Sustainability

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In November 2015, Foresight For Development turns the spotlight on sustainability futures.

Featured in Bibliozone this month is a collection of publications related to the sustainability future of the environment, economy, cities, etc. The selection of documents is partial and based on accessible material. Therefore, we would like to invite everyone to supplement our library with additional materials.

 

From our FFD library:

Here are the publications available in our library:

• Sustainability
• Environmental
  • Resources / Energy
  • Water
  • Food Security / Agriculture
  • Population
• Business / Economy
• Cities

Sustainability

• 7 questions that will shape the future of sustainability
• 28 Predictions for the Future of Sustainability
• 2030: The “Perfect Storm” Scenario
• Africa 2050 – Growth, Resource Productivity and Decoupling
• Africa Sustainable Future
• A learning developmental state for a Sustainable South Africa
• Anticipatory Governance Scenarios
• Backcasting for sustainability: Introduction to the special issue
• Bending the Curve: Toward Global Sustainability
• Creating a Sustainable Future: A Global Study of Current Trends and Possibilities 2007-2017
• Ethics and Sustainability: Challenges of a Changing World
• Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority
• Extending the Influence of Scenario Development in Sustainability Planning and Strategy
• Equality, Growth and Sustainability Do They Mix?
• Global Goals, African Realities: Building a Sustainable Future for All
• Global Scenarios 2000-2050: Exploring sustainable development
• Global Scenarios for the Century Ahead: Searching for Sustainability
• Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead
• Human-Centred Design: sustainable ideas and scenarios for the development of projects and products based on knowledge and human abilities
• Innovation patterns for sustainability
• Linking Present and Future Choices: Sustainability and the measurement of human development
• Map of Future Forces Affecting Sustainability
• Open Sustainability Scenarios
• Our Common Future - Brundtland Report
• Planning for a shared vision of a sustainable future
• RE:THINKING CONSUMPTION Consumers and the Future of Sustainability
• Scenario Archetypes: Converging Rather than Diverging Themes
• Scenarios for Sustainable Lifestyles 2050: From Global Champions to Local Loops
• Scenarios of sustainable well-being
• Scenarios on the Futures of Consumer Attitudes and Their Use of Sustainable Products
• South Africa’s Sustainable Future: How to increase the living standards for the people of South Africa in a sustainable way?
• Sustainability Outlook 2020: A strategic map of an uncertain horizon
• Sustainability Outlook Cards
• Sustainability Outlook Scenarios
• Sustainable Communities and the Great Transition
• Sustainable Development in West Africa: Beginning the Process
• Sustainability Foresight as a method to shape socio-technical transformation in utility systems
• Tangible Accounting Scenarios
• The Future of Sustainable Development: Rethinking sustainable development after Rio+20 and implications for UNEP
• The problem of the future: sustainability science and scenario analysis
• To build long term sustainability, envision the future first: Part 1
• To build long term sustainability, envision the future first: How to model an uncertain future Part 2
• Trading into the Future: Rounding the Corner to Sustainable Development
• Visions, scenarios and future pathways towards sustainable development

Environmental

• 21 Issues for the 21st Century
• Changes in Nature's Balance Sheet
• Community development for ecological sustainability: Working with interiority in the cultivation of social foresight
• Ecological Change: Implications for Future Decisions
• Greening the South African Growth Path: Transitioning to Sustainability
• ICRISAT Strategic Plan to 2020 - Inclusive Market-Oriented Development for Smallholder Farmers in the Tropical Drylands
• Linking foresight and sustainability: An integral approach
• Shell Sustainability Report 2013
• Shell Sustainability Report 2014
• Strategy for Conservation and Sustainable Management of IBAs in Africa
• The Century Ahead: Searching for Sustainability
• The Environmental, Social, and Health Dimensions of Urban Expansion
• The Future of Sustainability: Re-thinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-first Century
• The Wisdom of Nature: An Evolutionary Heuristic for Human Enhancement
• UNEP Global Environment Outlook, Chapter 16: Scenarios and Sustainability Transformation
• Vision 2050 - The new agenda for business
• World Lines: A Framework for Exploring Global Pathways

Resources / Energy

• Achieving high performance for mining in 2020: Six strategies for safe, sustainable and superior operations
• Africa Mining Vision
• Africa’s Renewable Future: The Pathway to Sustainable Growth
• Beyond Oil - What's That?
• Building a sustainable energy future: risks and opportunities
• Critical materials for the transition to a 100% sustainable energy future
• Energy policies for sustainable development in South Africa: Options for the future
• Energy to 2050: Scenarios for a Sustainable Future
• Energy solutions for South Africa Ensuring public participation and improved accountability in policy processes
• Mineral Futures Discussion Paper: Sustainability Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
• Policies and scenarios for Cape Town’s energy future: Options for sustainable city energy development
• Scenario Art: A New Futures Method that Uses Art to Support Decision-Making for Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Energy in sub-Saharan Africa
• Sustainability of strategic minerals in southern Africa and potential conflicts and partnerships
• The Energy Report: 100% Renewable Energy by 2050
• The Oil Market to 2030 - Implications for Investment and Policy
• Transport, Energy and CO2: Moving Toward Sustainability
• Why Clean Mining is the Future of Mining

