LibGuides: WOC206: Debating Scenarios for Sustainable Futures: Sustainable Resources

United Nations 17 Goals for Sustainable Development

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Official Website

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call for action by all developed and developing countries in a global partnership, which include: 1. No Poverty, 2. Zero Hunger, 3. Good Health and Well-being, 4. Quality Education, 5. Gender Equality, 6. Clean Water and Sanitation, 7. Affordable and Clean Energy, 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth, 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, 10. Reduced Inequalities, 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities, 12. Responsible Consumption and Production, 13. Climate Action, 14. Life Below Water, 15. Life on Land, 16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, 17. Partnerships for the Goals

Climate and Environment

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Climate Change
Climatic Changes
Global Warming
Environment
Ecology
Greenhouse Gases
Adaptation
Mitigation
Risk management
Hazard mitigation
Regulation, legislation, or policy

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles, trade journals and market research reports with business and economic information
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles, books, reports and conference proceedings for many subjects

Climate Change -- World Health Organization (WHO)

Renewable and Alternative Energy

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Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Power Plants
Fusion Energy
Solar Energy
Wind Power
Geothermal Energy
Biomass

CQ Press Library This link opens in a new window
Search for analysis of Congressional actions and US political issues. Includes CQ Weekly and CQ Researcher.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Search for articles on management, finance, economics, industry, accounting, and international business from popular business magazines, scholarly journals, and trade publications. Includes Political Risk Yearbooks.
Political Risk Yearbooks provide probability forecasts for political, social and economic trends for 100 countries, and are included in Business Source Complete since 2003. In the "Publication" field in the Advanced Search, search for Political Risk Yearbook and the name of the country.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Search for articles from scholarly journals in all areas of research

Food and Agriculture

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food security or food insecurity
food sovereignty
famine
hunger
food systems
Factory farming
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Urban agriculture or urban farming
Crops and climate
Community Gardens
Sustainable agriculture or sustainable farming
Food Access
Food Justice
Food Consumption
Food Supply

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search a collection of important scholarly journals representing a range of disciplines.

Organizations

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Seek "Topic" tab and select "environment" or "Green and sustainable development" for an array of stats and key documents; sorts nicely by country.
Organization of American States (OAS) -Sustainable Dev. programs
Sustainability is not a neutral topic, and this group promotes democracy, human rights, and provides arbitration for the settlement of disagreements and disputes of member countries.
Environmental Defense Fund
Advocating for economic development which is equitable and ecologically sound, globally.