The Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2020, including the SDG Index and Dashboards, has been released. It was written by lead author Jeffrey Sachs and a team of independent experts working at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Bertelsmann Stiftung, and published by...
This special issue, published in the open access journal “Sustainability”, builds on papers presented at the 2018 International Sustainable Campus Network conference. The articles cover a range of perspectives on sustainability, including organization and management issues, networking...
Rapid urbanization has provided most cities in the world with opportunities to provide more sustainable, vibrant, and prosperous centers for their citizens. But they must first address challenges such as inadequate infrastructure investments, pollution and congestion, and poor urban planning. This...
Research Talks is a new monthly podcast from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) that takes listeners along the journey of policy-relevant research, including the ups and downs of tackling a development problem, implementing cutting-edge research in remote and underserved...
A new publication has just been released by the Water Research Commission (WRC) in South Africa. The book, Water Resilient Cities, looks at the steps that cities and settlements around the globe have already taken to become more water resilient in the face of climate and population challenges. ...
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2019, the 50th edition of this series, presents the latest statistics on a comprehensive set of economic, financial, social, environmental, and SDG indicators for the 49 regional members of the Asian Development Bank. It is designed to serve as a...
Services now comprise the largest share of economic activity and employment in almost every country. This book presents the latest evidence demonstrating how technologies and globalization have transformed the services industry. A well-functioning services sector can accelerate human development...
The Global RCE Service Centre is inviting RCEs from around the world to contribute to a publication on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Any authors interested in sharing an ESD project related to DRR are asked to: Send an expression of interest to the...
The Partnerships for SDGs online platform is United Nations’ global registry of voluntary commitments and multi-stakeholder partnerships, facilitating global engagement of all stakeholders in support of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Registered initiatives are...
GPSEN Co-Founder Kim Smith presented a webinar on Education 2030 and UNESCO’s new draft plan for the future of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for the Sustainability Curriculum Consortium on November 7, 2018. If you would like to learn more about the history, process, and plan,...
UNEP have just put up a set of power points (as pdfs) about the way it works for new delegates. Felix Dodds highly recommends these resources as good reading for everyone. See all of the resources.
A few weeks ago we sent you the aggregate results from the new 2018 Global Green Economy Index™ (GGEI). Today, you are first to receive a new data pack containing the GGEI results for 130 countries on the four main “dimensions” of the GGEI: leadership & climate change, efficiency...