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The following list of publications is related to the sustainable development. It is listed under several topics.

General

Agenda 21
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/agenda21/english/agenda21toc.htm
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Global Challenge, Global Opportunity: Critical Trends in Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/critical_trends_report_2002.pdf
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The Road from Johannesburg - What Was Achieved and the Way Forward
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/Brochure.PDF
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A Developing Connection: Bridging the Policy Gap between the Information Society and Sustainable Development. Terri Willard, Maja Andjelkovic, Steve Vosloo, Wainaina Mungai, Margarita Salas, Anusha Lall, Atanu Garai, Diogo André de Assumpção, Amira Sobeih, 2005
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2005/networks_dev_connection.pdf
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Locating the Energy for Change: An Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry. Charles Elliott, 1999
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/appreciativeinquiry.pdf
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Indicators for the Sustainable Management of Tourism. IISD, 1993
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=438
Agenda 21: Agenda for Change. Michael Keating, 1993
http://www.iisd.org/rio+5/agenda/
Sourcebook on Sustainable Development. IISD, 1992
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=252

Business

Business Strategy for Sustainable Development. IISD1992
http://www.bsdglobal.org/pdf/business_strategy.pdf
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EarthEnterprise: Tool kit 1994
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/eetoolkit.pdf
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Climate Change

Governing Climate: The Struggle For A Global Framework Beyond Kyoto. Taishi Sugiyama, Editor, 2005
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2005/climate_governing.pdf
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Which Way Forward? - Issues in developing an effective climate regime after 2012. Aaron Cosbey, Warren Bell, Deborah Murphy, Jo-Ellen Parry, John Drexhage, Anne Hammill, John Van Ham, 2005
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2005/climate_which_way_forward.pdf
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Seeing the Light: Adapting to climate change with decentralized renewable energy in developing countries. Henry David Venema, Moussa Cisse, 2004
http://www.cckn.net/pdf/seeing_the_light_dre.pdf
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Coping with global change - vulnerability and adaptation in Indian agriculture. Suruchi Bhadwal, Preety Bhandari, Akram Javed, Ulka Kelkar, Karen O'Brien, Stephan Barg, 2003

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2004/climate_coping_global_change.pdf

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Livelihoods and Climate Change: Combining disaster risk reduction, natural resource management and climate change adaptation in a new approach to the reduction of vulnerability and poverty. IISD, IUCN, SEI, 2003

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2003/natres_livelihoods_cc.pdf

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Establishing National Authorities for the CDM - A Guide for Developing Countries. Christiana Figueres, 2002
http://www.cckn.net/pdf/cdm_national_authorities.pdf
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Manitoba and Climate Change: A Primer. IISD and The Manitoba Clean Environment Commission, 2001
http://www.iisd.org/pdf/cc_2nd_ed_wcov.pdf
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Community Sustainability

Moving the Frontier - The Story of the Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy. Mark Halle, 2003

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2002/natres_spcs.pdf PDF

The Positive Path: Using Appreciative Inquiry in Rural Indian Communities. Graham Ashford, Saleela Patkar, 2001

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2001/ai_the_positive_path.pdf

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Participatory Research for Sustainable Livelihoods: A Guidebook for Field Projects. J. Keith Rennie, Naresh Singh, 1996

http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=308

From Legacy to Vision: Sustainability, Poverty and Policy Adjustment. Richard Strickland, Naresh C. Singh, 1996

http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=291

Consumption and Production

United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (as expanded in 1999)
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/consumption_en.pdf
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Measuring Changes in Consumption and Production Patterns
http://www.un.org/documents/ecosoc/cn17/1998/background/ecn171998-mccpp59text.htm

Disaster Reduction and Management

Guidelines for Reducing Flood Losses http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/flood_guidelines.pdf PDF
Know Risk http://www.unisdr.org/news/know-risk-flyer.pdf PDF

Economic Policy

Exploring the Links: Human Well-being, Poverty and Ecosystem Services. Anantha K. Duraiappah, 2004

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2004/economics_exploring_the_links.pdf

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Perverse Subsidies: How Tax Dollars Can Undercut the Environment and the Economy. Jennifer Kent, Norman Myers, 2001

http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=281

Green Budget Reform: An International Casebook of Leading Practices. Stephan Barg, Robert Gale, Alexander Gillies, 1995

http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=280

Sustainability, Poverty and Policy Adjustment: From Legacy to Vision. Naresh Singh, Richard Strickland, 1994

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/legacy.pdf

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Making Budgets Green. IISD, 1994

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/greensumm.pdf
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Energy

Energy Indicators for Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies

http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1222_web.pdf

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National Strategies for Sustainable Development: Challenges, Approaches and Innovations in Strategic and Co-ordinated Action. Darren A. Swanson, László Pintér, François Bregha, Axel Volkery, Klaus Jacob, 2004

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2004/measure_nat_strategies_sd.pdf

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Finance

Finance for Sustainable Development: Testing New Policy Approaches http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/nairobi_meeting.pdf PDF

Freshwater

Booklet on the International Decade for Action “Water for Life' 2005-2015

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/water_for_life.pdf

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Catalyzing Change: A handbook for developing integrated water resources management (IWRM) and water efficiency strategies

http://www.gwpforum.org/gwp/library/Handbook.pdf

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Integrated Plan for Chad's Water Development and Management: 2003-2020

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/sdea/english/index.html

Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: A Mid-Term Assessment of Progress (UNICEF/WHO)

http://www.unicef.org/wes/mdgreport/

A Framework for Action on Water and Sanitation (WEHAB Working Group)

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/wehab_water_sanitation.pdf

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Water for People Water for Life: The United Nations World Water Development Report Executive Summary

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/WWDR-english-129556e.pdf

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Indicators of Sustainable Development

CSD Theme Indicator Framework

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/isdms2001/table_4.htm

CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development - Recent Developments and Activities (31 March 2004)

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/scopepaper_2004.pdf

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Guidelines for Developing a National Programme of Indicators of Sustainable Development

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/guidelines_indicators.pdf

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Indicators of Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies (2001)

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/indisd-mg2001.pdf

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Indigenous Peoples

Our Responsibility to The Seventh Generation. Linda Clarkson, Vern Morrissette, Gabriel Regallet, 1992

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/seventh_gen.pdf

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Investment

A Southern Agenda on Investment? Promoting Development with Balanced Rights and Obligations for Investors, Host States and Home States. Howard Mann, Konrad von Moltke, 2005

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2005/investment_southern_agenda.pdf

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IISD Model International Agreement on Investment for Sustainable Development - Negotiators' Handbook. Howard Mann, Konrad von Moltke, Aaron Cosbey, Luke Eric Peterson, 2005

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2005/investment_model_int_handbook.pdf

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A Capabilities Approach to Trade and Sustainable Development: Using Sen's Conception of Development to Re-examine the Debates. Aaron Cosbey, 2004

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2004/trade_cap_app.pdf

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Investment and Sustainable Development: A Guide to the Use and Potential of International Investment Agreements. Aaron Cosbey, Howard Mann, Luke Eric Peterson, Konrad von Moltke, 2004

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2004/investment_invest_and_sd.pdf

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An International Investment Regime? Issues of Sustainablity. Konrad von Moltke, 2000

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/investment.pdf

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Private Rights, Public Problems: A guide to NAFTA's controversial chapter on investor rights. Howard Mann, 2001

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/trade_citizensguide.pdf

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Knowledge Networks

Strategic Intentions: Managing knowledge networks for sustainable development. Terri Willard, Heather Creech, 2001

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2001/networks_strategic_intentions.pdf

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Measurement and Assessment

Capacity Building for Integrated Environmental Assessment and Reporting: Training Manual (2nd Ed.). David R. Cressman, Laszlo Pinter, Kaveh Zahedi, 2000

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/geo_manual_2.pdf

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Assessing Sustainable Development: Principles in Practice. Peter Hardi, Terrence Zdan, 1997

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/bellagio.pdf

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Global Green Standards. 1996

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/globlgrn.pdf

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National Sustainable Development Strategies

Guidance in preparing a National Sustainable Development Strategy http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/nsds_guidance.pdf
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Natural Resources

Our Forests, Our Future (Summary Report). 1999

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/wcfsdsummary.pdf

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Agriculture and Sustainable Development: Policy Analysis on the Great Plains. Allen Tyrchniewicz, Art Wilson, 1995

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/agri_sd.pdf

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Sustainable Development for the Great Plains: Policy Analysis. Allen Tyrchniewicz, Art Wilson, 1994

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/sd_for_gp.pdf

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Poverty

From Legacy to Vision: Sustainability, Poverty and Policy Adjustment. Richard Strickland, Naresh C. Singh, 1996

http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=291

Security

Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice: Guidance for Extractive Industries. International Alert, 2005

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2005/security_conflict_sensitive_business.pdf

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Conserving the Peace: Resources, Livelihoods and Security. Mark Halle, Richard Matthew, Jason Switzer, 2002

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2002/envsec_conserving_peace.pdf

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Technology

Environmental Management Accounting: Procedures and Principles
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/proceduresandprinciples.pdf
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Environmental Management Accounting: Policies and Linkages
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/policiesandlinkages.pdf
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Measurement for Improved Environmental & Economic Performance: EMA for Government
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/EMAGovernment.pdf
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Clean and Competitive: EMA for Business
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/EMABusiness.pdf
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Trade

Environment and Trade: A Handbook - Second Edition. UNEP, IISD, 2005

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2005/envirotrade_handbook_2005.pdf

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Lessons Learned on Trade and Sustainable Development. Aaron Cosbey, 2004

http://www.tradeknowledgenetwork.net/pdf/tkn_lessons_learned_en.pdf

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The State of Sustainable Coffee: A study of twelve major markets. Daniele Giovannucci, 2003

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2003/trade_state_sustainable_coffee.pdf

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Beyond Regulation: Exporters and Voluntary. Aaron Cosbey, Robert Kerr, Ron Yachnin, 1998

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/beyondregulation.pdf

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The World Trade Organization and Sustainable Development: An Independent Assessment. IISD, 1996

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/wto_assess.pdf

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The World Trade Organization and Sustainable Development: An Independent Assessment Summary. 1996

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/wto_assess_summ.pdf

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International Environmental Management, Trade Regimes and Sustainability. Konrad von Moltke, 1996

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/envmanage.pdf

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GATT, the WTO and Sustainable Development: Positioning the work program on trade and environment. IISD, 1995

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/gatt_wto.pdf

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The Maastricht Treaty and the Winnipeg Principles on Trade and Sustainable Development. Konrad von Moltke, 1995

http://www.iisd.org/pdf/maastricht.pdf

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Trade, Sustainable Development, and the Environment: A Bibliography. Maria Isolda P Guevara, 1995

http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=253

Trade and Sustainable Development: A Survey of the Issues and a New Research Agenda. David Runnalls, Aaron Cosbey, 1992

http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=251

Youth

Youth Sourcebook on Sustainable Development. 1994

http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=248

Occasional Papers

Promoting Sustainable Production and Consumption: Five Policy Studies (ST/ESA/1999/DP.7)

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/esa99dp7.pdf

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Trends in Consumption and Production: Household Energy Consumption (ST/ESA/1999/DP.6)

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/esa99dp6.pdf

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Trends in Consumption and Production: Selected Minerals (ST/ESA/1999/DP.5)

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/esa99dp5.pdf

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