Library

Welcome to our recources section. Here you will find an array of documents, presentations, papers, guides and manuals regarding Sustainability from the perspective of SDGs and ESD, as well as other relevant materials from a scientific, governmental or UN spheres. Our goal is to provide a one stop shop for valuable information that can serve the needs of our broader community. We will be updating the database on a monthly basis.

CoverTitleDescriptionDate
RCE Contributions to a More Sustainable WorldWhat is human development? If you ask a sociologist, an ecologist, and an educator, you may get three completely different answers. 2015-2019
TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTThis Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognize that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.2019
Engaging Communities for Biodiversity ConservationWe are currently in the midst of what experts call
the sixth extinction – an extinction event that has been ongoing since the end of the last ice age. This event has spanned both terrestrial and marine environments, with species disappearing across all type of landscapes and seascapes at 100 to 1,000 times the natural background extinction rate.
2022
RCE Brochure: 2018Each RCE is regionally-based and members bring in-depth knowledge of the challenges facing their villages, towns, and cities in their regions.2018
RCE SDG YOUTH CHALLENGE 2021Today’s youth face extraordinary global challenges. Worsening modern conflicts, climate change, increasing gaps of inequality, and now the
global COVID-19 pandemic. Youth are
bombarded with messages about their
future and challenged to make positive change, yet are not often given the chance to constructively do so at a meaningful local level.
2021
Procesos, resultados y propuestas de la Década de Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible (DEDS)Encuentro Internacional “América Propone. Vías para la Sostenibilidad

de la Vida”, Lima, 27 de febrero a 2 de marzo de 2013
2013
EDUCAR PARA LA SOSTENIBILIDAD DE LA VIDAPOLÍTICAS PARA FORMAR A LOS NUEVOS PERUANOS Y CIUDADANOS DEL MUNDO EN EL SIGLO XXI2013
FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA RED DE IESPP CON ENFOQUE DE EDSN/A2012-2013
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Education SectorII Meeting of the Regional Centers of Expertise
(RCEs) in Education for the Sustainable Development “Ways for the Sustainability of Life”
2013
Ancestral Knowledge and Education for Sustainable DevelopmentUnnikrishnan Payyappallimana, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies2013
La EDUCACIÓN para el DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE: Un ENFOQUE desde el PENSAMIENTO COMPLEJOMg. Teresa Salinas Gamero, Instituto Peruano del Pensamiento Complejo Edgar Morin - IPCEM Directora Ejecutiva del IPCEM – Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima.2013
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) ProgrammeAnna Dirksen, ESD Programme Communications Coordinator UNU-IAS2013
II RCE Americas Regional Conference Engaging MediaAnna Dirksen, ESD Programme Communications Coordinator UNU-IAS2013
GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT COUNTRY REPORTING ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS2015
Integrating Governance into the Sustainable Development GoalsFrank Biermann, Casey Stevens, Steven Bernstein, Aarti Gupta, Ngeta Kabiri, Norichika Kanie, Marc Levy, Måns Nilsson, László Pintér,
Michelle Scobie, and Oran R. Young. 2014. Integrating Governance into the Sustainable Development Goals. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #3. Tokyo: United
Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
2014
Sustainable Development Goals and Inclusive DevelopmentJoyeeta Gupta, Isa Baud, Ralien Bekkers, Steven Bernstein, Ingrid Boas, Vincent Cornelissen, Masahiko Iguchi, Norichika Kanie,
Rakhyun E. Kim, Mairon Bastos Lima, Pedi Obani, Petra Schoof, Casey Stevens, and Dylan van Zoomeren. 2014. Sustainable Development Goals and Inclusive
Development. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #5. Tokyo: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
2014
Earth System Challenges and A Multi-layered Approach for the Sustainable Development GoalsOran R. Young, Arild Underdal, Norichika Kanie, Steinar Andresen, Steven Bernstein, Frank Biermann, Joyeeta Gupta, Peter M. Haas,
Masahiko Iguchi, Marcel Kok, Marc Levy, Måns Nilsson, László Pintér and Casey Stevens. 2014. Earth System Challenges and a Multi-Layered Approach for the
Sustainable Development Goals. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #1. Tokyo: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
2014
From collective learning to actionIntegrated landscape approaches for sustainable
development and climate change resilience. IGES Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Area
2016
Actualización de la meta de emisiones netas de Argentina al 2030La República Argentina firmó y ratificó el Acuerdo de París, presentando el documento de ratificación el 21 de septiembre de 2016. Por lo tanto, la contribución revisada presentada en
noviembre de 2016 reemplazó la Contribución Prevista y Determinada a nivel Nacional (iNDC) de acuerdo con el párrafo 22 de la Decisión 1/CP.21.
2021