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).