sustainability resources

Reports:

(Most reliable and comprehensive global reports)

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: WG I (2021) (climate science, causes, effects, scenarios)

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report:WG II (2022) (impacts, adaptation, vulnerabilities)

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: WG III (2022) (mitigation)

UNEP Emissions Gap Report (2022) (which scenario are we headed towards)

IPBES Global Assessment Report (2019) (on nature’s decline)

WWF Living Planet Report (2020) (biodiversity loss)

WRI Creating a Sustainable Food Future Report (2018) (how food systems relate to sustainability)

Books:

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates (solutions, from a techno-optimist)

The Sixth Extinction, Elizabeth Kolbert (biodiversity loss)

Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert (examination of solutions)

Energy Transitions, Vaclav Smil (energy transitions take a long time)

Energy and Civilization: A History, Vaclav Smil (how energy shaped society)

Less is More, Jason Hickel (the case for degrowth)

The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard (critique on mass consumerism)

Collapse, Jared Diamond (how past societies collapsed)

Climate: A New Story, Charles Eisenstein (an alternative perspective toward the ecological crisis)

Videos:

Global Warming: Prof. Rich Wolfson

Sir Robert Watson – Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss

The Physics of Climate Change Online Lecture with Lawrence Krauss

Energy Transitions : Global & National Perspectives | Vaclav Smil

Reconciling Slow Transition & Fast Climate Change | Vaclav Smil

Jason Hickel: Economics in an Age of Climate Breakdown

Climate: A New Story – Charles Eisenstein

The Story of Stuff

Films:

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet