Key links and references

Below are some broad key links and references you may find of interest. You will find other links to specific issues via the Top Actions pages.

Frameworks, guidance for environmentally sustainable living and campaign groups:

UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Centre for Alternative Technology: https://cat.org.uk/

Friends of the Earth: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/

Greenpeace: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/take-action/

Nature conservation organisations:

RSPB: https://www.rspb.org.uk/

The Wildlife Trusts: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/

WWF: https://www.wwf.org.uk/

Climate and ecological emergency resources:

IPCC: https://www.ipcc.ch/

IPBES: https://www.ipbes.net/

Stockholm Resilience Centre: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/

Kate Raworth’s Doughnut: https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/

Forum for the Future: https://www.forumforthefuture.org/

Carbon Brief: https://www.carbonbrief.org/

Met Office: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

World Health Organisation: https://www.who.int/

Global Deal for Nature: https://www.globaldealfornature.org/about/

World Economic Forum: https://www.weforum.org/

Detailed environmental footprint tracking resources, some of which were utilised in pilot studies to create the EcoTracker Method:

Carbon Footprint: https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

Footprint Calculator: https://www.footprintcalculator.org/

WWF My Footprint: https://www.wwf.org.uk/myfootprint

Environmental footprint tracking references

Wynes and Nicholas, Environmental Research Letters, July 2017, The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541

Martens, Su and Deblomme, Bioscience, June 2019, The Ecological Paw Print of Companion Dogs and Cats: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/69/6/467/5486563

News sources:

BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/environment

Climate Home News: https://www.climatechangenews.com/news/

UN News: https://news.un.org/en/news/topic/climate-change

Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/environmental_science/

Carbon Brief: https://www.carbonbrief.org/

Carbon offsetting scheme certifiers:

Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard: https://verra.org/project/vcs-program/

Plan Vivo: https://www.planvivo.org/

Gold Standard: https://www.goldstandard.org/