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Briefs for 2016 edition

Briefs for 2016

• Brief for GSDR - Brief submitted in support of science-policy function of HLPF: Insects and Livestock Feed
  Students from Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in The Netherlands:
  Eike Behre, Bas Heukels, Andrea Merino Mayayo, Xanthe Verschuur
• Brief for GSDR - Brief submitted in support of science-policy function of HLPF: Nanotechnology in Agriculture Production
  Students from Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in The Netherlands:
  Tammo Bakker, Ellen Brauers, Gersom van der Elst, Eunice Wangari
• Brief for GSDR - Brief submitted in support of science-policy function of HLPF: Nanotechnology in Water Treatment
  Students from Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in The Netherlands:
  Chelsea Blaser, Pim ten Haaf, Juliana Kessler, Fenna Wielenga
• Brief for GSDR - Brief submitted in support of science-policy function of HLPF: The Role of Mobile Phone Services in Development
  Students from Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in The Netherlands:
  Veerle Boekestijn, Christopher Schwarz, Emmelien Venselaar, Anouk de Vries
• Brief for GSDR - Maximizing Opportunities: Data Linkages for Sustainable Development in Africa
  Karumuna A. Kaijage, Psychology of Science in Policy, Washington DC USA
• Brief for GSDR - Corporate Strategies for Sustainability: the Experience of Leading Russian Companies
  Blagov Yury E., Petrova-Savchenko A.A., St.Petersburg University, Russia*
• Brief for GSDR - Towards SDG implementation: The role of global resource policy and resource targets
  Christina Buczko, Fritz Hinterberger and Verena Stricks, Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Vienna*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Groundwater in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals: Fundamental Policy Considerations
  Kirstin I. Conti 12; Maya Velis2; Andreas Antoniou2; Geert-Jan Nijsten2*
• Brief for GSDR - A Horizon Scan on Aquaculture 2015: Fish Feed
  D. Schalekamp, K. van den Hill, Y. Huisman1*
• Brief for GSDR - Horizon Scan on Aquaculture 2015: Management Practices
  Q. Pellegrom, A. Ching, L. Kempchen, T. Stoffelen, A. Pratama, C. Nyelele, D. Oster, J. Farinha, W.
  Pelupessy1
• Brief for GSDR - A Horizon Scan on Aquaculture 2015: Livelihoods
  R. Temmink, L. Schmitz, N. Shennoy, P Shapkota1*
• Brief for GSDR - A Horizon Scan on Aquaculture 2015: Traceability
  R. Winkelhuijzen, M. Van Burik1*
• Brief for GSDR - A criação de unidades de conservação de florestastas plantadas como subsidios para prevenção de desastres naturais e instrumento para controlar o movimento natural so rios voadores
  Vania Aparecida dos Santos, Scientific and Technological Research Assistant, Forestry
  Institute of São Paulo IF / SMA / Brazil*
• Brief for GSDR - Paris Agreement on Climate Change: The First Global Sustainable
  Mukul Sanwal1*
• Brief for GSDR - Climate Change-induced Migration in Bangladesh_Realizing the Migration Process Human Security and Sustainable Development
  Bahauddin K.M, Executive Director, Youth Environmental and Social Service; Marianne Joan Dutkiewicz, Youth Ambassador, Youth Environmental and Social Service; Mrinal K Nath, Senior Disaster Risk Management & Climate Change Specialist, Secure To Safe, India*
• Brief for GSDR - Expert Support for Implementing the SDGs
  Peter M Haas, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts*
• Brief for GSDR-Investing in Hydro-meteorological Infrastructure to Address Inequality of Impacts from Climate Variability and Change
  Julio Enrique Herrera Estrada, PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources,
  Princeton University*
• Brief for GSDR - Individual Perception of Environmental Change as Supplement to Big Data
  Lina Roeschel, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF); Humboldt
  University of Berlin
  Dr. Frieder Graef, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of
  Land Use Systems
  Dr. Ottfried Dietrich, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of
  Landscape Hydrology
  Meike Pendo Schaefer, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute
  of Landscape Hydrology
• Brief for GSDR - A Perspective on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: Need for International Coordination
  Prof V.N.Attri, Chair of Indian Ocean Studies, Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA),
  University of Mauritius
• Brief for GSDR - Sustainable drug development for Neglected Tropical Diseases
  A. Anastasia Kefalidou, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs*
• Brief for GSDR - An Ecosystem Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction: The Challenges of Multilevel Governance
  Annisa Triyanti1,2, Eric Chu1 *
  1 Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2 Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• Brief for GSDR - Balancing Big Data and the Right to Health: Strategies for Maximising Ethical and Sustainable Impact
  Lucy Fagan, Global Health Next Generation Network*
• Brief for GSDR - Building Resilience by Professionalisation of Healthcare Workers Through Technological Innovations
  Moa M. Herrgard1, 2, 3; MD Adrian Paul Jaravata Rabe2, 4, 5, 6; MA Sharon Lo2, 7; Dr. Luca
  Ragazzoni8; and Dr. Frederick M. Burkle, Jr.9, 10*
• Brief for GSDR - Does Aquaculture Sector Concern about Women Empowerment with Sustainable Development? : A Situation Analysis of Coastal Regions of Bangladesh
  Hamidul Huq, Shafiqul Islam, Khalid Md. Bahauddin*
  Center for Sustainable Development, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh*
• Brief for GSDR - Nanotechnology and sustainable development in Iraq
  Ali J Addie, Center of Advanced Materials, Directorate of Materials Research
• Brief for GSDR - Revisiting the Urban Age Declaration
  Hung Vo1, Cornell University, Department of Urban and Regional Studies; UN Major Group for Children and Youth*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Role of Science, Technology & Innovation in Urban Frameworks: Enhancing the Science-Policy-Practice Interface for Resilient Cities
  Donovan Guttieres1,2, Gusti Ayu Fransiska Sri Rahajeng Kusuma Dewi1,3*
  1UN Major Group for Children & Youth, 2Boston University, 3Asia Pacific Youth Network on Climate
  change
• Brief for GSDR - The rapidly growing death toll attributed to air pollution: A global responsibility
  Pedro Piqueras1,2, Ashley Vizenor1,2 *
  1University of California, Riverside, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering., 2 College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), Riverside, California, USA
• Brief for GSDR - The role of economic growth in sustainable development from the perspective of 21st century growth critique
  Liisa Haapanen1 and Petri Tapio,2 Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland*
• Brief for GSDR - Project Management and Sustainability
  Luca Sabini, Newcastle University Business School*
• Brief for GSDR - Gendered vulnerabilities to climate change: Insights from the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia
  Nitya Rao, University of East Anglia, UK; Daniel Morchain, OXFAM GB, UK*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Addressing the cultural gap between humanitarian assistance and local responses to risk through a place-based approach
  By: Karlee Johnson, Darin Wahl, and Frank Thomalla, Stockholm Environment Institute*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Macroregional system development of Yugra cities
  A. Vykhodtсev, N. Voitik, I. Akhmedova, Tyumen State University, Russia*
• Brief for GSDR-Integrated Health Governance and Sustainability: Rebuilding Livelihoods and Resilience in Post-Ebola Communities in West Africa
  Chijioke J. Evoh, Sustainable Development and Ebola Recovery Consultant, UNDP Owen Shumba, Team Leader, Livelihoods & Economic Recovery Team, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP*
• Brief for GSDR - Innovation and Sustainable Development: A Bioeconomic Perspective
  Manish Anand, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi1
• Brief for GSDR - Emerging Contaminants in urban stormwater: challenges and perspectives for sustainable water use
  Erick R. Bandala1 and Ashantha Goonetilleke2*
  1Division of Hydrologic Sciences. Desert Research Institute (DRI), USA, 2Queensland University of
  Technology (QUT), Australia
• Brief for GSDR - At the intersection of inequalities Lessons learned from CIFOR’s work on gender and climate change adaptation in West Africa
  Houria Djoudi, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)*
• Brief for GSDR - Can Safeguards Guarantee Gender Equity? Lessons from research on women in early REDD+ implementation
  Anne M Larson, Therese Dokken and Amy E Duchelle (CIFOR)*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Gender mainstreaming in REDD+ and PES - Lessons learned from Vietnam
  Pham Thu Thuy and Maria Brockhaus, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Mobilizing Big Data and Microsimulation for SDGs: Forecasting the Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme on Tuberculosis in Brazil
  DAVIDE RASELLA1, DANIEL VILLELA2, ROMULO PAES SOUZA3, DELIA BOCCIA4, ANA WIECZOREK TORRENS5, MAURO SANCHEZ6, DRAULIO BARREIRA7, SANJAY BASU8∗
• Brief for GSDR - Global sustainability needs novice urbanites. Approaches from an educational experience towards collective action
  By Wehbe M B; M P Juarez; I E Tarasconi and J M Quiroga, PRODEC Project at Rio Cuarto National University, Argentina*
  PRODEC Project Team: M B Wehbe; M P Juarez; Rached S; Aguillar Mansilla F; Echenique H; Pastorino M; Tarasconi I; Tello D; De Luca N; Quiroga J
• Brief for GSDR - Implications of an expanding and intensifying tropical zone for the sustainable development agenda
  Mark Ziembicki and Stewart Lockie, James Cook University*
• Brief for GSDR - Stillbirths_Investment in ending preventable stillbirths by 2030 will yield multiple returns and help achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals
  By Susannah Hopkins Leisher1, Joy E Lawn2, Mary V Kinney3, Nana Taona Kuo4, and Luc de Bernis5, with The Lancet Ending preventable stillbirths Series Advisory Group and Study Group
• Brief for GSDR - Alternative Quieting Technology to Seismic Airguns for Oil & Gas Exploration and Geophysical Research
  Lindy Weilgart, Ph.D., Dalhousie University, OceanCare Consultant*
• Brief for GSDR - Refugee Camps as a Spatial Phenomenon of Self-Organization
  Sara Al-Nassir, DLGS-IOER-TU Dresden, Germany*
• Brief for GSDR - Some practical techniques concurrently contributing to desertification control and livelihood improvement in the Sahel, West Africa
  Ueru Tanaka1, Kenta Ikazaki2, Takao Shimizu1, Yuko Sasaki3, Hitoshi Shinjo4, Satoshi Tobita2 *
  1 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
  2 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Science, Tsukuba, Japan
  3 JICA Niger Office, Niamey, Niger
  4 Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
• Brief for GSDR - An Interactive Learning Model for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
  Matteo Pedercini and Steve Arquitt, The Millennium Institute, Washington DC, USA*
• Brief for GSDR - Five priorities for the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  Yonglong Lu, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Martin Visbeck, and Anne-Sophie Stevance*†
• Brief for GSDR - Imperatives for sustainable delta futures
  Z. Sebesvari1, E. Foufoula-Georgiou2, I. Harrison3, E. S. Brondizio4, T. Bucx5, J. A. Dearing6, D. Ganguly7, T. Ghosh8, S. L. Goodbred9, M. Hagenlocher1, R. Hajra8, C. Kuenzer10, A. V. Mansur11, Z. Matthews12, R. J. Nicholls13, K. Nielsen12, I. Overeem14, R. Purvaja7, Md. M. Rahman15, R. Ramesh7, F. G. Renaud1, R.S. Robin7, B. Subba Reddy7, G. Singh7, S. Szabo12, Z. D. Tessler16, C. van de Guchte5, N. Vogt17, C. A. Wilson18 – Belmont Forum DELTAS Project members*
• Brief for GSDR - Improving vehicle fuel economy to save money, reduce carbon emissions, and reliance on oil
  Sheila Watson, Director of Environment and Research, FIA Foundation and Executive Secretary of Global Fuel Economy Initiative*
• Brief for GSDR - Time for Results: Road safety and clean air for all, leaving no one behind
  Saul Billingsley, Director General, FIA Foundation*
• Brief for GSDR - Engineering Education for Sustainable Development
  W.E Kelly, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA*
• Brief for GSDR - Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals A game-changer in global health
  Ashish Jha professor1, Ilona Kickbusch director, Global Health Programme 2, Peter Taylor programme manager3, Kamran Abbasi international editor4, on behalf of the SDGs working group
  1Harvard Global Health Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; 2Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland; 3Think Tank Initiative, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 4The BMJ, London WC1H 9JR, UK1*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Automation and artificial intelligence – what could it mean for sustainable development?
  Friedrich Soltau, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs1*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Conceptual Framework for a systems dynamics adaptation model to climate change for Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada
  Philipe Crabbé, University of Ottawa, Canada 1*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Sustainable energy solutions to ‘cold chain’ food supply issues
  A. Anastasia Kefalidou, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs*
  
• Brief for GSDR - Heat Waves: A Growing Climate Change-related Risk
  Polioptro Martinez1 and Erick R. Bandala2 *
  1Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico. 2 Division of Hydrologic Sciences. Desert Research Institute (DRI), USA,
• Brief for GSDR - Decent Work for All - Leveraging Big Data for a Human-Centered Approach to Sustainable Development
  By Alexander Gloss and Lori Foster in collaboration with the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and SIOP’s committee of representatives to ECOSOC1*
• Brief for GSDR - E-VOIDs-a bottom-up micro-intervention for better lighting and ventilation in high density slums Jakarta Indonesia
  Akiko Okabe1*
• Brief for GSDR - How does climate science matter for the society? A stakeholderdriven and user-inspired solution for coastal Bangladesh
  Saleh Ahmed,1 Ph.D. Student, Arid Lands Resource Sciences & Graduate Research Associate, Joint University of Arizona & Columbia University International Research and Application Program, University of Arizona
• Brief for GSDR - Indigenous Minorities of the North in conditions of modern Environmental Management
  Vaver Olga Yu., Vykhodtsev Aleksandr M., Chuikova Ekaterina N., Tyumen State University, Russia
• Brief for GSDR – Urban sub-relief as underground infrastructure, territorial resource and source of hazards
  Bolysov, Sergey, Nekhodtsev, Vladimir*
  Moscow State University, Geographical Faculty, Moscow
  
• Brief for GSDR - Social Security to strengthen pension systems in Latin America
  Dra. Juana Isabel Vera López, researcher "A” at the El Colegio de la Frontera Norte*
• Brief for GSDR – Regional Collaborative Environmental Governance in Yangtze River Delta, China
  Qinqi Dai, Yu Yang*, Department of Public Administration, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
• Brief for GSDR - How to achieve Urban Sustainability Transformations (UST) in real life politics?
  Florian Koch, Kerstin Krellenberg, Sigrun Kabisch. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig/Germany*
• Brief for GSDR – Urban building resilience: The strategic role of universities for the fight against climate change
  Nicola Martinelli1, Gabriella Calvano2, Giovanna Mangialardi3, Angelo Tursi4 *
• Brief for GSDR - CRISPR/Cas9_gene-editing technology takes off
  Friedrich Soltau, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs*
• Brief for GSDR - Green infrastructure: planning for sustainable and resilient urban environment
  Shikha Ranjha, DLGS-IOER-TU Dresden, Germany*
• Briefs for GSDR - URBAN STORMWATER REUSE: AN AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  Ashantha Goonetilleke1, An Liu2 and Ted Gardner3*
  1Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Australia, 2Shenzhen University China, 3University of the Sunshine Coast Australia
  
• Brief for GSDR - Nanotechnology, Nanowaste and Their Effects on Ecosystems: A Need for Efficient Monitoring, Disposal and Recycling
  Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk, Carnegie Mellon University and IUCN CEM
• Brief for GSDR – Open Data in a Big Data World: challenges and opportunities for sustainable development
  Charles Ebikeme1, Simon Hodson2, Geoffrey Boulton2, Heide Hackmann1, Anne-Sophie Stevance1,
  Lucilla Spini1
  1International Council for Science (ICSU), Paris, France, 2ICSU Committee on Data for Science and
  Technology (CODATA), Paris, France
• Brief for GSDR – Thematic Reviews in the 2030 Agenda: the case for a review of natural resources
  Ivonne Lobos Alva & Dr. Jes Weigelt, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, Germany*
• Brief for GSDR - Sustainability in a changing world: integrating human health and wellbeing, urbanisation, and ecosystem services
  Sigrid Kusch, Aysha Fleming, Nicholas Cradock-Henry, Nele Schmitz, Laura Pereira, Jess Vogt, Michelle Lim, Ali Kharrazi, Chijioke J. Evoh, Perrine Hamel, Silke Bollmohr, James Patterson, Carolina Adler, Wilma Waterlander, Ai Sugiura, Anna Maria Augustyn, Atul Dogra, Nibedita Mukherjee, Sheila Onzere, Fawzi Mahomoodally, Alice C. Hughes, Kathryn Bowen, Antonio Tironi, Kiah Smith, Steven Hoffenson, Chibuike C. Udenigwe - Future Earth Fellows
• Brief for GSDR - A systems approach to urban health and wellbeing to meet the sustainability challenges of urban change
  Franz W. Gatzweiler and members of the scientific committee of the ICSU-UNU-IAMP global, interdisciplinary science programme on Urban Health and Wellbeing: a Systems Approach
• Brief for GSDR - Environment and Green Jobs: Paradigm shift from a non-sector to an employable industry (an analysis from Indian perspective)
  Pranab J Patar, WCPA & Ms. Surbhi, Earthwatch Institute India
• Brief for GSDR - Towards a greener rice production system in developed and developing nations (with the example of Lao PDR, Japan and Australia)
  H. Suenaga, D.K.Y. Tan and P.M. Brock, University of Sydney & NSW Department of Primary Industries
• Briefs for GSDR - Poverty and Aging: Individual versus Collective Social Resilience
  Nelya Rakhimova, DLGS-IOER, Germany
• Briefs for GSDR - The Feasibility of Climate Compatible Development: An Exploration of Ethiopia’s Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy
  Mohammed Yimer, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia

Briefs for 2015 edition

• Thoughts on Big Data and the SDGs
• Brief for GSDR 2015: 城市可持续发展：从关注水平到关注能力
  刘剑锋博士，张晓彤博士，何建清博士 中国可持续发展研究会人居专业委员会
  免责声明 本文仅代表作者个人观点，与中国 21 世纪议程管理中心、中国可持续发展研究会及联合国均无关。
• Brief for GSDR 2015: Urban Sustainable Development-Measuring Capacity Outweighs Measuring Development Level
  By Dr. Liu Jianfeng, Dr. Zhang Xiaotong, Dr. He Jianqing
  The Special Committee for Human Settlements (SCHS) of Chinese Society for Sustainable Development (CSSD)*
  
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Recommendation to consider the crucial impacts of trends in smaller household size on sustainable development goals
  Danan Gu1, Qiushi Feng2, Zhenglian Wang3, and Yi Zeng3,4 (1. Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations; 2. National University of Singapore; 3. Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University; 4. Center for Healthy Aging and Development Studies, Peking University)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Gender equality and sustainable development: achieving the twin development goals in Africa
  Ngone DIOP, Senior Gender Affairs Advisor, UNECA
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Inclusive Green Economy and Structural Transformation in Africa
  Isatou Gaye, Charles Akol, Yacouba Gnègnè, Benjamin Mattondo Banda, Andrew Allieu, Mathilde Closset, Romuald S. Kinda, Richard Osaliya, ECA
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - A new institution for sustainably shaping our future
  Robert Unteregger, Future Council Foundation, Switzerland
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Making a sustainable long term perspective and national reports
  Robert Unteregger, Future Council Foundation, Switzerland
  
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - LA AGENDA PATRIÓTICA 2025 Y EL ALCANCE DE LOS OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO DEL MILENIO
  Adhemar Esquivel, Susana Lizárraga, Mirna Mariscal, Roberto Carlos Sevillano Cordero, Cecilia Vidal
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Defensive approaches to extreme weather
  Georgina Mace, University College London
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Disaster Risk Governance: The essential linkage between DRR and SDGs
  Matthieu Meerpoël, Lecturer in Public Law, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Lille (France) and Technical adviser on Disaster Risk Governance
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Disaster risk reduction: A cross-cutting necessity in the SDGs
  Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi & Prof Virginia Murray, Public Health England and University College London
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Loss Data Underpinning Disaster Risk Reduction
  Corbane Christina, De Grove Tom and Ehrlich Daniele, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Measuring the SDGs Progress with Data Envelope Analysis (DEA)
  By Sten Thore, the IC2, Institute, the University of Texas at Austin, USA (Emeritus); Boaz Golany, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel; Ruzanna Tarverdyan, the Geneva Consensus Foundation, Switzerland; Nicole Adler, Ekaterina Yazhemsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Monitoring disaster risk reduction targets: the example of INFORM
  Tom De Groeve, Daniele Ehrlich, Karmen Poljansek and Luca Vernaccini, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Buying time for coral reefs by reducing local threats
  Peter Mumby, Rosanna Griffith-Mumby & Jason Flower, University of Queensland, Emma Kennedy, University of Exeter
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Contributions from Future of Reefs in a Changing Environment (FORCE) project towards ecological and social research on coral reef ecosystems
  Rosanna Griffith-Mumby & Jason Flower University of Queensland
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Science Diplomacy to support global implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  Raymond Saner, Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND), Geneva
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainable Biomass in the Context of Climate Change and Rising Demand
  Ariane Goetz (lead), Ira Matuschke, Ivonne Lobos Alva, Oscar Schmidt, Tim Beringer, IASS, Potsdam
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Adaptation and resilience in the face of climate change: protecting the conditions of emergence through good governance
  Liette Vasseur (IUCN, Climate change adaptation group leader/Brock University) and Mikes Jones (IUCN, Resilience group leader/Swedish Biodiversity Centre)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Agroforestry can form an effective, efficient and fair pathway to achieve food security and agricultural sustainability in Africa
  Cheikh Mbow, PhD, Senior Scientist – Climate Change and Development-ICRAF (World Agroforestry Centre-Nairobi, Kenya)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Inclusive Green Affordable Housing for All
  Mahua Mukherjee, IIT Roorkee, India
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Innovation Policy and Sustainable Development
  Manish Anand and Shailly Kedia, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Reframing Social Housing as an Infrastructure of Production and Consumption
  Steven A. Moore, University of Texas
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sistemas Educativos para el Desarrollo Sostenible El Caso de Mexico (2006)
  Por Ricardo Porrúa Rodríguez, candidato a Doctor en Ciencias Sociales y Políticas por la Universidad Iberoamericana, Campus Cd. de México
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Strengthening democratic legitimacy in intergovernmental policy-making on sustainable development: the contribution of web-based civil society consultations
