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Climate Hazards and Resilience (SUST 6000): United Nations

An information resource guide for SUST 6000, Spring 2021

Research Strategy

Research Tip

  • The United Nations has developed international goals for sustainabiltiy and disaster resilience

Definitions:

  • Be aware that the words 'sustainbility' and 'resilience' are often used interchangably.  There is a robust scholarly debate over what the words mean and how they intersect.
  • The three pillars of sustainability are often given as the three Es -- Economic, Ecologic and Social Equity
  • Grafton, Doyne, Boromeo et al. (2019) define socio-ecological  resilience according to theree Rs -- Resistance, Recovery and Robustness 

UN Sendai Framework

United Nations Climate Change

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