Interns for Augustinians International

Proposed Reading List

 

General Information on the United Nations

The UN Charter  http://www.un.org/en/charter-united-nations/index.html     (Espa–ol)

 

UN information  https://visit.un.org/content/learn-0

 

Booklet ÒWorking with ECOSOCÓ -- http://csonet.org/

 

Journal of the United Nations – (Internet search; daily)

 

Jussi M. HanhimŠki, The United Nations. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford (2008, 2015) – ebook available through the university. 

 

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the 2030 Agenda

United Nations. ÒTransforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentÓ (A/RES/70/1)  https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld

(Also in Spanish)

 

UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2018). The SDG Index and Dashboards. http://www.sdgindex.org/  (The SDSN will issue an annual report on each countryÕs progress towards the SDGs.)

 

SDGs Knowledge Platform -- https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/

 

Climate Change (and Paris Agreement)

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (2015). The Paris Agreement. https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement

 

Mark Maslin, Global Warming. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford (2009) -- ebook available through the university. 

 

Paul Hawkin, Drawdown.  https://www.drawdown.org/

 

Pope Francis, Encyclical ÒLaudato Si.Ó Vatican. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

(Pope FrancisÕ encyclical ÒLaudato SiÓ had an impact in the formulation of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.)

 

Politics and NGOs

 

Tom Fletcher, The Naked Diplomat. Understanding Power and Politics in the Digital Age. William Collins (2016).  (Important for the Òcitizen diplomatÓ in the age of social media.)

 

Review information, especially ÒAbout Us,Ó at Augustinians International -- http://augustinians-un.org/

 

John Paul Szura, ÒMultilevel Community Witnessing. Augustinians InternationalÓ in It is Good for Us to be Here. Catholic Religious Institutes as NGOs at the United Nations. Emeka Xris Obiezu, et al, eds. Xlibris (2015) 26-31.  (Access at http://augustinians-un.org/

 

Kevin Ahern, ÒMediating the Global Common Good: Catholic NGOs and the Future of Global GovernanceÓ in Public Theology and the Global Common Good. The Contribution of David Hollenbach, SJ., K. Ahern et al, eds., Orbis (2016) 14-25.

 

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy. Smart, Fair, & Sustainable. Columbia University (2017). (Proposed application of the SDGs to the USA).