May 2006
Alliance Global Sustainability
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Alliance for Global Sustainability:
The Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) is a unique, international partnership between four of the world's leading science and technology universities:
Created in 1997, the AGS today brings together hundreds of university scientists, engineers, and social
scientists to address the complex issues that lie at the intersection of environmental,
economic and social goals. Together, we seek to meet these challenges through:
Improving scientific understanding of global environmental challenges;
Development of technology and policy tools to help societies reconcile ecological and economic concerns; and
Education of a new generation of leaders committed to meet the challenges of sustainable development.
Since its inception, the AGS has pioneered a new research paradigm that
brings together multi-disciplinary research teams from the partner institutions. Strong,
local programs engage faculty, students and senior research staff from across their
respective institutes. These research teams have developed a significant body of new
knowledge on critical issues in sustainability in the areas of energy and climate,
mobility, urban systems, water and agriculture, cleaner technologies and policy and
communications.
Since the first set of AGS-sponsored projects was launched in 1997 with support by the
Avina Foundation, the AGS has worked with farsighted leaders from global businesses and
industries, governments, and NGOs worldwide, to provide innovative and practical solutions
to real and urgent environmental problems around the world.
Now entering a new phase, the AGS is building upon the lessons it has learned to embark on
a large-scale study aimed at developing near-term scenarios to meet global energy needs
while reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental threats.
This AGS flagship program, entitled "Near-term
pathways to a sustainable energy future", will consist of a series of regional
studies that are linked by an integration project.
AGS research has been presented widely in articles published in
peer-reviewed journals and public magazines, in books and book sections, in masters and
PhD theses, and in working papers around the world (a bibliography of these is under
development). In addition, the AGS produces an annual report of its activities,
proceedings of its meetings and reports of the Youth Encounter on Sustainability.
* NEW *
YES 2004 Report
Volume
8 (AGS Book Series)
The Technology-Energy-Environment-Health (TEEH) Chain in China
by Karen R. Polenske
Volume
7 (AGS Book Series)
Sustainable Energy Consumption and Society
Personal, Technological, or Social Change?
by Goldblatt, David L.
Volume
6 (AGS Book Series)
ECODESIGN Implementation
A Systematic Guidance on Integrating Environmental Considerations into Product Development
by Wimmer, Wolfgang, Zust, Rainer, Lee, Kun-Mo
Volume 5
(AGS Book Series)
From Understanding to Action
Sustainable Urban Development in Medium-Sized Cities in Africa and Latin America
Edited by Marco Keiner (ETH-Zurich), Christopher Zegras (MIT), Willy A. Schmid
(ETH-Zurich), Diego Salmeron (ETH-Zurich)
AGS
May 3, 2006