General

• Agenda 21
  [English]  [French]  [Spanish]
  
  

• Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)
  [Arabic]  [Chinese]  [English]  [French]  [Russian]  [Spanish]     
  
  

• Division for Sustainable Development - general brochure
  [Arabic]  [Chinese]  [English]  [French]  [Russian]  [Spanish]
   

• Global Challenge, Global Opportunity: Critical Trends in Sustainable Development
   

• Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Report)
  
  

Africa

• Trends in Sustainable Development - Africa report 2008-2009
   

• Innovation for Sustainable Development: Local Case Studies from Africa

Agriculture

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Agriculture, Rural development, Land, Desertification, Drought 2008-2009

Atmosphere

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Energy for sustainable development, Industrial development, Atmosphere & air pollution, Climate change

Climate change

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Agriculture, Rural development, Land, Desertification, Drought
   

• Sustainable Consumption and Production: Promoting Climate-Friendly Household Consumption Patterns
   

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Energy for sustainable development, Industrial development, Atmosphere & air pollution, Climate change

Consumption and Production

• Sustainable Consumption and Production: Promoting Climate-Friendly Household Consumption Patterns
   

• Publications related to the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production: The Marrakech Process
   

• United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (as expanded in 1999)
  [Arabic]  [Chinese]  [English]  [French]  [Russian]  [Spanish] 
  
  

• Measuring Changes in Consumption and Production Patterns
   

Disaster Reduction and Management

• Guidelines for Reducing Flood Losses 
  
  

• Know Risk

Desertification and Drought

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Agriculture, Rural development, Land, Desertification, Drought 2008-2009

Energy

• Brazil: A Country Profile on Sustainable Energy Development (2006)
   

• Energy Indicators for Sustainable Development: Country Studies on Brazil, Cuba, Lithuania, Mexico, Russian Federation, Slovakia and Thailand
   

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Energy for sustainable development, Industrial development, Atmosphere & air pollution, Climate change
   

• Case Studies of Market Transformation: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
   

• Multi Dimensional Issues in International Electric Power Grid Interconnections
   

• The Effects of Power Sector Reform on Energy Services for the Poor (2005)
   

• Energy Indicators for Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies (2005)
   

• Natural Resources Forum Special Issue on Energy Indicators (Nov 2005)

Finance

• Finance for Sustainable Development: Testing New Policy Approaches (2002)

Freshwater

• Status of Implementation of CSD -13 Policy Actions on Water and Sanitation (Dec 2008)
   

• A Framework for Analyzing Tariffs and Subsidies in Water Provision to Urban Households in Developing Countries (Feb 2007)
   

• Booklet on the International Decade for Action Water for Life・2005-2015
  
  

• Catalyzing Change: A handbook for developing integrated water resources management (IWRM) and water efficiency strategies (2004)
  
  

• Guidelines for Reducing Flood Losses (Apr 2004)
  
  

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

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

• A Framework for Action on Water and Sanitation (WEHAB Working Group, 2002)
  
  

• Water for People Water for Life: The United Nations World Water Development Report Executive Summary (2003)
   

• Experiences in Human Settlements and Water
   

• Human Settlements and Water

Indicators of Sustainable Development

• Indicators of Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies (3rd edition, 2007)
   

• Indicators of Sustainable Development: Full set of methodology sheets
  
  

• Energy Indicators for Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies (2005)
  
  

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

• Guidelines for Developing a National Programme of Indicators of Sustainable Development
   

• Indicators of Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies (2nd edition, 2001)
  
  

Industrial Development

• Industrial Development for the 21st Century: Sustainable Development Perspectives
   

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Energy for sustainable development, Industrial development, Atmosphere & air pollution, Climate change
   

• Energy and Industry

Land

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Agriculture, Rural development, Land, Desertification, Drought 2008-2009

National Sustainable Development Strategies

• Guidance in preparing a National Sustainable Development Strategy (2002)

Rural Development

• Trends in Sustainable Development: Agriculture, Rural development, Land, Desertification, Drought 2008-2009

Sanitation

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

Technology

• Environmental Management Accounting: Procedures and Principles (2002)
  [Czech]  [English]  [German]  [Japanese]  [Portuguese] 
  
  

• Environmental Management Accounting: Policies and Linkages (2002)
  [Czech]  [English] 
  
  

• Measurement for Improved Environmental & Economic Performance: EMA for Government (2003)
  
  

• Clean and Competitive: EMA for Business (2003)

Water: See under Freshwater

  Occasional Papers

• Changing Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Production: Human Settlements and Water (April 2007)
• Sustainable Consumption and Production: Promoting Climate-Friendly Household Consumption Patterns (April 2007)
• A Framework for Analyzing Tariffs and Subsidies in Water Provision to Urban Households in Developing Countries (Feb 2007)
   
• Sustainable Consumption and Production: Energy and Industry (May 2006)
   
• Changing Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Production: Experiences in Human Settlements and Water (April 2004)
   
• Promoting Sustainable Production and Consumption: Five Policy Studies (ST/ESA/1999/DP.7)
  
• Trends in Consumption and Production: Household Energy Consumption (ST/ESA/1999/DP.6)
  
• Trends in Consumption and Production: Selected Minerals (ST/ESA/1999/DP.5)

  Other Publications

• World Economic and Social Survey