The ITS Education Asia Foundation’s core mission is based on bringing sustainability education to all. We do this with a range of in-person and online activities including YCI, UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia-Pacific Programme and school workshops.
The resources below, launched in 2022, are the first step to building a large and varied library of sustainability information, be they case studies, documents or links to many of the world’s foremost sustainability organizations, big and small. It can be used by anyone researching sustainability be it for school or university studies, or for work. As this grows, we will commit to more complex cross-referencing and indexing. For now, either browse/search the page, or use a quick link to go down to a particular section.
If you have a resource or use a resource that you think should be listed, please do not hesitate to submit to [email protected] with “SDG library” in the subject.
If you would like to link to this resource, please name & credit as follows:
Sustainability & SDG Research Library, The ITS Education Asia Foundation
My thanks at this launch point goes to the UN Systems Staff College and all my fellow course attendees of the “Circular Economy and the 2030 Agenda, 2021” who provided the inspiration and many of the first links.
Danny Harrington, January 2022
Climate Solutions at Work [pdf]
How employees should drive climate solutions in their workplaces.
Increasing Supply Chain Resilience in Asia [pdf]
Report on the need and methods of the supply chain to absorb and recover from disruptions resulting from climate change.
National
Geographic Drowning in Plastic
Great edu resource by NatGeo on plastic in the oceans.
FORESTS NEWS
Operating
from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a non-profit scientific
institution and CGIAR Research Center, Forests News features the latest research findings
and insights from the field.
Earth Overshoot Day
Earth
Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in
a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. This site has education
resources, blog and more.
Sustainable diet
The global and regional costs of healthy and sustainable dietary patterns: a modelling
study published in The Lancet Planetary Health.
Modern Diplomacy -
Environment
Modern Diplomacy is a platform for assessing and evaluating complex
international issues, including the environment, that are often outside the boundaries of
mainstream Western media and academia. Provide qualitative analysis in the form of political
commentary, policy inquiry, in-depth interviews, special reports, and commissioned research.
WIEGO
Women in Informal
Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global network focused on empowering the
working poor, especially women, in the informal economy to secure their livelihoods so all
workers have equal economic opportunities, rights, protection and voice. Lots of resources.
Soil Association
The
Soil Association is a UK charity that digs deeper to transform the way we eat, farm and care
for our natural world so we can live in a world which is in balance with nature and a future
with good health and a safe climate. As well as certifying organics, they provide lots of
insightful articles.
McKinsey
Sustainability
Lots of useful reports and insights from one of the world’s best known
management consultants.
ESG Today
Industry
specific news and articles on ESG
Eco-Business
Eco-Business
is an independent media and business intelligence company dedicated to sustainable
development and ESG performance. The platform features more than a decade-long archive of
information on sustainable development issues in the region and globally. Its content is
categorised and searchable by the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and core
sustainability topics, and it also provides a key platform for individuals and organisations
to publish jobs, events, press release and research.
The World
A US international
affairs outlet committed to human-centered journalism that consistently connects the global
to the local and builds empathy for people around the world. Key areas of focus are
global security,
women & gender, the environment, migration and public health. From
frontline diplomats to refugees in crisis, from environmental scientists in the field to
protesters putting their lives on the line and individuals grappling with the impact of
global cyberculture, The World starts with individuals at the core of a story and expands
from there.
GreenBiz
Business news
website with focus on food, energy, transportation and circular economy.
Microplastics
are everywhere — but are they harmful? (nature.com)
Compact article with some good
graphics
MDPI
Open access scholarly
articles on a range of subjects, sustainability and beyond.
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