  Carole-Anne Sénit, VU University Amsterdam and IDDRI*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainable employment in a non-growth oriented economy
  Alexandra Köves 1, György Pataki 1,2, Gábor Király 1,3 and Bálint Balázs 2
  1 Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary; 2 Environmental Social Science Research Group, Budapest, Hungary; 3 Budapest Business School, Hungary
  
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - The UNU-FLORES Nexus Observatory and the Post- 2015 Monitoring Agenda
  Mathew Kurian and Kristin Meyer (United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Towards diverse and sustainable governance – Assessment of biocultural diversity (BCD) in European cities
  Vierikko, Kati1; Buizer, Marleen2; Elands, Birgit3, Buijs, Arjen3, Konijnendijk Van-den Bosch, Cecil4 and Niemelä, Jari1
  1) Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. Contact: kati.vierikko@helsinki.fi
  2) Land Use Planning Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
  3) Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
  4) Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Towards sustainable development: Global targets for a sustainable use of natural resources
  Christina Buczko and Fritz Hinterberger, Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Vienna
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Weak Sustainability versus Strong Sustainability
  Jérôme Pelenc, Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) and Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium
  Jérôme Ballet, University of Bordeaux, GRETHA research unit, France
  Tom Dedeurwaerd
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Development of natural product drugs in a sustainable manner
  Milica Pešić, Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Evaluación de la sustentabilidad de sistemas productivos locales: Una propuesta basada en la participación colaborativa y en la resiliencia de los sistemas socio-ecológicos
  Por Wehbe M B, M A Mendoza, R A Seiler, A M Vianco, A M Baronio y A J Tonolli
  Consejo Inter-Universitario Nacional, Argentina
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Healthy oceans, healthy people, healthy economies: Integrating fisheries management and protected areas for environmental, economic, and social benefits
  Jessica N. Reimer, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Allison K. Barner and Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR USA
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Role of Modern Biotechnology in Sustainable Development; Addressing Social-Political Dispute of GMOs that Influences Decision-Making in Developing countries
  Ademola A. Adenle ( United Nations University & University of Oxford, UK ), Klaus Ammann (University of Bern)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainability and economic de-growth
  Maria Rita Guercio - University of São Paulo
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - The Role of Educator Training for a Sustainable Future
  Gabriella Calvano, Center of Experience of Environmental Education, University of Bari
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - World Market Economic Conditions, Diversification of Income, Indigenous Economy and Philippine Economic Conditions with Regards to Sustainable Development
  Jonica D. Otarra, Researcher, Center for Integrated Development and Social Marketing, Inc.
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - APROXIMACIÓN CRÍTICA AL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE-Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO “Nuevas perspectivas sobre el desarrollo y política pública en América Latina”
  Giovanny Daza, CLACSO
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Children as a Basis for Sustainable Development
  By the Thematic Group on Early Childhood Development, Education, and Transition to Work, SDSN
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Climate Change Responses: Mitigation and Adaptation for Whom?
  Helen Adams, University of Exeter, and Karen E. McNamara, The University of Queensland
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Decoupling Growth from Resource Generation
  By Zeenat Niazi, Anshul S. Bhamra, Development Alternatives (This brief has been extracted from the paper, Decoupling Growth from Resource Consumption, 2014 written by Development Alternatives and Wuppertal Institute)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Disaster reduction through risk targets
  John Douglas, Caterina Negulescu and Thomas Ulrich, BRGM (French Geological Survey), Orléans, France
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Exposé scientifique Résilience et capabilités pour un développement humainement durable
  Jean-Marcel Koffi, UMI Résiliences (IRD-CIRES, France et Côte d'Ivoire) et Université de Bouaké (Côte d'Ivoire)
  Jérôme Pelenc, Fond National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) et Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
  Kevin Lompo, Univsersité de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  Jérôme Ballet, Université de Bordeaux, laboratoire GRETHA
  Jean-Luc Dubois, UMI Résiliences (IRD-CIRES, France et Côte d'Ivoire)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Fabrication laboratories (fab labs): Tools for sustainable development
  Ivana Gadjanski, Belgrade Metropolitan University, Center for Bioengineering – BioIRC and Fab Initiative NGO Serbia
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - How New Metrics for Sustainable Agriculture Can Align the Roles of Government and Business
  Daniele Giovannucci, President, Committee on Sustainability Assessment, and Friedrich von Kirchbach, former Director, the International Trade Centre*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Hydrological modelling and their biases: constraints in policy making and sustainable water resources development under changing climate in the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalayas
  Asif Khan (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PZ, UK; Department of Engineering, KPK University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Industrial Policy and Sustainable Development
  By Patrick Paul Walsh, Senior Advisor SDSN, New York
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Integrated resource policies for energy and water resources, with case studies of China and the UK
  Ying Qin, Elizabeth Curmi, Zenaida Mourao, Dennis Konadu, Keith S. Richards, University of Cambridge
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Measuring Progress on the SDGs: Multi-level Reporting
  By Eve de la Mothe, Jessica Espey and Guido Schmidt-Traub, SDSN
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Monitoring the Performance of Agriculture and Food Systems
  By the Thematic Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, SDSN
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Pathways to Deep Decarbonization, a Problem Solving Approach for a 2°C Society
  By the SDSN/IDDRI Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project Team
  Henri WAISMAN (IDDRI), Carl MAS (SDSN) and Emmanuel GUERIN (SDSN)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Planning and Implementing Action for Sustainable Agriculture
  By the Thematic Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, SDSN
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Problem of the reliability of the evaluation of the sustainability of the countries
  A. Khaustov, M. Redina, V.G. Moya, Apulu O.A., Ibariveni E. Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Relación entre Sustentabilidad, Responsabilidad Social y Responsabilidad Extendida al Productor
  Celina N. Amato, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Resilience Framework For Measuring Development
  By Anshul S Bhamra, Development Alternatives
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainable Urban Environment in Delhi Mega City: Emerging Problems and Prospects for innovative Solutions
  R.B. Singh, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
  Aakriti Grover, Department of Geography, Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Towards a Universal Energy Access: a multistakeholder path for a global change
  By Ilaria Lenzi, Jacopo Bonan and Ilaria Pais, FEEM
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Transformative changes of agriculture and food systems
  By the Thematic Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, SDSN
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Wetlands in Drylands: ‘Hotspots’ of Ecosystem Services in Marginal Environments
  By Stephen Tooth (Aberystwyth University, UK), Michael Grenfell (University of the Western Cape, South Africa), Andrew Thomas (Aberystwyth University, UK) and Fred Ellery (Rhodes University, South Africa)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Health and wellbeing in sustainable urban development
  By José Siri and Anthony Capon, International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University (UNU-IIGH).
