workshop, Fiji.
Visited Tuvalu to prepare country report for South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
1982
Organized and directed ministerial-level Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, as part of South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
Reviewed environmental impact of development projects for Cook Islands Government.
Invited speaker, Seminar on Conservation and Development, and Training Course on Environmental Studies and Conservation, Fiji.
1983
Prepared environmental impact study of a river diversion project in a national park for government of New Caledonia.
Invited lecturer at IOI/FFA/USP Exclusive Economic Zone Management Course, Fiji.
1984
Visited Fiji for discussions on rural development.
Discussions in Western Samoa on park and reserve development.
1985
Consultations with Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, Washington, D.C.
Directed Training Course on Rural Environmental Management for Government of Vanuatu.
Participant in conference on Environment and Development: Opportunities in Africa and the Middle East, the Netherlands.
1986
Presented invited paper in Symposium on Ecological Management of Coastal Zones at IV International Congress of Ecology, New York, U.S.A., and participated in meeting of IUCN Commission on Ecology.
1987
Fellow, Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center, Hawaii.
Lecture tours for European Environment Year in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
1988
Consultant to Government of Vanuatu through IUCN for planning of a National Conservation Strategy.
Consultant to World Tourism Organization/UNDP project for marine park development in Comoros.
1989
Directed Expert and Intergovernmental Meetings on Eastern African Action Plan, Nairobi.
1990
Represented UNEP at Indian Ocean Commission, Committee on Environment (Moroni, Comoros); Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group 2 (Moscow); Intergovernmental Meeting on South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (Noumea); London Dumping Convention (London).
1991
Participant in UNCED Working Party on Oceans, Geneva and Monaco.
Represented UNEP at UNCED Preparatory Committee meetings (Nairobi and Geneva) and Intergovernmental and Contracting Parties meetings on South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Noumea.
Seconded to the Secretariat for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Geneva, to assist in preparing Agenda 21 for adoption at the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro.
1992
Consultant to FAO to prepare the Inter-regional Conference of Small Island Countries on Sustainable Development and Environment in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Christ Church, Barbados, and represented UNEP and presented paper at the conference.
Leader of UNDP Appraisal Team for the South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme funded by the Global Environment Facility, Western Samoa.
Participant in WRI Workshop on Environmental Indicators, Washington.
1993
Represented UNEP at Preparatory Committee for Global Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, New York.
Named to chair Technical and Management Advisory Group for South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme (GEF/UNDP/SPREP), Apia, Samoa.
Presented paper at European Baha'i Business Forum meeting, Landegg, Switzerland.
Organized UNEP/UNSTAT Consultative Expert Group on Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators, Geneva.
1994
Member of scientific advisory committee for Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) project on indicators of sustainable development.
Organized inter-agency Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva.
Chaired South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme Technical and Management Advisory Group, Apia, Western Samoa.
Presented paper at GATT symposium on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development.
Participant in World Bank Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Washington, DC, USA.
1995
Member of organizing committee for SCOPE/UNEP International Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Ghent, Belgium.
Participant in UN Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development.
Organized inter-agency Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva.
Part of UNEP delegation to Commission on Sustainable Development.
Chaired South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme Technical and Management Advisory Group, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Invited expert at European Commission meeting on Earth Observations in developing countries, Brussels.
Discussion group leader at Third Scientific Symposium on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Geneva.
Member of organizing committee, and keynote speaker, for SCOPE Scientific Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Wuppertal, Germany.
1996
Organized inter-agency meetings including Earthwatch Working Party, Meeting on Common/compatible systems of access to data, New York.
Participant in Expert Meeting on Methodologies for Indicators of Sustainable Development, New York.
Lecturer in Hungary, Turkey and Romania, at high-level Workshop on Sustainable Development and International Cooperation, Bucharest.
Chaired Fourth Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Apia, Western Samoa.
Organized Workshop on Information for Sustainable Development and Earthwatch, Geneva
Chaired Technical Meeting on Clearing-house for Global Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, Geneva.
Major session speaker at Second International Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Ghent, Belgium.
Invited participant in Conference on Principles of Sustainable Development Performance Measurement, Bellagio, Italy
1997
Facilitator and speaker at Regional Capacity 21/DPCSD Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Accra, Ghana.
Chaired Fifth Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Apia, Samoa.
Invited participant in UN Expert Meeting on Island Vulnerability Indicators, New York.
1998
Participant in Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, Washington, D.C.
Facilitator at Fourth International Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Prague, Czech Republic.
Member of steering committee and participant in OECD Workshop on Agro-environmental Indicators, York, U.K.
Organized and chaired fourth Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva, Switzerland.
Panel co-chair and speaker at 27th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment, "Information for Sustainability", Tromso, Norway.
Organizer and keynote speaker at second International Conference of the Environment Forum, de Poort, the Netherlands.
Chaired Sixth Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Invited featured speaker at Beas Foundation Seminar on "The Eco Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis", Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
1999
Invited participant in FAO/Australian Technical Consultation on Sustainability Indicators in Marine Capture Fisheries, Sydney, Australia.
Partially chaired Fifth Expert Group Meeting on Indicators of Sustainable Development, New York.
Named to Commission on Peace, Ecology and Sustainable Development, in the Centre for Research on Peace, Institut Catholique de Paris, France.
Organized Fifth Meeting of the Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva, Switzerland.
Organizer and keynote speaker at third Conference of the International Environment Forum, Sidcot, England.
Keynote speaker, AIESEC Planet Club Conference, Hungary.
Chaired Seventh Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Apia, Samoa.
Invited speaker at Seminar and Conference on Social and Economic Development in the Americas, Orlando, Florida.
2000
Organized and chaired Sixth Meeting of the Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva, Switzerland.
Invited speaker at International Conference on Human Habitat and Environment, Landegg Academy, Switzerland.
Invited expert, meeting on Impact of Information on Decision-making Processes, Arendal, Norway.
Invited keynote speaker at International Colloquium on Sustainable Development and Information for Decision-making, St. Etienne, France.
Keynote speaker at Second AIESEC Planet Club Conference, Veroce-Kismaros, Hungary.
Co-organizer of International Expert Meeting on Information for Decision-making, Ottawa, Canada.
Chaired Eighth Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Wellington, New Zealand.
Keynote Speaker, Fourth Conference of International Environment Forum, and Seminar-Conference on Social and Economic Development in the Americas, Orlando, Florida.
2001
Keynote speaker and panelist, Environment 2001 Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
UNEP representative and part of secretariat for Commission on Sustainable Development Intersessional Working Group on Information for Decision-making, and ninth session of Commission on Sustainable Development, New York
Invited participant in Workshop on Environmental Sustainability Index, World Economic Forum, Geneva.
Participant in SOPAC/UNEP Global Environmental Vulnerability Indicators Meeting, Geneva.
Participant in International Coral Reef Action Network Regional Seas Meeting, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
Organizer and keynote speaker, Fifth Conference of International Environment Forum, Czech Republic.
Invited lecturer, Royal Commonwearth Society and London School of Economics, London, England.
Keynote speaker, European Baha'i Business Forum Annual Conference, Netherlands.
Chaired Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva.
Consultations with government and other partners on coral reef action, Madagascar
2002
Lecturer, Centre of Human Ecology, University of Geneva, and graduate programme, Federal Polytechnic University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
UNEP delegate to 3rd Preparatory Committee for World Summit on Sustainable Development, New York.
Invited speaker, World Civil Society Forum, Geneva.
Represented International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) and International Environment Forum (IEF) at World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, organized and spoke at Dialogue on Indicators of Sustainability at WSSD Science Forum, at panel on Multiple Dimensions of Globalization at IUCN Environment Centre, at panel on Science at the Local Level at the University of Witwaatersrand, and at ICRI/ICRAN parallel event.
