Environmental Lobbying at the United Nations: A Guide to Protecting Our Planet

This book provides a step-by-step, insiders’ guide on how to lobby and engage successfully at the United Nations.It reveals how the United Nations, which plays such a key role on issues from climate change to pollution of our air, land and sea, really works. In a world of rapid climate change, a flood of forever chemicals and plastic pollution, and the extinction of so much wildlife around the world, we need the convening power of the United Nations now more than ever.What’s more, we need individuals and organisations dedicated to making sure the United Nations has the most positive impact it can. And yet, global diplomacy can be dauntingly challenging and complex.Drawing on the authors' combined 60 years of professional experience with the United Nations system, this book contains essential information for individuals and organisations seeking to engage in this complex and confusing world.From the very basic question of how to ensure you can even attend the event, this book offers har