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Synergies between healthy and sustainable diets
  Bojana Bajželj, Tim G Benton, Michael Clark, Tara Garnett, Theresa M Marteau, Keith S Richards, Pete Smith & Milica Vasijevic
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Accessing and putting water to productive use in sub-Saharan Africa
  Lead author: Timothy O. Williams (International Water Management Institute [IWMI])
  With contributions from: Bai-Mass Taal (African Ministers’ Council on Water [AMCOW]), and Karen Villhoth, Robyn Johnston and Meredith Giordano (IWMI)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Achieving Sustainable Energy Consumption in Tanzania
  By Karumuna Kaijage, Psychology of Science in Policy (PsySiP)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Anthropogenic Drivers of Emerging Infectious Diseases
  Catherine Machalaba, Peter Daszak, and William B. Karesh, EcoHealth Alliance
  Cristina Romanelli, Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Antibiotic resistance (ABR) - no sustainability without antibiotics
  Otto Cars & Dusan Jasovsky, ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Resistance, reactgroup.org
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Design and diffusion of smart energy monitors for sustainable household consumption
  By Pamela Flattau, Psychology of Science in Policy (PsySiP)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Estimations of the contribution of international shipping to greenhouse gas emissions
  Fredrik Haag, Edward Kleverlaan and Astrid Dispert, International Maritime Organization
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Fostering sustainable economic growth by redefining competitiveness and industrial policy: Towards a systemic policy approach aligned with beyond-GDP goals
  Karl Aiginger – Michael Böheim
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Improving water quality is an opportunity to avert a global crisis
  Lead authors: Javier Mateo-Sagasta and Pay Drechsel,(International Water Management Institute)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Including women and the poor in water management systems
  Lead authors: Nicoline de Haan and Fraser Sugden (International Water Management Institute [IWMI])
  With contributions from: Barbara van Koppen, Everisto Mapedza, Jayne Curnow, Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu and Floriane Clement (IWMI)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Industrial symbiosis: powerful mechanisms for sustainable use of environmental resources
  Sigrid Kusch, ScEnSers Independent Expertise, Germany
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Managing water variability, from floods to droughts
  Lead author: Vladimir Smakhtin (International Water Management Institute [IWMI])
  With contributions from Paul Pavelic, Giriraj Amarnath and Matthew McCartney (IWMI)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS PARA LA PRODUCCIÓN SOCIAL DE VIVIENDA COMO ALTERNATIVA PARA DISMINUIR LA IRREGULARIDAD EN AMÉRICA LATINA
  Dra. Juana Isabel Vera López. Profesora-investigadora de El Colegio de Tamaulipas. México
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIOAMBIENTAL, GESTÃO PÚBLICA E GERENCIAMENTO DE RISCOS.
  Vania Aparecida dos Santos, Geological Institute of Sao Paolo*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Strategically engaging women in clean energy solutions for sustainable development and health
  By Anita Shankar, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Center for Global Clean Air
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainable development and ecosystem services
  Lead authors: Matthew McCartney, (International Water Management Institute [IWMI]), Max Finlayson (Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University) and Sanjiv de Silva (IWMI)
  With contributions from: Priyanie Amerasinghe and Vladimir Smakhtin (IWMI)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainable Pastoralism for the Post 2015 Agenda
  Davies, J. (IUCN), Ouedraogo, R (WISP), Hagelberg, N. and M. Niamir-Fuller (UNEP)*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Vulnerability of Nearshore Ecosystems from Rapid Intensive Coastal Development
  LIU Hui, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
  SU Jilan, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Water governance: context is crucial
  Lead author: Tushar Shah (International Water Management Institute [IWMI])
  With contributions from Claudia Sadoff (World Bank), Peter McCornick, François Molle, Madar Samad, Diana Suhardiman and Barbara van Koppen (IWMI)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Social Capital Formation in Community Development and Conservation Interventions: Comparative Research in Indonesia
  By Carol Warren (Murdoch University), Greg Acciaioli (University of Western Australia), Dirk Steenbergen (Charles Darwin University), John McCarthy (Australian National University)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Towards an Energy Efficient Oil & Gas Sector
  Saahil Parekh and Siddharth Singh, The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - An Application of NASA MODIS Remote Sensing Images to A Comprehensive Estimation of Ecological Impacts of Urban Development
  Eigo Tateishi, Lund University*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Enhancing the quality of African climate change science by investing in peer review capacity
  Muhammad Mehmood-Ul-Hassan, Jan De Leeuw, World Agroforestry Center*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - RegenVillages – Integrated village designs for thriving regenerative communities
  James Ehrlich, President, ReGen Villages, EIR, Stanford H-STAR Institute, Senior Fellow Opus Novum at NASA
  Ames, with Professor Larry Leifer PhD and Chris Ford AIA (PhD candidate), Stanford University Center for Design
  Research.
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainable Development and World Trade: The Contribution of Internaitonal Environmental Regulations to Trade
  V.N. Attri, Author Chair of Indian Ocean Rim Studies (University of Mauritius), Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
  Republic of Mauritius*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Transforming Higher Education for Sustainable Development
  by Clemens Mader (Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany and University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Christian Rammel (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Planetary Guardrails as Policy Guidance for Sustainable Development
  Rüdiger Haum and Carsten J. Loose, German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU – Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Data sharing for sustainable development in less developed and developing countries
  Coli Ndzabandzaba, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, South Africa
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Transforming disaster risk reduction for more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development
  By: Frank Thomalla, Karlee Johnson, Sukaina Bharwani, Ã…se Johannessen, Ruth Butterfield, Stockholm
  Environment Institute
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 日照市国家可持续发展先进示范区生态效率评价 - Ecological efficiency in the State-level Sustainable Development Demo Zone in Rizhao
  韩美丽 李俊莉 窦荣璐 （ 曲阜师范大学地理与旅游学院,山东日照 276826）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sacred natural sites provide ecological libraries for landscape restoration and institutional models for biodiversity conservation
  By Travis Reynolds (Colby College), Tizezew Shimekach Sisay (University of Maine), Alemayehu Wassie Eshete (Bahir Dar University), Margaret Lowman (California Academy of Sciences)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 中国东部地区区域经济发展效率评价研究 Evaluation of regional economic development in Eastern China
  林昌华（福建社科院，福建福州 350001）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 乘用车子午线轮胎碳足迹分析 -  Carbon footprint analysis of radial tires for cars
  杨东 刘晶茹 杨建新 丁宁 中国科学院生态环境研究中心城市与区域生态国家重点实验室
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 人口发展对区域资源环境绩效变动的影响评估-—基于1990-2009年全球39个国家的实证研究 Evaluation of the attribution of population growth to regional environmental performance：Empirical study of 39 countries from 1990 to 2009
  张晓青 王雅丽 张理娟 王泽楠 (山东师范大学人口·资源与环境学院，山东济南 250014)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 低碳经济下城市能源需求与碳排放情景分析——以河南省济源市为例 Scenario analysis of urban energy demand and carbon emission in the context of lowcarbon economy: the case of Jiyuan in Henan province
  朱 婧1 刘学敏2 (1. 东北大学秦皇岛分校经贸学院，河北秦皇岛 066004；2. 北京师范大学资源学院，北京 100875）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 元数据在城市可持续发展能力评估数据的应用分析 The use of metadata in the evaluation of urban sustainable development capacities
  姜天祺 李思远 张娜娜 董仁才（中国科学院生态环境研究中心/城市与区域国家重点实验室/系统分析与可持续发展研究组，北京 100085）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 创新驱动石景山区转型发展的经验探索与思考 - Exploration and Reflection on experience, innovation-driven restructuring and development of the Shijingshan District
  北京市石景山区国家可持续发展实验区 北京市石景山区科学技术委员会 中国北京
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 博弈与协调：新型城镇化的现实难题与应对之策 ­– The challenges of new urbanization in real life and coping strategy: trade-off and coordination
  胡雪萍李静中南财经政法大学经济学院中国湖北
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 县域生态功能区划及其生态红线管理制度研究：以武隆县为例 County ecological functional divide and its ecological red line management system: the Case of Wulong County
  喻元秀1 周传斌2 田薇2 苏晴2 李锋1 陈少力3 （1. 重庆市环境工程评估中心， 重庆 400021； 2． 中国科学院生态环境研究中心城市与区域生态国家重点实验室， 北京 100085； 3. 重庆市武隆县环境保护局，重庆 400021）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 基于因子分析的中美居民消费阶段划分及对比分析 Comparative study of the consumption patterns of American and Chinese household using factor analysis
  马晓微1，2 杜佳1，2 常影3 刘晶晶4（1.北京理工大学管理与经济学院，北京 100081；2. 北京理工大学能源与环境政策研究中心，北京 100081；3. 中国21世纪议程管理中心，北京 100038；4.科技部信息中心，北京 100038）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 基于扩展线性支出系统模型的中美居民消费结构对比分析 Comparative study of the consumption structure of American and Chinese households based on the Extended Linear Expenditure System Model (ELES)
  马晓微1，2 杜佳1，2 常影3 刘晶晶4（1.北京理工大学管理与经济学院，北京 100081；2. 北京理工大学能源与环境政策研究中心，北京 100081；3. 中国21世纪议程管理中心，北京 100038；4.科技部信息中心，北京 100038）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 基于改进的主成分回归模型的碳排放预测研究 Carbon emission forecast using improved Principal Component Regression (PCR) model
  王兵1,2 张贤3（1. 北京理工大学能源与环境政策研究中心，北京 100081；2. 北京理工大学管理与经济学院，北京 100081；3. 科学技术部中国21世纪议程管理中心，北京 100038）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 基于水资源生态足迹模型的山西省水资源可持续性研究 Analysis of waster sustainability issue on the basis of Water Ecological Footprint Model
  杜轶1 张治国2 张勇2 郭汉清3（1.山西农业大学资源环境学院, 山西太谷 030801; 2.山西省水土保持科学研究所, 山西太原 030013; 3.山西农业大学林学院, 山西太谷 030801）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 基于熵值法的环渤海区域可持续发展评价 Entropy Evaluation of Sustainable Development for Bohai Sea Region
  檀菲菲 中国矿业大学恢复生态学研究所 陆兆华 滨州学院山东省黄河三角洲生态环境重点试验室
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 基于CGE模型的碳交易机制技术效应和减排效应研究 Assessing technological effect and mitigation effect of carbon trading using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model
  杨琳1 姚云飞2 张贤3 张九天3 (1. 北京理工大学管理与经济学院，北京 100081; 2. 中石化石油工程研究所，北京 100101; 3. 中国21 世纪议程管理中心，北京 100038)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 基于DPSIR模型的唐山市海洋资源可持续利用评价 Assessing sustainable use of marine resources using DPSIR model: a case of Tangshan
  丁娟陈东景肖汝琴吴季亮 青岛大学中国山东
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 基于TIMES-Water模型的能源与水资源分析 TIMES-Water model for analysis of energy and water resources
  马丁陈文颖清华大学能源环境经济研究所清华大学现代管理研究中心中国北京
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 崇明生态岛发展模式与经验研究 - Chongming development model and empirical research
  储丹 郭茹 尚丽 曹晓静 张静 李风亭 同济大学环境科学与工程学院 中国上海
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 建筑生命周期评价研究热点探析 Exploring Life-cycle analysis of buildings
  肖雅心 杨建新 刘晶茹 中国科学院生态环境研究中心/城市与区域生态国家重点实验室
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 探索生态城镇中生态功能区规划建设的新思路:以国家级生态镇泖港镇水源地生态规划功能区为例 Exploring new eco-community building approaches in eco-towns: ecological planning in the water-source town of Maogang
  平婧 柳建设（东华大学环境学院，上海 201620）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 新疆天池水体环境质量变化原因分析及治理措施 The water quality in the Heavenly Lake (Tianchi), Xinjiang: causes behind its water quality changes and relevant policy analysis
  牛生明1 马健2 金发军3 尹湘江3 杨维娜3 张强3 （1.新疆阜康国有林管理局，新疆阜康 831500；2.中国科学院新疆生态与地理研究所，新疆乌鲁木齐 830011；3.新疆天池博格达峰自然保护区管理局，新疆阜康 831500）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 欧盟EUA和sCER碳期货市场的动态套利研究 - Dynamic arbitrage study on the EUA and sCER carbon markets
  张跃军1, 2 李丰羽3 郭晓铛4 常影5 (1.湖南大学工商管理学院，湖南长沙 410082; 2. 湖南大学资源与环境管理研究中心，湖南长沙 410082；3. 山东鲁信实业集团有限公司，湖南济南 250101；4. 北京理工大学机电学院，北京 100081; 5. 中国21世纪议程管理中心，北京 100038）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 水生态文明建设进展与思考 Assessing water sustainability management
  赵雯砚 杨建新 刘晶茹（中国科学院生态环境研究中心城市与区域生态国家重点实验室，北京100085）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 水电工程移民贫困与可持续发展模式研究 Poverty eradication and sustainable development pathways for hydro-electric migrants
  严登才 （河海大学中国移民研究中心，江苏 南京 210098）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 沿海循环经济型生态城市建设的实践与探索 --以日照国家可持发展先进示范区为例 Lessons learned from building coastal eco-city with circular economy: the case of Rizhao State-level Sustainable Development Demo Zone
  戴玉堂1 王登昌1 胡娜娜2 （1.日照市国家可持续发展实验区管理办公室/日照市科学技术局, 山东日照 276826;2. 曲阜师范大学地理与旅游学院, 山东日照 276826）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 浅谈大丰可持续发展实验区建设工作保障机制 Dafeng Sustainable Development Experimental Zone: safeguard mechanism
  王成蓉 潘丰 (大丰市国家可持续发展实验区办公室，江苏大丰 224100)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 浅谈安山岩纤维与可持续能源 Andesite Fiber and Sustainable Energy
  吴寒燕 （安山纤维有限公司，北京 100083）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 燃煤电厂细粒子排放特征研究 Emission Characteristics of fine particles from coal-fired power plants
  张思婕1,2 张新民1 燕丽3 薛志钢1 （1. 中国环境科学研究院/环境基准与风险评估国家重点实验室,北京 100012; 2. 首都经济贸易大学, 北京 100070；3. 环境保护部环境规划院，北京 100012）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 物质消费减量化：一个可持续消费研究综述 Reducing material consumption: a literature review on sustainable consumption
  高志英（湖北大学商学院，湖北武汉 430062）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 特大城市应走的可持续之路：以北京为例 Sustainable development in mega-cities: the case of Beijing
  李同德（北京清华同衡规划设计院有限公司，北京 100085）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 生命周期评价与环境风险评价方法整合研究述评 Integrated research on lifecycle analysis and environmental risk evaluation methods
  孙赵鑫 施晓清 杨建新 (中国科学院生态环境研究中心城市与区域生态国家重点实验室， 北京 100085）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 生态减贫：包容性发展视角下的路径选择 Ecological poverty eradication: path selection under inclusive development
  朱立志 谷振宾（中国农业科学院农业经济与发展研究所，北京100081）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 生态脆弱区农村生态式扶贫机制研究 Ecological poverty eradication in ecologically fragile rural areas
  邓远建 肖锐（中南财经政法大学工商管理学院，湖北武汉 430073）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 盐城国家可持续发展实验区建设路径的实践与探索 The experience and way forward for Yancheng Sustainable Development Experimental Zone
  臧 冲 鲁 伟 左一明 （盐城创建国家可持续发展实验区领导小组办公室，江苏盐城 224002）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 能源与气候治理研究进展综述 Review of research on energy and climate governance
  刘骊光（中央财经大学政府管理学院，北京100081）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 西南山区农村生物质能有效利用模式及其效益分析：以户用沼气生态庭院模式为例 Effective use of bio-energy and its benefitsin mountainous rural areas in Southwestern China: the case of the Biogas Courtyard Model
  郜彗1,2 周传斌1 王如松1 （1.城市与区域生态国家重点实验室/中国科学院生态环境研究中心，北京 100085；2.信阳师范学院城市与环境科学学院，信阳 464000）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 试论生态文明建设要求下的我国环境管理制度创新 Innovative environmental governance for building ecological civilization
  孟伟孙启宏（中国环境科学研究院，北京 100012）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 贵州省城镇化进程中水资源保障与供水能力问题研究 Urbanization Process in Guizhou Province and the analysis of supply capacity of water security issues
  安和平 胡海兰 王光召 贵州大学公共管理学院 中国贵州
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 重庆市武隆县自然生态资产价值评估研究 The evaluation of ecological assets in the Wulong County, Chongqing
  姚亮1，2 周传斌2 喻元秀3 苏晴3 田薇3 (1. 安徽师范大学生命科学学院，安徽芜湖241000; 2. 中国科学院生
  态环境研究中心城市与区域国家重点实验室，北京 100085; 3.重庆市环境工程评估中心，重庆 408000)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - 集中连片特困区生态资本运营式扶贫：基于脆弱性的分析 Evaluation of ecological capital and poverty alleviation on the basis of vulnerability analysis
  邓远建1 朱邦伟1 陈 杰2 余 昇1 （1．中南财经政法大学工商管理学院，湖北武汉 430073；2．湖北省农业
  科学院农业质量标准与检测技术研究所，湖北武汉 430064）
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Inter- and Trans-disciplinary Research: A Critical Perspective
  By Anne H. Toomey, Nils Markusson, Emily Adams, Beth Brockett
  Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 -城市生态可持续发展中社会治理创新研究 - The study of innovation of social governance for urban ecology and sustainable development
  李国敏湖北大学商学院 卢珂武汉科技大学文法与经济学院中国
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Assessing Sustainability of local production systems: A proposal based on socio-ecological resilience and collaboration
  By Wehbe M B, R A Seiler, A M Vianco, M A Mendoza, A M Baronio and A J Tonolli
  National Inter-University Council, Argentina*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Austrocedrus forests of South America are pivotal ecosystems at risk due to the emergence of an exotic tree disease: can a joint effort of research and policy save them?
  By Alina Greslebin 1, Maria Laura Vélez2 and Matteo Garbelotto 3 (1 CONICET-Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia SJB, Argentina; 2 CONICET-Centro de Investigación y Extensión Forestal Andino Patagónico (CIEFAP), Argentina; 3 University of California Berkeley, USA)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Fertilizer addiction: Implications for Sustainable Agriculture
  By Matteo Pedercini, Gunda Zullich and Kaveh Dianati, The Millennium Institute*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - From conspicuous consumption to conspicuous accomplishment Sustainability is the use and distribution, not scarcity, of natural resources
  By Mukul Sanwal
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - How moving beyond GDP may help fight poverty in Africa
  By Lorenzo Fioramonti*, University of Pretoria
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Integrated simulation models for sustainable agriculture policy design
  By Gunda Zuellicha, Kaveh Dianatia, Steve Arquitta, Matteo Pedercinia,
  Millennium Institute, Washington D.C., USA*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Reducing child poverty: the importance of measurement for getting it right
  By Keetie Roelen, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), United Kingdom*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Social sustainability through accessibility and equity
  By María-Dolores Pitarch-Garrido, Local Development Research Institute, Department of Geography,
  University of Valencia, SPAIN*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainable Sea Transport for the Pacific Islands: The Obvious Way Forward
  By Alison Newell, Peter Nuttall and Elisabeth Holland, Pacific Centre for the Environment and
  Sustainable Development, The University of the South Pacific
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Thinking a Global Open Genome Sequence Data Framework for Sustainable Development
  By Norman Warthmann and Claudio Chiarolla
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Acceptabilite sociale et securite juridique
  Katia Opalka, McGill School of Environment
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Anthropological perspectives on climate change and sustainability: Implications for policy and action
  Hans A. Baer and Thomas Reuter, University of Melbourne
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Marine Litter: Microplastics
  Kirsten Isensee and Luis Valdes, IOC-UNESCO
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Ocean Acidification
  Kirsten Isensee and Luis Valdes, IOC-UNESCO
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - The Concept of Sustainable Development: Definition and Defining Principles
  Rachel Emas, Florida International University
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - The Ocean is Losing its Breath
  Kirsten Isensee and Luis Valdes, IOC-UNESCO
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Long term sustainability of agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystems: the case of montado cultural landscape
  Adriana Príncipe, Cristina Branquinho and Margarida Santos-Reis, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - The centrality of electricity supply for global sustainable development
  Moshe C. Kinn, University of Salford, School of the Built Environment, Carl Abbott, University of Salford, School of the Built Environment
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Green Jobs in the Era of Changing Climate
  Saleh Ahmed, University of Arizona
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Políticas Protección Social en el Contexto de Políticas de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climatico
  Jesus Marcos Gamero Rus
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Social protection policies in the context of sustainable development policies and climate change
  Jesus Marcos Gamero Rus
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Pastoral Development Pathways in Ethiopia; the Policy Environment and Critical Constraints
  Mohammed Yimer, Department of Civic and Ethical Studies, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Arba Minch University
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Powerful International Science – Policy Interfaces for Sustainable Development: organise their proliferation, accept and clarify their political role
  Sébastien Treyer,† Raphaël Billé, Lucien Chabason, Alexandre Magnan, IDDRI
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Advancing governance of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction
  J. Rochette (IDDRI†), G. Wright (IDDRI), L. Chabason (IDDRI) Sebastian Unger (IASSǂ), Jeff Ardron (IASS), Katherine Houghton (IASS]
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Beyond Fair Trade
  Aaron Vlasak (Timber), Brian Jacobson and Ashley Lin (Electronics), State University of New York College of Forestry and Environmental Science
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Beyond GDP indicators: to what end?
  Lucas Chancel, Damien Demailly, IDDRI
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Blue Energy: Salinity Gradient Power in Practice
  David Acuña Mora and Arvid de Rijck, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Conserving Traditional Seed Crops Diversity
  Gusti Ayu Fransiska Sri Rahajeng Kusuma Dewi and Verónica Argelis Gonzaléz, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Passive Housing
  Daphne van Dam and Mirle van Huet, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Rare Earth Elements; from Mineral to Magnet
  Janne Kuhn and Hein Gevers, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Slum Upgrading
  Nora Sticzay and Larissa Koch, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Strengthening the international regulation of offshore oil and gas activities
  Julien Rochette, Glen Wright, IDDRI
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Sustainable Rural Electrification
  Darci Pauser, Kaira Fuente and Mamadou Djerma, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Urban Agriculture
  Ibrahim Game and Richaela Primus, State University of New York College of Forestry and Environmental Science
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Développement durable et approche par les capabilités
  Jérôme Pelenc, Fond National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) et Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB); Kevin Lompo, Université de Ouagadougou 2, Burkina Faso; Jean-Marcel Koffi, UMI Résiliences (IRD-CIRES, France et Côte d'Ivoire) et Université de Bouaké (Côte d'Ivoire); Jérôme Ballet, Université de Bordeaux, laboratoire GRETHA; Jean-Luc Dubois, UMI Résiliences (IRD-CIRES, France et Côte d'Ivoire)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Towards Sustainable Tackling of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
  Olanike Adeyemo, FAAS, FCVSN, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Humanity’s growing Ecological Footprint: sustainable development implications
  Alessandro Galli, David Lin, Mathis Wackernagel, Michel Gressot, Sebastian Winkler – Global Footprint Network
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Advancing sustainable forest-related local development
  Pia Katila, Glenn Galloway, Wil de Jong, Pablo Pacheco
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - The scientific and socio-economic importance of karst and caves and their vulnerability
  Paolo Forti International Union of Speleology (UIS)
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Environmental Solutions via Buoyant Flake Fertilization
  William S. Clarke, Independent Researcher, Australia
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Investing in sustainable development: A perspective on market-based approaches
  Hilary Nwokeabia, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development*
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Towards eco-efficient and enjoyable lighting
  Jari Lyytimäki, Finnish Environment Institute
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - Swamping our defences: the rising tide of antibiotic resistance
  Friedrich Soltau, Division for Sustainable Development, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs
• Brief for GSDR 2015 - The promise of synthetic biology for sustainable development
  Friedrich Soltau, Division for Sustainable Development, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs

Briefs for 2014 edition

• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Biocatalysis in Sustainable Development
  Stan Willems (Wageningen University and Research Centre)
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Brazil-China Wind Energy Technology Cooperation
  Hyosun Bae & Zoraida Velasco, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Deployment of Technology to Mitigate Drought Risk in Syria
  Nicholas Zimmermann, Candidate for Master’s in Urban Planning, 2014, Harvard GSD
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - In search of Optimality: Innovation, Economic Development, and Intellectual Property Rights
  William Daley, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Indicators of innovation in clean and environmentally sound technologies in energy sector in developing countries: empirical evidence and assessment of existing indicators for four developing countries
  Zdenka Myslikova, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Marine microbial ecology and bioreactors
  Rogier “Justin” Reemer, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Ocean Acidification – The Next Phase in Reducing CO2 Emissions
  Jasmijn Appels, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Phosphorus use inefficiency in China’s agriculture – Implications for global phosphorus security
  Katja Kuivanen (Wageningen University and Research Centre)
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Protein substitutes and the livestock sector
  Giulia Bongiorno (Wageningen University and Research Centre)
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Rural Electrification and Security: Two Case Studies
  Geoff Carr, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Solar PV policies and their impacts in China and India
  Rajiv Nair, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Technology’s Role in Eradicating Poverty: The Importance of Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Karachi
  Elizabeth A. Peyton, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - The Dynamics of E-waste
  Carmen Chan (Wageningen University and Research Centre)
• Brief for GSDR 2014 - Water Technologies and Potential Cooperation along the Jordan River Basin
  Margaret McKenzie, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University