Speaker at European Bahá'í Business Forum annual conference, the Netherlands, and EBBF national conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, with lectures at various universities in Bulgaria.
2003
Lectures on sustainable development at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various universities in Madagascar.
Lectures on sustainable development at ten different universities in Adana, Ankara, Ismir and Istanbul, Turkey.
Invited speaker, International Conference on the Impact of Global Environmental Problems on Continental and Coastal Marine Waters, Geneva.
Keynote speaker, Festival de l'Avenir au Naturel, l'Albenc, France.
Panelist on sustainable development, European Bahá'í Business Forum Annual Conference, The Netherlands.
Speaker, European Bahá'í Business Forum Workshop at World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva.
Co-organizer and speaker, 7th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum and Bahá'í Conference on Social and Economic Development in the Americas, Orlando, Florida, USA.
2004
Invited workshop speaker, First International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network, UNESCO, Paris.
Invited expert for South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) launch of Environmental Vulnerability Index at SIDS preparatory session of UN Commission on Sustainable Development, and observer for International Environment Forum at CSD, New York.
Prepared background paper and chaired working group at SCOPE/IHDP Workshop on Assessment of Sustainability Indicators, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Invited lecturer at AIESEC National Conference on Ethical Leadership, London, UK.
Panelist, European Bahá'í Business Forum Annual Conference, The Netherlands.
Invited expert, Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) Think Tank II, SOPAC, Suva, Fiji.
Led consultation on environmental governance, Pacific Institute for Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
Co-organizer and keynote speaker, 8th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Participant in Expert Workshop to review the Environmental Sustainability Index, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, as advisor to World Economic Forum.
2005
Represented Global Islands Network, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, and CSD Education Caucus at the Mauritius International Meeting on further implementation of the Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States, chaired side events for International Coral Reef Initiative and Education Caucus, and participated in the presentation of SOPAC Environmental Vulnerability Index.
Represented International Environment Forum at UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York
Presented paper at International Sustainability Conference, Basel
2006
Invited lecturer for AIESEC national and regional conferences in Italy, Czech Republic, United Kingdom and Macedonia
Represented International Environment Forum at UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York
Participated in plenary panel at 3rd International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network, Norway
Speaker at European Baha'i Business Forum Annual Conference, Netherlands
Organizer and keynote speaker at 10th Annual Conference of International Environment Forum, Balliol College, Oxford, England
Presented a week of lectures on sustainable development at Master of Advanced Studies in Development, Technology and Society, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Public and university lectures in Chambery, France; Quebec, Canada; Leichtenstein; Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria; Ohrid, Macedonia
2007
Invited lecturer, EBBF-AIESEC Seminar, Italy
Public and university lectures in Jyvaskyla, Tampere and Helsinki, Finland; Monaco; Nice and Chambery, France; Brussels, Belgium; Quebec, Canada
Invited participant in UNESCOcat Expert Workshop on Faith-based Organizations and Education for Sustainable Development, Barcelona, Spain
Represented International Environment Forum and Baha'i International Community at 15th Commission on Sustainable Development, New York; panelist in side event on Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
Participant and lecturer in European Baha'i Business Forum (EBBF) meeting on the Enterprise of the Future, Acuto, Italy; closing keynote at EBBF annual conference, dePoort, the Netherlands; keynote lecturer at EBBF national conference, Berlin, Germany
Organized and lectured at UNEP/University of Geneva Course in Environmental Diplomacy, Chateau de Bossey, Switzerland
Organizer and speaker at International Environment Forum 11th Annual Conference on response to climate change, Ottawa, Canada.
Led two workshops at AIESEC national conference, Fiesch, Switzerland.
Participant in SCOPE/UNEP Workshop on Policy Briefs, Paris.
2008
Speaker at AIESEC conferences in Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and keynote speaker at AIESEC International Presidents Meeting in Macedonia
Lecturer at Instituto Impressa Business School and EOI Business School of Computense University, Madrid, Spain
Speaker at Freiburg Forum on Environmental Governance, Freiburg, Germany
Presented keynote and paper at Consumer Citizenship Network International Conference, Tallinn, Estonia
Organized and lectured at UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Course in Environmental Diplomacy, Chateau de Bossey, Switzerland
Speaker at joint EBBF/International Environment Forum Conference in the Netherlands
Invited participant in UNEP/SCOPE meeting on environmental measurement, Paris
Presented paper at International Conference on Ethics and Climate Change, Padua, Italy
Invited speaker at European Center for Peace and Development conference on Peace and Reconciliation in the Balkans, Milocer, Montenegro
Participated in advisory board meeting for European project on indicators of sustainability, Tampere, Finland
Speaker and panelist in keynote session on multiple dimensions of climate change at Baha'i Conference on Social and Economic Development, Orlando, Florida
2009
Participant in review panel and research team meetings for education for sustainable development indicators project, University of Brighton, England
Keynote speaker for AIESEC alumni at AIESEC International Presidents Meeting, Rome, Italy
Presentation at international science congress: Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions, Copenhagen, Denmark
Presented paper at Sixth Consumer Citizenship Network Conference, Berlin, Germany
Chaired first Core Group Meeting, ESD indicators project, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Keynote speaker, AIESEC Sustainability Day, Vienna, Austria
Opening keynote lecturer on Environment, and panelist, Association for Baha'i Studies of North America, and International Environment Forum Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., USA
Coordinator and lecturer, UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Certificate of Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy, Geneva, Switzerland
Lecturer, University of Geneva Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland
Invited speaker, European Center for Peace and Development conference on Peace and Reconciliation in the Balkans, Brijuni, Croatia
Representative of Baha'i International Community to present action plan on climate change at ARC/UNDP Celebration of the Faith Commitments for a Living Planet with Prince Philip and UN Secretary-General, Windsor Castle, UK
Chaired second Core Group Meeting, ESD indicators project, Brighton, UK, and speaker at Barnett dignitaries meeting, London
Lecture on sustainable development indicators, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Representative of International Environment Forum and Baha'i International Community at UN Climate Change Conference (COP15), Copenhagen, Denmark, keynote speaker in parallel NGO events and participant in seminar on ethical dimensions of climate change
2010
Chaired working group at Partnership for Education and research about Responsible Living (PERL) Joint Working Groups Meeting, Rome, Italy
Lecture at EBBF/AIESEC seminar, Acuto, Italy
Faculty seminar, University of Brighton, UK
Lecturer, University of Geneva Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland
Chaired third Core Group Meeting, ESD indicators project, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, and fourth Core Group Meeting, Brighton, UK
Module coordinator and lecturer, EPFL/Indian Institute of Science Certificate of Advanced Studies in Technology and Development, Bangalore and C.K.Puna, India
Participant in PERL Joint Working Groups Meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Represented International Environment Forum at UN Human Rights Council Social Forum on Climate Change and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Appointed to UNEP Major Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on International Environmental Governance, elected co-coordinator, and organized teleconference with UNEP Executive Director and Ministers co-chairing the High Level Consultative Group on International Environmental Governance, Helsinki, Finland
Invited speaker and session chair, European Center for Peace and Development conference on Human Security, Peace and Reconciliation in the Balkans, Brijuni, Croatia
Co-organized ESDinds and International Environment Forum Conference "Making the Invisible Visible", and gave Inaugural Professorial Lecture at University of Brighton, United Kingdom
2011
Co-organized and participated in PERL Think Tank Meeting, London, England
Co-chaired meeting of UNEP Major Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on International Environmental Governance (AGIEG), participated in high-level panel at Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum, spokesperson for AGIEG at UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, and participated in ministerial round table, Nairobi, Kenya
Participated for AGIEG in Preparatory Committee for UN Conference on Sustainable Development, New York, and panelist in high-level side event
Presented paper at Partnership on Education and research about Responsible Living (PERL) International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, and lectured at universities in Istanbul and Ankara
Participant in UNEP Global Consultation in preparation for Rio+20, UNEP Regional Consultation for Europe, and UN Department of Public Information 64th NGO Conference, Bonn, Germany

