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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change
Organizations
It brings scientists, economists, engineers, and social scientists together from multiple universities to do research and communication on climate change and to incorporate this into ideas for sustainable development. TCCCR...
Climate Change, Sustainable Development
UN CC: Learn
Organizations
It collaborates with over 30 organizations that support countries in designing and implementing effective climate change learning. Through its activities, the partnership promotes the exchange of knowledge and the development...
Climate Change, Education/Training
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Abstracts, Notable Organizations, Organizations
A legally binding framework whose purpose is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in countries, particularly Africa. The Convention aims to protect and restore land to ensure...
Guidelines/ Framework, Land Use/ Management
UN Council to Combat Desertification
Organizations
It is aimed at restoring and managing the world's land for the long-term use of humans and the planet. As a multilateral effort brings together governments, scientists, and communities around...
Conservation, Land Use/ Management
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Organizations
The treaty supports the "global response to the threat of climate change" and binds "member states to act in the interests of human safety even in the face of scientific...
Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases/ Emissions Reduction
UNEP Finance Initiative
Organizations
A platform associating the UN and the financial sector globally “to bring about systemic change in finance to support a sustainable world”. Over 200 members have signed the Statement of...
Finance, Sustainability
US Global Change Research Program
Notable Organizations, Organizations
It is "mandated by Congress to coordinate Federal research and investments in understanding the forces shaping the global environment, both human and natural, and their impacts on society." To this...
Earth System, Environment, Social/Cultural Dimension
Waterfront Alliance
Organizations
Envisions and works to create resilient, rejuvenated, and accessible coasts for all communities. It originated as a New York Municipal Art Society project. In 2007, a collection of prominent activists,...
Environmental Protection/ Conservation
We Mean Business Coalition
Organizations
It works with the world’s most influential businesses to take action on climate change" to "catalyze business action and driving policy ambition to accelerate the zero-carbon transition" and ensure that...
Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases/ Emissions Reduction, Transition
Weizsaecker, Ernst Ulrich von
Notable Individuals
Ernst U. von Weizsäcker (b.1939) is a German scientist and politician, co-president of The Club of Rome since 2012, and former co-chair of UNEP’s International Resource Panel.  He served as...
Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Natural Resources