Sustainable World Inc
We work with high-level policy-makers
About Sustainable World
Sustainable World Inc., a New York-based non-profit [501] [c] [3] was incorporated in November 2016. We work with high-level policy-makers to implement the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Paris Agreement agreed by governments in 2015.
“All the boundaries that keep us apart are man-made. We have to come up with ways of working together if we want the world itself to progress and for all of us to live healthy, sustainable lives.”
Shazia Z. Rafi
President
Projects and Programmes
AirQualityAsia
Our first programme, AirQualityAsia focuses on the clean air goals in Asia, the region most affected by air pollution due to rapid economic growth powered by thermal and fossil fuels. Asia's energy transition to renewable energy will also reduce global carbon emissions meeting the Paris goals on climate change.
A Song for Saafhawa
AQA has released an inspirational anthem for the clean air movement for one of the most polluted hotspots on the planet, South Asia. The anthem, titled Saafhawa, is linked to the UN BreatheLife campaign and reaches out to the wider South Asian citizens through evocative lyrics and music by some of the region’s most celebrated music artists.
Loss & Damage Finance Mechanism
COP27 delegates approved Loss & Damage as an agenda item due to successful advocacy by G77. AQA presents our Loss & Damage Financing Mechanism report and recommendations. Let us lead those still investing in carbon towards green investment.
Shazia Z. Rafi
President
Ms. Shazia Rafi was Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action from 1996-2013. Under her tenure PGA led successful ratification campaigns for the International Criminal Court (2002), and the Arms Trade Treaty (2013), achieved consensus on operative language on abortion and family planning at the UN’s Cairo conference and on parliamentary quotas/reservations for women at the UN’s Beijing Conference.
A United States citizen born in Lahore, Pakistan, she has a B.A. in Political Science from Bryn Mawr College and a Masters from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Shazia currently works on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals on air-quality issues.
Matthew J. Nolan
Treasurer
Mr. MJ Nolan was a member of the Irish Parliament for twenty four years retiring in 2011. During his parliamentary career he served as whip of the Parliamentary Finance committee, chair of the parliaments committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
He was Treasurer of Parliamentarians for Global Action 2009-2011, represented Ireland on the Parliamentary assembly to the OSCE and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Harry Duynhoven
Secretary
Mr. Harry Duynhoven is a former Minister of Transport Safety and the Associate Minister of Energy in New Zealand. He trained as an electrical engineer and has an M.A. in public policy. He served a member of parliament for 18 years, and then was elected the Mayor of New Plymouth. He is currently a member of the district council.
J. Thomas Cookson, Esq., Shutts & Bowen
Legal Counsel
Mr. J. Thomas Cookson is a partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Corporate Practice Group. A Martindale-Hubbell AV®-rated attorney, Tom has been recognized among The Best Lawyers in America since 2009 and included on such lists as the South Florida Legal Guide’s Top Lawyers and South Florida Business Journal’s Best of the Bar.
He has more than 30 years of experience structuring and negotiating complex business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, debt and equity financings, and securities offerings. Tom served as a Law Clerk to Judge Albert Henderson in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upon graduating from the College of William & Mary School of Law.
Accreditations
Observer Status with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Observer Status with the United Nations Environment Programme
