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A Security Threat Assessment of Global Climate Change: How Likely Warming Scenarios Indicate a Catastrophic Security Future
A Security Threat Assessment of Global Climate Change: How Likely Warming Scenarios Indicate a Catastrophic Security Future (The Center for Climate and Security, Feb 2020, 84p) The National Security, Military,...
Climate Change, Climate Scenarios, Existential Risks, Existential Threats, Global Catastrophic Risk Analysis
Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat
Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat (1982; Goteborg; Sweden; http://www.airclim.org/) A "joint venture between four Swedish environmental organisations with the chief purpose of promoting awareness of the problems associated with air...
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (1980; Bremerhaven, Germany + 4 national offices; 1100+ staff; awi.de/en) One of the few scientific institutions in the world that is equally...
Antarctic, Arctic, Climate Change, Climate Research, Data Portals, Higher Education Programs, Info Portals, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Science, Polar Preservation, Polar Research, Polar Science
America’s Zero Carbon Action Plan
America's Zero Carbon Action Plan (Jeffrey Sachs and Elena Crete, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, November 2020, 382p) Approximately 100 experts developed this richly illustrated plan intended to promote the implementation...
Automobiles, Beyond Carbon, Building Materials, Building Resiliency, Buildings, Buildings and Energy, Built Environment, Business and Renewable Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Neutrality, Carbon Offsets, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Storage, Climate Change, Climate Change in US States, Climate Change Jobs, Climate Modeling, Climate Policy, Climate Solutions
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1848; Washington; aaas.org) The world's largest general scientific society, best known for its annual meetings and its weekly journal Science, with some 140,000...
American Meteorological Society
American Meteorological Society (1919; Boston; 1,200+ fellows; www.ametsoc.org). Promotes development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their...
Climate Change, Climate Innovation, Climate Knowledge, Climate Modeling, Climate Projections, Meteorology, Scientific Policy Advising, Scientists’ Groups, Sustainable Higher Education
AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
Since its inception, through its research on the physical science of climate change, the IPCC has been assessing the state of knowledge on climate change. It identifies agreements in the...
Arctic Methane Emergency Group
Arctic Methane Emergency Group (2011; London, UK; www.ameg.me) “As goes the Arctic so goes the Earth.” The AMEG Declaration of Emergency (revised, Sept 2012) declares that “there now exists an...
BC3-Basque Center for Climate Change
BC3-Basque Center for Climate Change (2008, Bilbao, Spain; ~30 staff; bc3research.org) a research center that focuses on the causes and consequences of climate change. Their goal is to "produce multidisciplinary...
Adaptation Research, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Ecosystems Research, Low-Carbon Economy
Belmont Forum
Belmont Forum (2009; Paris; 5 secretariat staff; belmontforum.org) A group of high-level representatives from agencies and organizations funding global environmental change research, “Delivering knowledge to support human action and adaptation...
Carbon Budget, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Coastal Research, Ecosystem Services | Natural Wealth Valuation, Finance, Freshwater, Vulnerabilities
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Workshop Report
(IPBES and IPCC, June 2021, 28p) In December 2020, 50 of the world’s leading biodiversity and climate experts appointed by the IPBES and IPCC held a virtual workshop "to examine...
Bloomberg, Michael
Michael Bloomberg (b.1942) is a billionaire philanthropist (net worth est. at $48b in 2017—10th richest in the world), founder of Bloomberg L.P. (financial services, mass media, and software) and Bloomberg...
Brazilian Climate Observatory / Observatorio Do Clima
Brazilian Climate Observatory (Brazil; observatoriodoclima.eco.br/en) 37 civil society entities discussing climate change in the Brazilian context, e.g., how Brazil can limit GHG emissions by 2030. Publications: Blog Library of publications...
Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution (1916; Washington; 15 executive staff, 300+ experts; brookings.edu) Seeks to conduct high-quality, independent research and to provide innovative, practical recommendations that strengthen US democracy, foster economic and social...
Climate | Energy Finance, Climate and Security, Climate Change, Climate Economics, Climate Modeling, Energy Security, Global Energy Markets, Global Energy Policy, International Cooperation, International Relations, Nuclear Disarmament, Renewable Energy, Security | Strategic Studies, Sustainable Energy, Think Tanks, World Energy
Brown, Lester R.
Lester R. Brown (b.1934) is well-known as the founder of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington in 1974, where he served as president until 2000. Worldwatch is known for its annual...
Brundtland, Gro Harlem
Gro Harlem Brundtland (b.1939) is a physician who trained in Norway, and became interested in public health and environmental issues, as well as women’s rights. She served as Norwegian Minister...
C40 Cities
C40 Cities (2005; London; 204 staff; c40.org) A global leadership organization constituted as a network of megacities committed to acting against climate change. It aims to "increase resilience, cleaning the...
Caballero-Anthony, Mely
Mely Caballero-Anthony (b.NA) is Head of the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies and Associate Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a board...
CAFOD
CAFOD (1962, London; 6,300+ volunteers; cafod.org.uk) The Catholic Development Agency for Overseas Development works towards a “safe, sustainable and peaceful world”. Policy and research themes: Sustainable Development Goals Private sector...
Catholic Climate Concern, Climate Change, Fairtrade, Green Religion, Religious Groups, Religious Organizations, Sustainable Development Goals
Carbon 180
Carbon 180 (2017; Oakland & Washington; 17 staff; carbon180.org) An NGO that seeks to develop natural (forest planting) and engineering (direct air capture) policies and solutions that “transform carbon from...
Carbon Removal, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Storage, Climate Change, Direct Air Capture of CO2, Forests