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE relevant to sustainable development

Planning and organization of international programmes, including the Special Project on Conservation of Nature, South Pacific Commission, 1974-1976; the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 1975-1982; the Regional Seas Programmes of UNEP, 1986, 1988, and 1989-1991; the UN system-wide Earthwatch, 1991-2000; and International Coral Reef Action Network (2000-2002).
Drafted major planning document for comprehensive environmental management programme in the South Pacific, 1977.
Organized and directed technical meetings on the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 1977, 1978 and 1981; the ministerial level Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific, 1982; and UNEP symposia on regional co-operation on protection of the marine environment in the Pacific, 1983 and 1987.
Supervised development of curriculum materials in environmental education, and directed production of educational films on island environmental management, 1978-1981.
Organizer of regional and national training courses on environmental planning and management in the Pacific, 1978-1985.
Regional co-ordinator and secretary to the Co-ordinating Group of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, one of the UNEP Regional Seas Programmes, 1980-1982, and consultant to the programme, 1982-1985.
Consultant to South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, developing extensive set of training materials and audiovisual supports on rural environmental resource management and development, 1983-1985.
Management and evaluation of Regional Seas Programmes in the South Pacific, Latin America and South-East Asia as a consultant to UNEP, 1986-1988.
Deputy Director of UNEP Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme, 1989-1992.
Contributed to the preparation of Agenda 21, the action plan for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) "Earth Summit" as UNEP representative on the Oceans Working party and as member of the UNCED Secretariat, 1990-1992.
Deputy Coordinator, then Coordinator of UN System-wide Earthwatch for UNEP, 1992-2000.
Task Manager for the UN Interagency Committee on Sustainable Development and the Commission on Sustainable Development on Earthwatch and Agenda 21, Chapter 40: Information for Decision-making, 1993-2001.
Chairman, Technical and Management Advisory Group of South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme, 1993-2001.
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, SCOPE project on indicators of sustainable development, 1994-1997.
Member, Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, IISD, 1996-present. (http://www.iisd.org/cgsdi/)
President, Governing Board, International Environment Forum, 1997-present. (http://iefworld.org)
Member, Commission on Ecosystem Management, World Conservation Union (IUCN), 1998-present.
Director, UNEP Coral Reef Unit, responsible for UNF/UNFIP International Coral Reef Action Network projects, 2000-2002.
Chairman, Steering Committee, International Coral Reef Action Network, 2000-2002. (http://www.icran.org)
Member, Governing Board, European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001-present. (http://www.ebbf.org)
Acting Director, International Coral Reef Action Network, 2002.
Consultant to World Economic Forum, 2003-2006
Co-coordinator, UNEP Major Groups and Stakeholders Advisory Group on International Environmental Governance (AGIEG), 2010-2013.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE relevant to sustainable development
Occasional lectures on sustainable development for graduate courses at University of Geneva and Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (2001-present).
Member of steering committee, Department of Economic and Social Development, Landegg International University, Switzerland, helped to develop Master of Arts in International and Community Development (2002-2003).
Taught graduate courses on Sustainable Development, and International Institutional Framework for Development, at Landegg International University, Switzerland (2003).
Member of Scientific Committee and lecturer for Continuing University Education Certificate in Sustainable Development, University of Geneva (2003-present).
Coordinator, member of scientific committee and lecturer in Certificate of Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy, UNEP/University of Geneva (2005-2010).
Lecturer on sustainable development, Master of Advanced Studies en développement, technologies et sociétés, EPFL, Burkina Faso (2006) (in French).
Module coordinator and lecturer, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Technology for Development, Federal Technical University of Lausanne (EPFL), and Indian Institute for Science, Bangalore (2010).
Visiting Professor, University of Brighton, United Kingdom (2010-2013).
Member of Scientific Committee, module coordinator and lecturer, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Management of Development Projects, EPFL, and Indian Institute for Science, Bangalore (2011-2012)

SOME SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS relevant to sustainable development :

The state of the environment in the South Pacific. p. 47-71. In Report of the Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 8-11 March 1982. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. (with I. Baumgart). Reprinted as UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 31. UNEP, 1983. [Summary of the environmental problems in the tropical Pacific Islands].

Traditional environmental management in New Caledonia: a review of existing knowledge. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Topic Review 18. South Pacific Commission, Noumea. 17 p. (1985). [Review of the aspects of traditional island culture concerned with resource management and the environment].

Unless and until: a Baha'i focus on the environment. Baha'i Publishing Trust, London. 96 p. (1990). [Relates environmental issues to future development of human society].

The ECO Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis. Zed Books Ltd, London and New Jersey, and George Ronald, Oxford. 174 p. (1996). [Systems analysis of economics from an ecological perspective, with proposals for new economic and social paradigms].

"The Big Picture: Comprehensive Approaches - Introduction." Chapter 2, p. 69-83 in Bedrich Moldan, Suzanne Billharz and Robyn Matravers (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Report on the Project on Indicators of Sustainable Development. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE 58. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. (1997). [overview of use of indicators to measure sustainability].

The Challenge of Sustainable Development and Prosperity. Paris, European Baha'i Business Forum, 2002. [relates sustainable development to economics in a business perspective]. http://www.ebbf.org/publications/english/publications013.html

The competitive edge in environmental responsibility, p. 103-110. In Michael E. Porter, Klaus Schwab, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Augusto Lopez-Claros, The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005. World Economic Forum. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill, UK and New York. [analyzes business leaders' attitudes to the environment in over 100 countries and demonstrates the positive benefits to business from environmentally-responsible behavour]

The impact of information and communications technologies on the economic competitiveness and social development of Taiwan. p. 107-118 in Soumitre Dutta, Augusto Lopez-Claros and Irene Mia, The Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006: Leveraging ICT for Development. INSEAD and World Economic Forum. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill, UK and New York. (2006) (with Augusto Lopez-Claros). [explains the amazing transformation of the Taiwanese economy and society over 50 years]

Climate Change and its Ethical Challenges, p. 157-172. In The Baha'i World 2005-2006: An International Record. Haifa: Baha'i World Centre, 2007. [explores the ethical implications of climate change] 

