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Living Planet Report: Aiming High
Notable Reports
The 12th edition the World Wildlife Fund's biennial flagship report, provides the latest data of the Living Planet Index, which tracked over 4,000 vertebrate species in the 1970-2014 period.  The...
Animal Species, Data
Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
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This report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development highlights the value of natural ecosystems in economic growth and good practices in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. They focus on...
Biodiversity, Economy, Sustainable Development
Ocean Connections: An Introduction to Rising Risks from a Warming, Changing Ocean
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This report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature looks into the impact of climate change on the maritime environment. “The ocean is now changing more rapidly than...
Climate Change, Risks
Global Catastrophic Risks
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The annual report of the new Global Challenges Foundation in Stockholm overlaps with the WEF Risks Report in concerns about nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, catastrophic climate change, ecological...
Risks, Security, Sustainability
Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services
Notable Reports
Published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, this is a powerful eye-opening work by 184 authors, summarizing some 4,000 sources. Insights: Land degradation—a pervasive, systemic phenomenon...
Assessment, Ecosystems, Land Use/ Management
Re-defining Value—The Manufacturing Revolution
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A report by produced by the International Resource Panel that stresses the need for a circular economic system to create a sustainable global economy, enabled by remanufacturing, refurbishing, repair, reuse,...
Economy, Sustainability, Systems Thinking & Analysis
Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century: Accelerating Climate Action in Urgent Times
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This report by the World Resources Institute argues that “we are not making progress anywhere near fast enough.”  Current economic models “are deeply inadequate” in capturing opportunities for a transformational...
Climate Change, Environment, Transformation/Change
UN World Water Development Report 2018: Nature-Based Solutions for Water
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This report published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water aims "to inform policy and decision-makers, inside and outside the water community, about the potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) to address...
Water, Water Security
World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
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This compact 3-page overview by William A. Ripple and seven others was published in BioScience Journal and is a follow-on to an earlier 1992 statement.  Signed by >15,000 scientists from...
Risks, Sustainability
Task Force Report on Measuring Sustainable Development
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On 12 June 2013, the Conference of European Statisticians held under the auspices of UNECE in Geneva, endorsed a set of recommendation for a framework to measure sustainable development and...
Assessment, Data, Sustainable Development