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Important Links

The 17 Goals
From the United Nations Website
ATLAS of Sustainable Development Goals 2023
"The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2023 presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights trends for selected targets within each goal and introduces concepts about how some SDGs are measured." From the World Bank Group.
UAE SDG Data Hub
"The SDG Data Hub is a comprehensive platform that aims to track, monitor, and report milestones and progress towards the implementation of the SDGs in the UAE."
Sustainable Development Report
See how every country ranks.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021-22
“UNDP’s HDI is calculated by considering factors such as life expectancy, education, and per capita income. It then ranks countries based on a composite score.”
Goalkeepers 2022 Report
"Goalkeepers shares the latest data yearly on 18 key data indicators such as poverty, family planning, sanitation, HIV, and more."
Goalkeepers 2022 - data visualization
"An interactive diagram that explores the methodology, considering historical trends along with potential futures."
Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2022
The dashboard combines data from multiple sources (the Food and Agriculture Origination of the United Nations (FAO)), Euromonitor International, World Bank, and other global and regional data sources) to give users a complete view of food systems. “Users can compare components of food systems across countries and regions. They can also identify and prioritize ways to sustainably improve diets and nutrition in their food systems.” The dashboard contains over 150 indicators that measure components, drivers, and outcomes of food systems at the country level.
Disaster Displacement in Asia and the Pacific
This report presents the “disaster displacement trends in the region during 2010−2021 and provides insights into its social and economic impacts.
Take Action on the Sustainable Development Goals
ArcGIS LIVING ATLAS - INDICATORS OF THE PLANET

LEARNING RESOURCES ABOUT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
From the United Nations Association of Norway

SDG Tracker
The UN has defined 7 Targets and 14 Indicators for SDG 1. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.

The SDGS

Book Lists and Recommended Reading

UN SDGs Reading List
The SDG Book Club aims to use books as a tool to encourage children ages 6-12 to interact with the
principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a curated reading list of books from
around the world related to each of the 17 SDGs in all six official UN languages—Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian, and Spanish.
AFCC Booklist: UN Sustainable Development Goals
From the Asian Festival of Children's Content
The World Through Picture Books
From the International Federation of Library Associations.

Recommended Databases

A to Z Databases
This link will take you to all of the databases that the ASD libraries subscribe to. For login information, see the secure document below.
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Britannica School
Britannica is a great place to start to get background information on almost any topic.
Credo Source
Credo Source is a one-stop research platform combining citable reference content with instructional videos and tutorials, as well as access to other subscription databases. Credo Source is a great starting point for research.
CultureGrams
Use CultureGrams to learn about any country. It provides comparative data on many indicators related to the SDGs.
Global Issues
Provides a global perspective, integrating news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more. Citations export directly into Noodletools.
Opposing Viewpoints
Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues. Citations export directly into Noodletools.
Proquest
A large, multi-subject database. Citations export directly into Noodletools.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. Citations export directly to Noodletools.

UAE and the SDGs

UAE SDG Data Hub
"The SDG Data Hub is a comprehensive platform that aims to track, monitor, and report milestones and progress towards the implementation of the SDGs in the UAE."
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018
Choose United Arab Emirates on the homepage to see details specific to the UAE.
UAE and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This report was produced in 2022.
UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
Making UAE Schools Healthy
Integrated Waste Management in the UAE
From the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
UAE Air Quality Forecast (Air Quality Level – AQL) - DOESN'T WORK
This is a live map from the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
New strategy to be developed to protect UAE wetlands
A new campaign to protect wetlands across the UAE - and the diverse species that inhabit them - will be developed at a strategic meeting next month.
UAE Energy Strategy 2050
The UAE Energy Strategy 2050 aims to triple the contribution of the renewable energy and invest AED 150 to AED 200 billion by 2030 to meet the country’s increasing demand for energy as a result of a rapidly growing economy.
Average person in UAE
Compare the average person in Greece to the average person in the UAE
UAE mangroves the largest in the Gulf, study finds
Analysis of satellite images acquired from the King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology recently published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment show that the UAE is now home to nearly 50 per cent of all mangroves in the region. Moreover, the mangrove coverage in the Emirates has nearly doubled.
Tens of thousands of mangroves to be planted across the UAE
Tens of thousands of mangroves will be planted and coral gardens cultivated in a bid to reduce the impact of climate change.
UAE's mission impossible: Cooling the desert
From Reuters news service. 2011
Why the UAE's mangroves are so important — and how to save them
Mangroves are estimated to cover more than 150 square kilometres of the UAE's coastline, acting as a "green lung" for big cities such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai, while also providing habit for wildlife and recreation grounds for humans.
GeoDubai
Create a free account and then request access to the data you are looking for.
The UAE is on its way to becoming a hub for plastic recycling
From The National

Noodletools

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Search for Books

MackinVision Library Catalog
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Sora eBooks & AudioBooks
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Sora Magazines
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Books in the ASD Library

8 Billion and Counting by Jennifer D. Sciubba
Call Number: 304.6 SCI

Publication Date: 2022
The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Call Number: 338.9 SAC

Publication Date: 2015
How I Resist by Maureen Johnson (Editor)
Call Number: 320 HOW

ISBN: 9781250168368

Publication Date: 2018

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