BIBLIOGRAPHY relevant to sustainable development
1969
The ocean - our last resource. World Order 3(2):15:21. Winter 1969.
1970
Ecological consequences of immoderation (book review). World Order 6(4):61-62.
1973
Ecological report on American Samoa. (Report to the Government of American Samoa). Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 18 p.
1975
South Pacific Commission environment programme. South Pacific Commission Env. Newsletter 1:2-13.
Environmental impact analysis in the Pacific Islands. S. Pac. Commission Env. Newsletter 2:2-4.
The challenge of preserving the South Pacific environment (Keynote address). In Proceedings of the South Pacific Conference on National Parks and Reserves. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, New Zealand.
Report on conservation and environmental management to the Government of the Solomon Islands. South Pacific Commission, Noumea. 11 p.
1976
Ecology and conservation: the regional dimension. p. 77-79. In K.P. Lamb and J.L. Gressitt (eds.), Ecology and Conservation in Papua New Guinea. Wau Ecology Institute Pamphlet No. 2.
1977
Monitoring man's impact on Pacific Island reefs. In Proceedings: Third International Coral Reef Symposium 2:571-575. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
Losing ground (book review). S. Pac. Bull. 27(1):44-45.
1978
Environmental and ecological report on Tonga. Part I: Tongatapu. (Report to the Kingdom of Tonga). South Pacific Commission, Noumea. 47 p.
Environmental aspects of project planning in the Pacific region. In Ram C. Malhotra (ed.), Development Planning in the Pacific Sub-region with Special Reference to Evaluation, Report of a Workshop held in Apia, Western Samoa. United Nations Asian and Pacific Development Institute, Bangkok. Vol. V, Chpt. IX, No. 40 (CP.6), 7 p. Reprinted in S. Pac. Bull. 28(2):10-13.
1980
Conservation planning and environmental monitoring for tourism development. p. 125-128. In D.G. Pearce (ed.), Tourism in the South Pacific: the contribution of research to development and planning. Proceedings UNESCO Tourism Workshop. N. Z. MAB Report 6. Department of Geography, Univ. Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reprinted with revisions in S. Pac. Commission Env. Newsletter 4:22-26         (1982).
Story of an island: managing your island environment (45 min. educational film). South Pacific Commission, Noumea.
1981
Resources management (abstract), p. 45-46. In Report on the Inshore and Nearshore Resources Training Workshop, Suva, Fiji, 13-17 July 1981. Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in South Pacific Offshore Areas, Technical Secretariat, Suva, Fiji.
1982
The state of the environment in the South Pacific. p. 47-71. In Report of the Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 8-11 March 1982. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. (with I. Baumgart). Reprinted as UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 31. UNEP, 1983.
Practical management of limited resources. p. 43-46. In Unique Island Status: Proceedings of Pacific Basin Coastal Zone Management Conference. Economic Development & Planning/Tourism Office, American Samoa Government, Pago Pago.
Gestion traditionnelle et moderne de l'environnement insulaire oceanien. In Proceedings SEPANRIT Conference, Noumea, New Caledonia.
Your changing island environment (25 min. educational film for school use). South Pacific Commission, Noumea.
1983
Etude preliminaire de l'impact du projet Ouinné-Pourina sur l'environnement et en particulier sur le Parc Territorial de la Rivière Bleue. Report to the Service des Eaux et Forets, New Caledonia. 112 p.
1984
Oceania's most pressing environmental concerns. Ambio 13(5-6):302-305.
1985
Traditional environmental management in New Caledonia: a review of existing knowledge. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Topic Review 18. South Pacific Commission, Noumea. 17 p.
Tropical island ecosystems and protection technologies to sustain renewable resources in U.S.-affiliated islands. Unpublished report to Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress. 52 p.
Conservation on small islands: the human dimension. IUCN Bulletin 16(7-9):88-89.
Environment and Resources in the Pacific: A Regional Approach. Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 69. United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva. (volume of papers edited with J. Carew-Reid).
The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, p. 3-6. In A. L. Dahl and J. Carew-Reid (eds.), Environment and Resources in the Pacific: A Regional Approach. Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 69. United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva.
The potential for management of island ecosystems, p. 13-17. In A. L. Dahl and J. Carew-Reid (eds.), Environment and Resources in the Pacific: A Regional Approach. Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 69. United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva.
The challenge of conserving and managing coral reef ecosystems, p. 85-87. In A. L. Dahl and J. Carew-Reid (eds.), Environment and Resources in the Pacific: A Regional Approach. Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 69. United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva.
Inter-regional co-operation: summary of discussions, p. 287-289. In A. L. Dahl and J. Carew-Reid (eds.), Environment and Resources in the Pacific: A Regional Approach. Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 69. United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva.
- Training materials for rural environmental management (48 units and supporting audio-visual materials). South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, South Pacific Commission, Noumea (unpublished).
1988.
Co-operation for Environmental Protection in the Pacific. Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 97. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi. 293 p. (editor).
The need for and potentials of inter-regional co-operation. In UNEP, Co-operation for Environmental Protection in the Pacific. (A.L. Dahl, ed.) Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 97: 283-285. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi.
1989
Traditional environmental knowledge and resource management in New Caledonia. In R.E. Johannes (ed.), Traditional Ecological Knowledge: a Collection of Essays. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge. 64 p. http://islands.unep.ch/dtradknc.htm
Are human impacts, either through traditional or contemporary uses, stabilizing or destabilizing to reef community structure? In Proceedings Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, Vol. 1:63-69. (with Bernard Salvat).
1990
Unless and Until: a Baha'i focus on the environment. Baha'i Publishing Trust, London. 96 p. (also published in Russian and Italian)
1991
Regional and inter-regional co-operation for the protection of the marine and coastal environment of the Pacific basin, p. vi-viii. In UNEP, Regional Co-operation on Environmental Protection of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the Pacific Basin (J.C. Pernetta, ed.). UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 134.
The world order of nature, p. 161-174. In Charles Lerche (ed.), Emergence: Dimensions of a New World Order. Baha'i Publishing Trust, London.
1992
UNCED and small islands. The Siren 47:19-20. September/December 1992.
1993
Land-based pollution and integrated coastal management. In Lee Kimball (ed.), UNCED's marine agenda: the challenges of implementation. Marine Policy 17(6):561-572, special issue, November 1993.
Environmental and sustainable development indicators: some points for discussion. Paper presented at UNEP/UNSTAT Consultative Expert Group Meeting on Environmental and Sustainable Development Indicators, Geneva, 6-8 December 1993.
1994
Global sustainability and its implications for trade, p. 87-89. In Papers Presented at the GATT Symposium on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development, GATT Trade and Environment Bulletin 009.
Social crises and their connections to global environmental problems. Seminars at Ukranian Academy of Sciences for National Progress, Institute for Spiritual Foundations of World Civilization, Kiev, 16-19 May 1994. http://iefworld.org/ddahl94a.htm
