Worldwatch Institute - Publications

Publications

Worldwatch Institute publications have been published in more than three dozen languages by its global partners in 40 countries. Worldwatch publications include:

• The State of the World report is an annual assessment of urgent global environmental problems and the innovative ideas proposed and applied across the globe to address them.

• State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity
• State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet
• State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability
• State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World ISBN 978-0-393-33418-0
• State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy
• State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future
• State of the World 2006: China and India
• State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security
• State of the World 2004: The Consumer Society

• Vital Signs tracks social, environmental and economic trends and publishes data and analysis.
• Vital Signs 2012
• Vital Signs 2011

• World Watch Magazine

• Worldwatch Reports
• Sustainable Energy Roadmaps: Guiding the Global Shift to Domestic Renewables
• Creating Sustainable Prosperity in the United States: The Need for Innovation and Leadership
• Green Economy and Green Jobs in China: Current Status and Potentials for 2020
• The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-2011: Nuclear Power in a Post-Fukushima World
• Powering the Low-Carbon Economy: The Once and Future Roles of Renewable Energy and Natural Gas
• Natural Gas and Sustainable Energy Initiative Briefing Papers
• Population, Climate Change, and Women’s Lives
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in China: Current Status and Prospects for 2020
• Global Competitiveness in the Rail and Transit Industry
• Global Environmental Change: The Threat to Human Health
• Red, White, and Green: Transforming U.S. Biofuels
• Renewable Revolution: Low-Carbon Energy by 2030
• Mitigating Climate Change Through Food and Land Use
• Low-Carbon Energy: A Roadmap
• Green Jobs: Working for People and the Environment
• Farming Fish for the Future
• American Energy Report
• Global Progress on Sustainable Biofuels
• Powering China’s Development: The Role of Renewable Energy
• Oceans in Peril: Protecting Marine Biodiversity
• Winged Messengers: The Decline of Birds
• Financing the Earth
• Beyond Disasters: Creating Opportunities for Peace
• Venture Capitalism for a Tropical Forest: Cocoa in the Mata Atlantica
• Sustainable Aquaculture
• Catch of the Day: Choosing Seafood for Healthier Oceans
• Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry
• Liquid Assets: The Critical Need to Safeguard Freshwater Ecosystems
• Biofuels for Transport

• Worldwatch Books
• More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want
• Eat Here: Defending Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket
• Inspiring Progress: Religion’s Contributions to Sustainable Development
• Good Stuff? A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy
• Vanishing Borders: Protecting the Planet in the Age of Globalization
• Pillar of Sand: Can The Irrigation Miracle Last?
• Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge
• Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World
• The Natural Wealth of Nations: Harnessing the Market for the Environment
• Fighting for Survival: Environmental Decline, Social Conflict, and the New Age of Insecurity
• Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity
• Who Will Feed China? Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet
• Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution
• Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity
• Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity
• How Much Is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth
• Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy