Library Guides: Sustainability: Home

At JCU

Triggering Change
Triggering Change is a two-minute pitch that can be done individually or in pairs. It aims to develop creative processes that inspire action on sustainability.

Have you already seen the Library's Research Guide dedicated to Triggering Change?

Homegrown
JCU's Student Blog: We are a group of student climate activists dedicated to educating our community about sustainability and exposing harmful climate practices.
JCU ScholarShip
Collection of works by the JCU community with a focus on sustainability.
Sustainability
Sustainability at John Cabot University

Getting Started

Carbon Brief | Clear on Climate
The Oxford Climate Journalism Network
Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, focusing on science-based solutions and strategies, climate leadership, and new narrative and voices.
Sustainability Dictionary
Dictionary of Sustainable Management is an open dictionary for business leaders and students of sustainability and business-related terms. It is a project of the alumni and students of the Presidio Graduate School.
Google Sustainability
Tools, resources, and reports from Google
EcoWatch
Digital platform still dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED) | Climate Change
From improving economic performance and strengthening policies to fight climate change to bolstering education and fighting international tax evasion, the OECD is a unique forum and knowledge hub for data, analysis and best practices in public policy.
Climate Literacy Guide: Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change
Presents information that is important for individuals and communities to know and understand about Earth’s climate, the impacts of climate change, and solutions.
Climate Change Laws of the World
The database covers climate and climate-related laws, as well as laws and policies promoting low carbon transitions, which reflects the relevance of climate policy in areas including energy, transport, land use, and climate resilience.
Council on Foreign Relations | Energy and Environment
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. This section features articles on: Climate Change, Disasters, Energy and Climate Policy, Food and Water Security, Forests and Land Management, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Energy, Pollution, Renewable Energy
World Economic Forum: Centre for Nature and Climate
The Centre for Nature and Climate is a multi-stakeholder platform that focuses on protecting our environment and fostering sustainable practices. Our mission is to achieve industry decarbonization in line with the 1.5ºC Paris pathway; systems transition in ocean and land use, and resource stewardship in food, water and materials.
World Resources Institute
Using research-based approaches, we work globally and in focus countries to meet people’s essential needs; to protect and restore nature; and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.

Recommended Websites

UNHCR | Climate Change and Displacement
Refugees, internally displaced and stateless people are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. UN Refugee Agency's is working to protect them and strengthen their resilience to its current and future impacts, while also reducing our own environmental footprint.
World Meteorological Organization
WMO is the United Nations system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.
International Organization for Migration | Environmental Migration Portal
The Environmental Migration Portal is a one-stop service website to promote new research, information exchange and dialogue, intended to fill the existing data, research and knowledge gaps on the migration, environment and climate change (MECC) nexus.
United Nations | Climate Change
United Nations' site featuring facts, figures, resources, and events
UN Sustainable Development Goals

To learn more about the UN SDGs, visit the Library's page here!

IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
The UN's Development Programme UNDP's support to climate change adaptation spans the following thematic areas: adaptation policy and planning; climate-resilient livelihoods; fostering resilience for food security; ecosystem-based adaptation; water resource management and access to water; coastal adaptation; climate information and early warning systems; urban climate resilience; climate change and health; and climate-resilient infrastructure.
UNDP Climate Promise
Experts advise countries on a broad range of areas related to climate action, from just transition to circular economy, loss and damage to climate finance, transparency and more.

European Commission | Energy, Climate change, Environment
EU policy protects the environment and seeks to minimise risks to climate, human health and biodiversity. The European Green Deal aims to make Europe the world's first climate-neutral continent.
European Environment Agency
The EEA works across many topics, related to the environment, climate change and sustainability in general.
European Climate Pact
Launched by the European Commission, the Pact is part of the European Green Deal and is helping the EU to meet its goal to become climate-neutral by 2050.
European Policy Centre | Sustainable Prosperity for Europe
The Sustainable Prosperity for Europe (SPfE) Programme explores the foundations and drivers for achieving a sustainable, resilient and competitive European economy.
Bruegel | Energy and Climate Policy
Bruegel is the European think tank that specialises in economics. This section features policy briefs, datasets, podcasts, events, and publications.
European Commission | Sustainable Finance
The EU is examining how to make sustainability considerations an integral part of its financial policy in order to support the European green deal.
T&E (Transport Enviornment)
Europe’s leading advocates for clean transport and energy.
Publications Office of the EU | Environment and Ecology
The Publications Office of the European Union is the official provider of publishing services to all EU institutions, bodies and agencies.
Eurostat's Statistics Explained | Environment and Energy
Statistics Explained is an official Eurostat website that provides free online access to statistical topics presented in an easily understandable way.
Eurostat Environmental Accounts Dashboard
Graphs on Climate Change, Environmental Economy, Circular Economy, Environmental Footprints from Eurostat
Plastics Europe
We are increasing our efforts to reduce plastics waste, promote the reuse and collection and recycling of plastics waste, and have accelerated the transition to a circular economy in response.

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit is a website designed to help people find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience.
National Centers for Environmental Information
NCEI provides environmental data, products, and services covering the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun to drive resilience, prosperity, and equity for current and future generations.
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment by developing and enforcing regulations, giving grants, studying environmental issues, and more. Features topics such as air, health, water, greener living, land and waste, energy, and more.
NASA | Climate Change
News, Multimedia Library, and Resources including a Climate Time Machine and Global Ice Viewer from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S. Global Change Research Program
U.S. Global Change Research Program Releases Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), the preeminent source of authoritative information on the risks, impacts, and responses to climate change in the United States.
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminsitration | Climate
NOAA Climate.gov provides timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate science, adaptation, and mitigation.

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading multidisciplinary centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise from across LSE and beyond, including on economics, finance, geography, the environment, science, law, international relations, development and political science.
Stimson Center | Resilience & Sustainability
The Stimson Center promotes international security and shared prosperity through applied research and independent analysis, global engagement, and policy innovation.
Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere
An initiative of Stanford University,
bringing the best science to civil society. The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB, pronounced “mob”) is a meeting place for global civil society — citizens concerned with the interconnections among the greatest threats to human well-being: this is the human predicament.

Listening

In the News

For access to more articles from The New York Times and other newspapers/magazines, be sure to check out the Library's Virtual Newsstand!

Be sure to also check out these sites for more news:

Financial Times \| Climate Capital FT's guides on climate tech	Climate Desk
Trellis (formerlyGreen Biz)	The Atlantic \| Planet section
Environmental Health News	ScienceDaily \| Environment
ProPublica \| Environment	Wired \| Clean Tech
NPR's LifeKit: Sustainability Podcasts	Politico \| Energy and Climate
Happy Eco News	Grist
CNN \| Climate Life, But Greener newsletter	The Daily Climate
Inside Climate News	Climate Home News

Circular Economy

Human Material Loop
The Circularity Gap Report 2024
Your Plan, Your Planet
Quiz and tips from Google to discover how to reduce food, water, and energy waste, and learn about the Circular Economy to extend the life of your stuff.
Journal of Circular Economy
An applied scholarly journal on circular economy
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. We develop and promote the idea of a circular economy, and work with business, academia, policymakers, and institutions to mobilise systems solutions at scale, globally.

Check out the Foundation's podcast: