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2019 Global Health Security Index
2019 Global Health Security Index (Nuclear Threat Initiative, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and The Economist Intelligence Unit, Oct 2019, 316p) “Intended as a key resource in the face...
2020 State of Climate Services: Risk Information and Early Warning Systems
2020 State of Climate Services: Risk Information and Early Warning Systems (Johannes Cullmann et al., World Meteorological Organization, October, 2020, 47p) This report is an annual responsibility of the WMO under...
Africa, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Preparedness, Hurricanes, Paris Agreement, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Water, Water and Climate, Weather
A Future for the World’s Children?
A Future for the World’s Children? (Lancet Commission, WHO, UNICEF, Feb 2020, 54p) Argues for placing children 0-18 years old, at the center of the Sustainable Development Goals and the...
A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact Tracing in the US
A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact Tracing in the US (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, April 10, 2020, 15p) In order to save lives,...
A Security Threat Assessment of Global Climate Change: How Likely Warming Scenarios Indicate a Catastrophic Security Future
A Security Threat Assessment of Global Climate Change: How Likely Warming Scenarios Indicate a Catastrophic Security Future (The Center for Climate and Security, Feb 2020, 84p) The National Security, Military,...
Climate Change, Climate Scenarios, Existential Risks, Existential Threats, Global Catastrophic Risk Analysis
A World In Disorder: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Annual Report 2020
A World In Disorder: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Annual Report 2020 (GPMB c/o World Health Organization, Sept 2020, 51p) The second report of GPMB, stating that “COVID-19 has taken advantage...
COVID-19, Disaster Preparedness, Epidemic Preparedness, Global Health, Pandemics, Urgent Global Actions
Ad-funded COVID-19 Disinformation: Money, Brands, and Tech
Ad-funded COVID-19 Disinformation: Money, Brands, and Tech (Global Disinformation Index, July 8, 2020, 3p) COVID-19 disinformation has real-world harms to public health (claims about magical solutions and disinfectants), specific groups...
America’s Zero Carbon Action Plan
America's Zero Carbon Action Plan (Jeffrey Sachs and Elena Crete, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, November 2020, 382p) Approximately 100 experts developed this richly illustrated plan intended to promote the implementation...
Automobiles, Beyond Carbon, Building Materials, Building Resiliency, Buildings, Buildings and Energy, Built Environment, Business and Renewable Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Neutrality, Carbon Offsets, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Storage, Climate Change, Climate Change in US States, Climate Change Jobs, Climate Modeling, Climate Policy, Climate Solutions
An Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation
An Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation (Ezekiel J. Emanuel & 7 others, Science, 11 Sept 2020, 1309-1312) Once effective COVID vaccines are developed, they will be scarce. Allocation among...
An investor guide to negative emission technologies and the importance of land use
An investor guide to negative emission technologies and the importance of land use (Vivid Economics and Principles for Responsible Investment, October 2020, 47p) Net Zero commitments and the Paris...
Afforestration, Agroforestry, Climate Change and Investing, UN Guiding Principles on Business | Human Rights, UN Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects
Apple Corporation’s 2020 Environmental Progress Report
Apple Corporation's 2020 Environmental Progress Report (Lisa Jackson, Vice President, Environmental Policy and Social Initiatives, July 2020, 98p) This detailed report covers Apple's environmental initiatives and experiences through the 2019...
AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
Since its inception, through its research on the physical science of climate change, the IPCC has been assessing the state of knowledge on climate change. It identifies agreements in the...
Arctic Report Card 2019
Arctic Report Card 2019 (NOAA, Dec 2019, 100p, 3p exec summary) Report of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Published annually since 2006, these essays involve 81 scientists from...
Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services
Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, 2018, 686p; 44p Summary) Published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, this is a powerful eye-opening work...
Books | Reports, Ecosystem Services | Natural Wealth Valuation, Environmental Assessment, Land Degradation Assessment
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Workshop Report
(IPBES and IPCC, June 2021, 28p) In December 2020, 50 of the world’s leading biodiversity and climate experts appointed by the IPBES and IPCC held a virtual workshop "to examine...
C40 Cities Mayors’ Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery
C40 Cities Mayors’ Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery (C40 Global Mayors, July 15, 2020, 43p) COVID has caused immense suffering in our cities, exacerbating a wider social and...
Climate Change and Land
Climate Change and Land (IPCC, Aug 2019, 864p, 41p draft) This Special Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change looks into the connection between climate change and land, but...
Climate Change-Fueled Weather Disasters: Costs to State and Local Economies
Climate Change-Fueled Weather Disasters: Costs to State and Local Economies (Environmental Defense Fund, 12th August 2020, 111p) Looks into the "frequency, severity, damage — and costs — from severe weather...
Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Resilience, Climate Risks, Disaster Resilience, Disasters, Weather
Closing the Racial Inequality Gaps: The Economic Cost of Black Inequality in the U.S.
Closing the Racial Inequality Gaps: The Economic Cost of Black Inequality in the U.S. (Peterson, Dana M., and Mann, Katherine L., Citigroup, September 2020, 89p) Peterson was a Global Economist...
Banking for Sustainability, Business, Business and Sustainability, Economic Policy, Economic Security, Race Relations
College Sustainability Report Card
College Sustainability Report Card (2007; Cambridge, United States; ~18 staff; greenreportcard.org) It is an initiative of the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The Report "is designed to identify colleges and universities that...
Climate Change, Data for Sustainability, Rating Sustainability, Sustainability Certification, Universities