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AQUASTAT is the FAO global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. It collects, analyses and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country from 1960.
Compiled by Yale & Columbia universities to compare the environmental performance of countries around the world since 2000- (originally called the Environmental Sustainability Index).
Nonprofit network of organisations, formed in 2003, focusing on data relating to human impact on the environment. It's National Footprint Accounts data (1961-) is freely available.
Created in 1948, membership drawn from governments & civil society organisations. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
Leading citation database for academic literature. Click on "advanced search" and select the UN Sustainable Development Goals pre-generated query to retrieve references covering the SDG goal you are interested in
Continuously updated repository of syntheses of research evidence about the policy programs in a broad range of areas (e.g., climate action, community and social services, economic development and growth, education, environmental conservation, education, housing and transportation), including the Sustainable Development Goals. Funded by McMaster and Monash universities
Millions of pages of digitised documents from the vaults of the world's largest multinational chemical firms, specifically covering industrial poisons: benzene, PCBs, polyvinyl chloride, silica, asbestos, lead
If you have interests in contemporary consumer industries and consumer/lifestyle trends then you should take a look at the databases below. Mintel focuses mostly on the UK, whilst Passport & Statista both have international coverage:
Mintel Academic gives access to consumer and market intelligence reports and data. The library subscribes to the following sections: Mintel Trends ; Mintel Market Sizes ; UK Food Service ; UK Leisure ; UK Travel ; UK Lifestyles ; UK Media ; UK Retail Overview. Mintel Academic also provides access to the Market Sizes data.
Passport is a high-quality database from Euromonitor, that provides analysis and statistics across a wide range of countries, covering consumers and consumer industries
Statista is an aggregator of statistical data covering most topics, including consumers & consumer industries. For cross-national comparison, see its Global Consumer Survey