Water

• Development of Maritime High Schools in the Eastern Cape
• Global Water Outlook to 2025: Averting an Impending Crisis
• Gloom and doom? The future of marine capture fisheries
• National Water Resource Strategy: Water for an Equitable and Sustainable Future
• Securing 2020 vision for 2030: climate change and ensuring resilience in water and sanitation services
• Sub-regional scenarios for Africa's future: Western Indian Ocean islands
• The Africa Water Vision for 2025: Equitable and Sustainable Use of Water for Socioeconomic Development

Food Security / Agriculture

• Agriculture and Food: The future of sustainability
• Biofuels and Food Security: Implications of an accelerated biofuels production
• Building Sustainable Small-Scale Agriculture in Southern Africa
• Executive Summary of the Synthesis Report of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
• Food for 2050: how can sustainability stay on the menu?
• FoodWeb 2020: Forces Shaping the Future of Food
• Future of Food (Future agenda – initial perspective on Future of Food)
• Global Food Security Strategic Plan 2011-2016
• Improving Statistics for Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, and Rural Development: An Action Plan for Africa 2011-2015
• The Future of the Food System: Cases Involving the Private Sector in South Africa
• Sustainable Intensification: A New Paradigm for African Agriculture
• The Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and choices for global sustainability
• Tomorrow's Food, Tomorrow's Farms

Population

• Demographic Dynamics and Sustainability in Africa
• Population Control and Reproductive Rights: Mutual Coercion, Decreased Consumption, Women’s Empowerment, or Human Extinction?
• Population dynamics, climate change and sustainable development in Africa
• Population dynamics, climate change and sustainable development in Kenya
• The Human Core of the SSPs: Population Scenarios by Age, Sex and Level of Education for all Countries to 2100

Business / Economy

• Acting now for a positive 2018, preparing for radical change the next decade of business and sustainability
• A New Global Partnership: Eradicate poverty and transform economies through sustainable development
• A New Sustainability Springboard for Retailers in Eurasia and Africa
• Built Environment Foresight 2030: the sustainable development imperative
• Environment for African Development: A Sustainable Future through Science and Technology
• FIC & Sustainable Economic Development: Issues for Innovation and Growth
• Future-Proof: Foresight as a Tool Towards Project Legacy Sustainability
• Future scenarios 2030 – The impact on logistics and the contribution to a sustainable development
• Global trends in sustainability performance management
• Greening the Supply Chain: Best Practices and Future Trends
• How Technology Could Contribute to a Sustainable World
• How to Sustain Sustainability? Why companies need to engage their brands in the drive toward more sustainable living
• Imagining sustainability: the added value of transition scenarios in transition management
• Infrastructure 2050: Why the world must come together to solve the global infrastructure challenge
• ISS 2020 Vision Whitebook
• McKinsey on Africa: A continent on the move
• Powerful Synergies - Gender Equality, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability
• Redefining the Future of Growth: The New Sustainability Champions
• Scenarios for 2025
• Sustainability and change process
• Sustainability and Reporting Trends in 2025 – Preparing for the Future
• Sustainable Economy in 2040: A Roadmap for Capital Markets
• Technological Singularity and Transcendental Monism: Co-producers of Sustainable Alternative Futures
• The Mont Fleur Scenarios
• The Role of Corporate Foresight in Promoting Sustainability
• The Shape of Tomorrow's Supply Chains: The Science of Sustainability
• Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication
• Vision 2050 – A South African perspective

Cities

• African City: towards a new paradigm – “chameleonic” urbanism for hybrid cities
• A Vision of a smarter city: How Nairobi can lead the way into a prosperous and sustainable future Cities in Africa Part 3
• Could Hovering Buildings be the Future of Sustainability?
• Earth observation for sustainable urban planning: Trends and future directions
• Energising Urban South Africa: poverty, sustainability and future cities
• Future Scenarios for a Sustainable City
• Future Scenarios of Urban Mobility and Their Sustainability
• Green Hills, Blue Cities - an Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities
• Liveable Cities: The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning
• Megacities on the move - your guide to the future of sustainable urban mobility in 2040
• New Lenses on Future Cities
• Smart Cities – A Move Towards Sustainability
• State of the World's Cities 2012/2013: Prosperity of Cities
• Towards an Urbanized World: A challenge for urban planning and sustainable development
• Urbanization in developing countries: Current trends, future projections, and key challenges for sustainability
• Urban sustainability in developing countries’ megacities: modelling and predicting future urban growth in Lagos

 

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