Ecological models of social organization: a Baha'i perspective. In Irena Hanousková, Miloslav Lapka and Eva Cudlínová (eds.), Ecology and Democracy: The Challenge of the 21st Century. Proceedings of the First International Conference, 6-9 September 1994, Ceske Budejowice, Full Abstracts. Ceske Budejowice, Czech Republic, NEBE s.r.o., 1994. http://iefworld.org/ddahl94b.htm
1995
Towards indicators of sustainability. Paper presented at SCOPE Scientific Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Wuppertal, Germany, 15-17 November 1995.
The moral dimension of sustainable consumption, p. 59-61. In Report of UNEP-ROE Roundtable Discussions on Sustainable Production and Consumption in Europe, Geneva, 22-23 November 1995. UNEP Regional Office for Europe, Geneva.
The Bahá'í approach: moderation in civilization. Paper presented at Colloquium on Ecology, Ethics, Spiritualities. Klingenthal, France, 27-29 October 1995. (published in French in 1997) http://iefworld.org/ddahl95a.htm
1996
Earthwatch: an introduction to the UN system-wide coordination of environmental observation, p. 33-36. In W. Schröder. A. Fränzle, H. Keune and P. Mandy (eds), Global Monitoring of Terrestrial Ecosystems. Ernst and Sohn, Berlin.
Measuring the unmeasurable. Our Planet 8(1): 29-33.
The ECO Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis. Zed Books Ltd, London and New Jersey, and George Ronald, Oxford. 174 p. (also published in Portuguese)
Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainable Development. Paper presented at Workshop on Sustainable Development and International Cooperation, Bucharest, Romania, 22-23 March 1996. http://iefworld.org/ddahl96a.htm
1997
L'Approche baha'i: Moderation dans la civilisation, p. 74-75. In Jean-Pierre Ribaut and Marie-José Del Rey (eds), L'Usufruit de la Terre: Courants spirituels et culturels face aux défis de la sauvegarde de la planète. Proceedings of Colloquy on Ecology, Ethics, Spiritualities (Klingenthal, 25-27 October 1995). Dossier 73, Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le progrès de l'Homme, Paris. http://iefworld.org/ddahl95a.htm
"The Big Picture: Comprehensive Approaches - Introduction." Chapter 2, p. 69-83 in Bedrich Moldan, Suzanne Billharz and Robyn Matravers (eds), Sustainablility Indicators: A Report on the Project on Indicators of Sustainable Development. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE 58. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
"From concept to indicator: dimensions expressed as vectors." Box 2H, p. 125-127 in Bedrich Moldan, Suzanne Billharz and Robyn Matravers (eds), Sustainablility Indicators: A Report on the Project on Indicators of Sustainable Development. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE 58. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
Sustainable development and the environment of the world: an overview. Paper presented at the International Baha'i Environment Conference, de Poort, Netherlands, 24-26 October 1997. http://iefworld.org/ddahl97d.htm
1998
Spiritual dimensions of sustainable development. Global Dialogue on Microfinance and Human Development, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-3 April 1998, European Baha'i Business Forum.
Small Island Environmental Management Training Course. http://islands.unep.ch/siem.htm
Civilization Under Threat. Herald of the South 49(3): 4-9. July-September 1998.
Sustainable consumption and true prosperity. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference of the Environment Forum, 6-8 November, 1998, De Poort, The Netherlands. http://iefworld.org/ddahl98c.htm
1999
When is enough, enough? Sustainable Consumption and True Prosperity. Herald of the South 50(3): 22-23.
Les nouvelles valeurs des approches socio-économiques (New Orientations in socio-economic approaches to water), p. 89-91. In Marie-France Caïs, Marie-José Del Rey and Jean-Pierre Ribaut (eds.), L'eau et la vie: enjeux, perspectives et visions interculturelles. Proceedings of the Second Klingenthal Symposium: Water (Klingenthal, France, 26-30 November 1997). Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer, Paris, Dossier pour un débat no. 97. http://iefworld.org/ddahl97f.htm
Living within environmental limits: implications of Baha'i principles for sustainable development. Paper presented at the 3rd Conference of the International Environment Forum cosponsored by the Bahá'í Agency for Social and Economic Development - United Kingdom (BASED-UK), 15-18 August 1999, Sidcot, United Kingdom. http://iefworld.org/ddahl99a.htm
Community-based environmental management: empowering people with environmental understanding. Paper presented at the 3rd Conference of the International Environment Forum cosponsored by the Bahá'í Agency for Social and Economic Development - United Kingdom (BASED-UK), 15-18 August 1999, Sidcot, United Kingdom. http://iefworld.org/ddahl99b.htm
2000
Using indicators to measure sustainability: recent methodological and conceptual developments. Marine and Freshwater Research 51(5): 427-433.
2001
"Globalization and the Environment". In Proceedings of the International Seminar of the International Jacques Maritain Institute, "Globalization: a Challenge for Peace - Solidarity or Exclusion?", Milan, 29-31 October 1998. Roberto Papini, ed., Naples, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2001. http://iefworld.org/ddahl98b.htm
Globalising the Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI): Proceedings of the EVI Globalisation Meeting, 27-29August 2001, Geneva, Switzerland. SOPAC Technical Report 345, 54 p., 3 appendices, 14 tables (with U.L. Kaly, C.R. Pratt, E. Khaka, L. Briguglio and E. Sale-Mario).
http://list.sopac.org.fj/Projects/Evi Files/Global EVI Meeting.pdf
Values as the foundation for sustainable behaviour. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, 19-21 October 2001, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic. http://iefworld.org/ddahl01b.htm
From Stockholm via Rio to Johannesburg: Thirty years of international action on environment and sustainable development. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, 19-21 October 2001, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic. http://iefworld.org/ddahl01c.htm
2002
The Challenge of Sustainable Development and Prosperity. Paris, European Baha'i Business Forum, 2002. http://www.ebbf.org/publications/english/publications013.html
Usefulness of Indicators for Sustainability. Paper presented at the Dialogue on Indicators for Sustainability, Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 27 August 2002. http://iefworld.org/ddahl02a.htm
Linking science and indigenous knowledge for community environmental management. Paper presented at the Seminar on Integrating Science in Local Communities, World Summit on Sustainable Development, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2 September 2002. http://iefworld.org/ddahl02b.htm
2004
The competitive edge in environmental responsibility. In The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005. World Economic Forum. Oxford University Press, New York.
Report on the Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) Think Tank II. Suva, Fiji, 4-6 October 2004. SOPAC Technical Report 377. South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, Suva, Fiji, October 2004. (with Jackie Alder, Ursula Kaly, Jonathan Mitchell, Ned Norton, Craig Pratt, and Michael Witter)
http://www.sopac.org/tiki/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=159
Leading the Transition to Sustainability: Global Challenges and Individual Action. Keynote paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-17 October 2004. Abstract and powerpoint: http://iefworld.org/ddahl04b.htm
Environmental dimensions of sustainable lifestyles. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-17 October 2004. Outline and powerpoint: http://iefworld.org/ddahl04c.htm
 Measuring Sustainable Lifestyles and Sustainability. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece, 15-17 October 2004. Outline and powerpoint: http://iefworld.org/dkarl04b.htm (with Sylvia Karlsson). 
Environmental Responsibility: Good for Business? op ed piece published in O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, and other third world newspapers, 29 December 2004 (in Portuguese) (with Augusto Lopez-Claros)
2005
 Good Governance and Competitiveness. Paper presented at the International Sustainability Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 12-14 October 2005. http://iefworld.org/ddahl05.htm
A Challenge for Visionary Leaders (editorial). Inspire, No. 3, August 2005. European Baha'i Business Forum.
2006
 The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the Economic Competitiveness and Social Development of Taiwan,  p. 107-118, in Soumitra Dutta, Augusto Lopez-Claros and Irene Mia (eds.) The Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006: Leveraging ICT for Development. INSEAD/World Economic Forum. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. (and Augusto Lopez-Claros
Role of Business in Tomorrow's Society (news article). Inspire, No. 7, March 2006. European Baha'i Business Forum.
 Indicators of sustainability: reliable tools for decision making. UNESCO-SCOPE Policy Briefs No. 1, May 2006. Paris: UNESCO-SCOPE http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001500/150005e.pdf
 Climate Change: Scientific and Faith Perspectives. Paper presented at 10th Annual Conference of International Environment Forum, Oxford, UK, 15-17 September 2006. http://iefworld.org/doc/ddahl06b.htm
2007
Climate Change and its Ethical Challenges, p. 157-172. In The Baha'i World 2005-2006: An International Record. Haifa: Baha'i World Centre.
 Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press. (edited with Tomas Hak and Bedrich Moldan)
 Challenges to sustainability indicators. Chapter 2 in Tomas Hak, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press. (with Bedrich Moldan)
 Meeting Conceptial Challenges. Chapter 3 in Tomas Hak, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press. (with Sylvia Karlsson et al.)
 Integrated Assessment and Indicators. Chapter 10 in Tomas Hak, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press.
 Introduction to Part II, General Approaches. In Tomas Hak, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press.
 Introduction to Part III, Methodological Approaches. In Tomas Hak, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press.
 Introduction to Part IV, System and Sectoral Approaches. In Tomas Hak, Bedrich Moldan and Arthur Lyon Dahl (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press.
 Scientific Foundations for Commitment and Consistency, p. 220-224. In Dag Tangen and Victoria W. Thoresen (eds.), Catalyzing Change. Proceedings of the Third International Conference of The Consumer Citizenship Network, Hamar (Norway) 2006. Høgskolen i Hedmark, Oppdragsrapport nr. 4 - 2007. http://iefworld.org/doc/ddahl06a.htm
 Ethical Challenges of Climate Change. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum, Ottawa, Canada, 12-14 October 2007. http://iefworld.org/doc/ddahl07b.htm
2008
Dahl, Arthur Lyon, 2008a. The ethical challenges of global change as a motivator for consumer citizenship, p. 21-32. In Alexandra Klein and Victoria W. Thoresen (eds.), Assessing Information as Consumer Citizens. Consumer Citizenship: Promoting New Responses, Vol. 4. Hedmark College, Hamar, Norway, Consumer Citizenship Network. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network, Tallinn, Estonia, 5-6 May 2008. http://iefworld.org/ddahl08a.htm
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2008b. Les problèmes de l'environnement et les solutions bahá'íes. La Pensée Bahá'íe. Pour un développement vraiment durable. Spring 2008, No. 149/150, p. 18-33. (in French) http://iefworld.org/ddahl08b.htm
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2008d. Preventing Overshoot and Collapse: Managing the Earth's Resources. Paper prepared on the introductory theme of the 2008 UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Environmental Diplomacy Course, August 2008. http://iefworld.org/ddahl08d.htm
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2008e. Overview of environmental assessment landscape at national level: State of state-of-the-environment reporting: Note by the Executive Director. UNEP/GC.25/INF/12/Add.1, 45 p. http://www.unep.org/gc/gcss-x/download.asp?ID=1015 
2009
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2009a. Environment and Globalization, p. 88-98. In Samir Dasgupta (ed.), Understanding the Global Environment. Delhi: Pearson Education.
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2009c. The financial crisis and consumer citizenship, p. 23-33. In Alexandra Klein and Victoria W. Thoresen (eds), Making a Difference: Putting Consumer Citizenship into Action. Consumer Citizenship: Promoting New Responses Vol. 5. Hedmark University College, Norway. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network, Technical University of Berlin, 23-24 March 2009. http://iefworld.org/ddahl09b.htm
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2009d. Environment as a Factor for Peace, p. 230-232. In Takehiro Togo and Negoslav P. Ostojic (eds), National Reconciliation, Inter-Ethnic and Inter-Confessional Tolerance in the Balkans: Reconciliation and Human Security. Proceedings of the Fourth ECPD International Conference, Miločer, Montenegro, 30-31 October 2008. Belgrade, European Center for Peace and Development.
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2009e. Transforming Environments from the Inside Out. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum/Association of Baha'i Studies - North America 33rd Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 13-16 August 2009. http://iefworld.org/ddahl09c.htm
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2009f. Financial Crisis and the Green Economy. Paper prepared on the introductory theme of the 2009 UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Environmental Diplomacy Course, August 2009. http://iefworld.org/ddahl09d.html
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2009g. Human Security and Climate Change: The Ethical Challenge. Paper presented at the Fifth ECPD International Conference, Brioni Islands, Croatia, 29-30 October 2009. Belgrade, European Center for Peace and Development, 2010. http://iefworld.org/ddahl09e.html
2010
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2010a. Climate Ethics and the Copenhagen Summit. International Environment Forum, http://iefworld.org/ddahl10a.html
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2010c. The Constraints of UNEP and International Environmental Law to Respond Effectively to the Victims of Climate Change. Paper presented at the seminar "Human Rights? An approach to respond to the challenges of climate change", World Council of Churches, Geneva, 1 October 2010. http://iefworld.org/ddahl10b
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2010d. Interstate Collaboration for Human Security: The Lessons From Copenhagen. Paper presented at the 6th ECPD International Conference on National and Inter-ethnic Reconciliation, Religious Tolerance and Human Security in the Balkans - The Human Security Concept Implementation, Brioni Islands, Croatia, 28-29 October 2010. Belgrade, European Center for Peace and Development. http://iefworld.org/ddahl10c
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2010e. Life: A Systems Approach - Reflections on Multiple Dimensions of Sustainability. Inaugural Lecture, University of Brighton, Thursday 16 December 2010, presented during the 14th IEF Conference. http://iefworld.org/ddahl10d
2011
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2011a. Multi-level Frameworks to Enable Responsible Living. Paper presented at the PERL International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-15 March 2011. http://iefworld.org/ddahl11a
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2011b. Values-based Indicators for Responsible Living. Paper presented at the PERL International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-15 March 2011. http://iefworld.org/ddahl11b
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2011c. European Union and Global Sustainability: Issues for Rio 2012. Paper presented at the 7th ECPD International Conference, Milocer, Montenegro, 21-22 October 2011. http://iefworld.org/ddahl11c

