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Ecosystems and Human Well-being
A Report of the Conceptual Framework Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2003.
The 245-page report lays out the approaches, assumptions, processes, and parameters scientists are using in the study. It offers decision-makers a mechanism to identify options that can better achieve core human development and sustainability goals and better understand the trade-offs in decisions about development and the environment.
The reports are available for purchase through Island Press.

THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABILITY: An Action Agenda for the Global Environment
Global Environment Facility; Sept. 2002. Washington, USA: GEF, 124p. ISBN 1-884122-79-5.
This book describes how to move from words to action for global sustainability and describes dozens of successful sustainable development initiatives that are models for the future.

THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Produced by the IAEA Division of Public Information, June 2002.

GLOBAL CHALLENGE GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY, TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
August 2002.

CRITICAL TRENDS: Global Change and Sustainable Development
Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development
United Nations, New York, 1997, ST/ESA/255 - 76 p.
The next Critical Trends report is planned for 2002.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 2003.
The 2003 report focusses on the Millennium Development Goals.
ISBN 0-19-5219 88-0

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 2002.
Published annually. The 2002 report focusses on deepening democracy in a fragmented world.
ISBN 0-19-521915-5

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 2001. 290 p.
Published annually. The 2001 report focusses on new technologies and human development.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 2000. 290 p.
Published annually. The 2000 report focusses on human rights and human development.

The Materiality of Social, Environmental and Corporate Governance Issues to Equity Pricing
UNEP, 2004.
11 Sector Studies by Brokerage House Analysts at the Request of the UNEP Finance Initiative Asset Management Working Group.
June 2004: UNEP Finance Initiative.
A group of 12 fund manager representing USD 1.6 Trillion of assets under management call on investors, government and business leaders to embed environmental, social, and governance best practice at the heart of our markets.
 
  

Women and the Environment
UNEP, 2004. Division of Policy Development and Law.
ISBN: 92-807-2442-8.
This publication makes the often hidden links between women and the environment visible, with an explicit focus on the gender-related aspects of land, water and biodiversity conservation and management.

IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
UNEP, November 2002. ISBN: 1 84064 913 5.
Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: Methodological Issues Towards Integrative Analysis Part II: Participatory Frameworks Part III: Perspectives in Ecological Economic Modelling Index

INDUSTRY AS A PARTNER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 10 YEARS AFTER RIO: THE UNEP ASSESSMENT
UNEP; 2002. ISBN: 9280721976. (English and French, May 2002)

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium
United Nations University, ISBN 92-808-1069-3
Edited by Hans van Ginkel, Brendan Barrett, Julius Court, and Jerry Velasquez
2001, 160 pages

TRADE, ENVIRONMENT, AND THE MILLENNIUM
United Nations University, 2nd edition, ISBN 92-808-1064-2
Edited by Gary P. Sampson and W. Bradnee Chambers
2001, 280 pages.

REPORT OF THE WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August - 4 September.
United Nations • New York, 2002