This document summarizes a presentation about libraries' role in supporting climate action and sustainability goals as outlined by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. It provides examples from the IFLA Library Map of the World of libraries pursuing SDG 13 on climate action, including a library in Ireland that launched a "Love Our Library" campaign to increase energy efficiency by 33% and a library in Ukraine that partnered with game developers to create a mobile game teaching children how to sort trash. The presentation encourages libraries to educate and promote sustainable practices to address major societal challenges like climate change.

1. UN Nations SDG 13: Climate Action
Examples from IFLA‘s Library Map of the World
Libraries for Sustainability –
The Role of Librarians in a Green Economy
CILIP Conference 2020
REIMAGINED
19th November 2020
Dr. Petra Hauke
Berlin School for Library and Information Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
German Green Library Network (Netzwerk Grüne Bibliothek)
IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries SIG - ENSULIB

2. UN Nations SDG 13: Climate Action
Examples from IFLA‘s Library Map of the World
• Introduction: The UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development
• SDG 13: Climate Action
• IFLA, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
• IFLA Library Map of the World: SDG Stories
• Ireland, University College Cork (UCC) Library
• Ukraine, Lviv, Regional Children’s Library
• More …

3. The United Nations Agenda 2030 for
Sustainable Development
• Signed by all member states
in 2015
• Vision? Depends on all of us!
• Worth living life on this
planet
• All goals – ecological, social,
economic – are “green” goals

4. SDG 13: Climate Action
• SDG 13: “Take urgent action to combat climate
change and its impacts”
• Goals and targets are integrated and not divisible
• SDG 4: Quality education
• Education for Sustainable Develoment (ESD)
• SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy is prerequisite
• SDG 9: Resilient industrial development
• SDG 12: Responsible consumption and procuction
SDG 15: Life on land: Brazil’s forests
• SDG 17: Relevance of partnerships

5. IFLA, International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions
• International Advocacy Programme
(IAP)
• “Sustainability is Libraries’ Business”
• Role models, educational partners,
enablers
• Libraries’ societal mission
• Address the major societal challenges
of today
https://www.ifla.org/DE/publications/node/81763

6. IFLA Library Map of the World: SDG Stories
• Libraries pursuing
sustainability goals
• Currently:
• 41 SDG stories
• 25 countries
• Search
• by country
• by goal
https://librarymap.ifla.org/stories

7. Goal 13: Climate Action
5 Countries
5 Stories
• Costa Rica
• Colombia
• Ukraine
• Ireland
• Croatia

8. Ireland, University College Cork (UCC) Library
• Campaign
„Love Our
Library“
• Agenda 2030:
“Think globally:
act locally”

9. UCC Library
• Increase efficiency by 33%
• UCC Library: one of the
greatest energy consumers
on campus
• Energy-saving initiative,
Library agreed to pilot
• “Saver Saves”
• Green Team
• Library staff
• University's Energy Manager
• Sustainability Officer …
““Love our Library” campaign’s messaging on the Green
Wall” by UCC Library is licensed under CC BY 4.0

10. UCC Library
• Monitoring waste
management
• Energy and water use
• Identifying areas for
improvement
• Examining the
environmental impact of
library operations
“’Love our Library” campaign’s signage in the library’s
window” by UCC Library is licensed under CC BY 4.0

11. UCC Library
• Communication
• Signage
• Email
• Social media
• Pledge: 1,000
students signed up
• IFLA Green Library
Award 2019 –
Runner-up
“Library’s electric van containing signage of the “Love our
Library” campaign” by UCC Library is licensed under CC BY 4.0

12. Ukraine, Lviv: Regional Children’s Library
• IFLA Green Library
Award 2017 Runner-up
• 10 million tons of
garbage shipped to
Ukrainian landfills
• 30-40% recyclable
• Only 4% actually
recycled
• Garbage
Hero educational
project
• 150+ Garbadge Hero
events
• 3000+ participants

13. Ukraine, Lviv: Background
• 2016 tragedy
• Uncontrolled fire at
garbage dump
• Six people died
• Attention towards
area’s environmental
problems

14. Ukraine, Lviv: Teaching
• Children 4-15,
parents, teachers
• Eco-thinking, caring
for natural resources,
reducing waste
• Workshops
• Sorting garbage
• Reusing waste
• Recycling batteries
• Repurposing plastic
bottle tops

15. Ukraine, Lviv, Garbage Hero
https://www.shadowmastersgames.com/games/garbage-hero/
• Partnership with
professional game
developers
• Garbage Hero mobile
app game
• How to sort trash in a
fun and interactive way
• Free to play game
• Available on Apple
AppStore and Google
Play.

16. Croatia, Zagreb, University
• Faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences Library
• 2018 Green Library Project (GLP)
• Balance between society,
environment and economy
• Targets students, faculty and staff,
everyone
• Theoretical and practical
‘greentivities’
• Lectures
• Exhibitions
• Workshop
• Documentary screenings and
discussions
• Connected to
• Earth Day
• World Water Day
• …

17. Croatia, Zagreb, University
• Practical greentivities
• Minimize waste
• Separate recycling
• Repair bicycles
• Reduce single-use plastics
• Librarian’s green behavior
• Own reusable water
containers
• Own cutlery and canvas bags
• Encouraging walking, cycling,
carpooling
• Use of public transportation
• Greentivities take place
year-round

18. More …
• IFLA, Library Map of the World:
SDG Stories
• https://librarymap.ifla.org/stories
• ENSULIB, IFLA Green Library
Award 2016-2020
• https://www.ifla.org/environment-
sustainability-and-libraries
• Biblio2030
• https://www.biblio2030.de/
• Netzwerk Grüne Bibliothek
(Green Library Network),
International Bibliography on
Green Libraries
• https://www.netzwerk-gruene-
bibliothek.de/bibliografie/
https://www.biblio2030.de/

19. Dr. Petra Hauke
petra.hauke@hu-berlin.de
https://www.ifla.org/environment-sustainability-and-libraries
Many thanks for your attention!