2012
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2012a. Alternatives to the Consumer Society. Paper presented at the PERL International Conference, Berlin, 19-20 March 2012. http://iefworld.org/ddahl12a
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2012b. Enabling Action at Rio+20. Paper presented at the PERL International Conference, Berlin, 19-20 March 2012. http://iefworld.org/ddahl12b
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2012d. Ethical Sustainability Footprint for Individual Motivation. Paper presented at the Planet Under Pressure International Scientific Conference, London, 26-29 March 2012. http://iefworld.org/ddahl12d
Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia, and Arthur Lyon Dahl. 2012. Challenges in the Integration of Systems Knowledge for Governance of the Earth System. Paper presented at the Planet Under Pressure International Scientific Conference, London, 26-29 March 2012. http://iefworld.org/fl/dkarlsson_dahl12.pdf
Dahl, Arthur Lyon. 2012f. Achievements and gaps in indicators for sustainability. Ecological Indicators, vol. 17, p. 14-19. June 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.032

Note: as a United Nations official from 1989 to 2002, it was not possible to claim individual authorship for work produced as an international civil servant and published by the United Nations. However, major contributions were made to the following publications, among others:
Mechanisms for capacity building. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Research Paper No. 9. 18 p. (July 1991)
Issues and requirements of small island countries for sustainable development and environment in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. FAO AGR:SIC 1. 9 p. (April 1992)
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries in small island countries within the framework of UNCED Agenda 21. FAO AGR:SIC 2. 11 p. (April 1992)
Agenda 21, Chapter 17: Oceans and Coastal Areas (1992).
United Nations Environment Programme. Global Environment Outlook 2000. London, Earthscan, 1999. 398 p.
United Nations Environment Programme. Global Environment Outlook 3. London, Earthscan, 2002.