State of the World
 Like a tsunami, consumerism has engulfed human cultures and Earth’s ecosystems. Left unaddressed, we risk global disaster. But if we channel this wave, intentionally transforming our cultures to center on sustainability, we will not only prevent catastrophe, but may usher in an era of sustainability—one that allows all people to thrive while protecting, even restoring, Earth.
In State of the World 2010, sixty renowned researchers and practitioners describe how we can harness the world’s leading institutions—education, the media, business, governments, traditions, and social movements—to reorient cultures toward sustainability.
What must we do in the 21st century—especially in 2009 and the years just following—to head off the kind of climate catastrophe that many scientists now see as likely?
State of the World 2009 is intended to inject new inspiration
and energy into national and international climate negotiations by
conveying the profound, long-term consequences of the experiment we are
now conducting on the Earth's atmosphere, with an emphasis on the human
and ecological effects of that transformation.
Environmental
issues were once regarded as irrelevant to economic activity, but today they are
dramatically rewriting the rules for business, investors, and consumers.
In State of the World 2008, researchers with the
Worldwatch Institute and other leading experts highlight an array of economic
innovations that offer new opportunities for long-term prosperity.
In 2008, half of the Earth’s population will live in urban areas, marking the first time in history that humans are an urban species. State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future examines changes in the ways cities are managed, built, and lived in that could tip the balance towards a healthier and more peaceful urban future.
The PDF version(s) of State of the World 2007 include "Geotag" links to satellite photos with additional information for twenty six locations around the globe.
This year, Worldwatch Institute's annual State of the World report provides a special focus on China and India and their impact on the world as major consumers of resources and polluters of local and global ecosystems. The report explains the critical need for both countries to "leapfrog" the technologies, policies, and even the cultures that now prevail in many western countries for the sake of global sustainability—and reports on some of the strategies that China and India are starting to implement.
Security concerns remain high on the world's agenda. In this year’s annual report, Worldwatch researchers explore underlying sources of global insecurity including poverty, infectious disease, environmental degradation, and rising competition over oil and other resources.
“The environmental movement as we know it today could not exist without the extraordinary
researchers at Worldwatch”
Bill McKibben, best-selling author of The End of Nature
A Bangladeshi child eats a bowl of rice. An American child plays with a plastic
doll. A woman in Finland talks on a cell phone. A man in Zimbabwe fills his car
with gasoline. A Japanese woman reads a newspaper.
"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible summaries...on the global environment."
E. O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize winner
If we are going to reverse biodiversity loss, dampen the effects of global warming, and eliminate the scourge of persistent poverty, we need to reinvent ourselves—as individuals, as societies, as corporations, and as governments.
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Featuring a Foreword by U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan, State of the World 2002 includes chapters on climate change,
farming, toxic chemicals, sustainable tourism, population, resource conflicts
and global governance, with a special focus on the United Nations World
Summit on Sustainable Development, which will be held in Johannesburg,
South Africa in August/September 2002.
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In State of the World 2001, the Institute's award-winning research team takes a fresh look at the most difficult challenge the world faces: how to build an environmentally sustainable economy before we do permanent damage to the natural systems that support our global civilization.
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