ISDRS 2019 Core Themes and Tracks

1. Sustainability and science

1a. Theoretical approaches

1b. Research methods and methodologies 

1c. Assessing sustainability

2. Education

2a. Provision, quality of and access to education

2b. Educating for sustainability

3. Biodiversity and ecosystem services

3a. Life on land

3b. Life below water

3c. Ecosystem services

4. Climate change & Energy

4a. Predictions and responses

4b. Affordable and clean energy

5. Production, consumption and innovation

5a. Corporate sustainability and CSR

5b. Design for sustainability

5c. Circular economy & innovation

5d. Value chains & trade

5e. Sustainable consumption and consumers 

5f. Environmental attitude

6. Sustainable cities and communities

6a. Urban systems innovation

6b. Nexus relations and dynamics 

6c. Urban resilience

6d. Smart urban and regional transformation 

6e. Healthy cities/ communities

7. Social-economic aspects of sustainability 

7a. Global inequality and poverty

7b. Employment and good work

8. Social foundations of sustainability

8a. Gender, inclusivity and human rights 

8b. Health and well-being

9. Governance, power and institutions and weakness of SDGs

9a. Peace and security

9b. Scale of governance

9c. Public participation and role of stakeholders: sustaining resources for the future

9d. Legal aspects of sustainable development

10 Regional Specialism

10a. African perspectives on sustaining resources for the future

10b. Sustainability & China

11. Closing material loops 

11a. Ecological civilization

11b. Material flows 

11c. Recycling