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Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (1983; Washington; ~40 staff; csbaonline.org) A nonprofit think tank and public policy research center. It seeks to advance U.S. interests by providing sound defense...
Chatham House
Chatham House (1920; London; www.chathamhouse.org) Also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a nonprofit organization promoting the understanding of major international issues and current affairs. It offers policy solutions...
Coherent Digital
A digital-based business creating "collections of critical research and learning materials." It is dedicated to "discover, curate, index, enrich, preserve, and distribute wild content, making it easy for libraries to...
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
A global standard guided by the belief that a country’s natural resources belong to its citizens, to promote the open and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources. Ignited...
Certifying Organizations, Extractive Industries Transparency, Fossil Fuels, Poverty Reduction, Resource Extraction, Resources
Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want
Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want (International Resource Panel, March 2019, 158p; 36p Summary) This report by the International Resource Panel looks into material resources,...
Natural Resource Management, Natural Resources, Resource Efficiency, Resource Efficiency and Protection, Resource Exploitation, Resources
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ (1991; Leipzig; 189 staff; ufz.de) The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ is a research centre in the field of environmental research. It "investigates interrelationships between...
Institute for Sustainable Resources
Institute for Sustainable Resources (2012; London; 4 staff; ucl.ac.uk) The Institute for Sustainable Resources is a centre of research and teaching that supports cross-disciplinary approaches to the sustainable use of...
Green Leaders, Resource Efficiency and Protection, Resources, Sustainability, University Sustainability Programs
International Association for the Study of the Commons
International Association for the Study of the Commons (1989; Utrecht University and Bloomington IN; 24 officers and associates; www.iasc-commons.org) The IASC is devoted to bringing together multi-disciplinary researchers, practitioners and...
International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
Is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. It works with partners worldwide on “developing innovations to improve food security and the livelihoods of...
International Network of Resource Information Centers
International Network of Resource Information Centers (1982; Hungary; balatongroup.org) International Network of Resource Information Center's unofficial name is the Balaton Group. They are "an international network of researchers and practitioners...
IUCN Global Gender Office
IUCN Global Gender Office (1984; Washington; 16 staff; genderandenvironment.org) The resource centre was founded upon the ICUN's belief that gender equality is "an integral part of both conservation and sustainable...
James Hutton Institute
The James Hutton Institute is a research organisation "delivering fundamental and applied science to drive the sustainable use of land and natural resources." It's "research directly addresses the need for...
Natural Resource Governance Institute
Natural Resource Governance Institute (2013; New York; ⁓100 staff; resourcegovernance.org) An independent non-profit organization dedicated to "help people to realize the benefits of their countries’ oil, gas and mineral wealth...
Natural Resources Canada
It aims to "improve the quality of life of Canadians by creating a sustainable resource advantage." To this end, the organization works to enhance responsible use of natural resources and...
Product-Life Institute
The "not-for-profit, independent and virtual organization" focuses on "practical strategies and approaches to produce higher real wealth and economic growth with considerably lower resource consumption." To this end, they aim...
Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW)
Southern Africa Resource Watch (2007; Johannesburg; 7 staff; sarwatch.co.za) An independent watchdog institution working towards "monitor corporate state conduct in the extraction and beneficiation of natural resources in Southern Africa...
Speth, James Gustave
James Gustave Speth (b.1942) is an environmental lawyer, co-founder and senior attorney of the Natural Resources Defense Council (1970-1977) and founding president of the World Resources Institute (1982-1993). He previously...
Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium
Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (2011; library.princeton.edu) It is a digital intelligence repository of research and analysis, which covers terrorism and political violence. The Consortium provides "editorially reviewed contributions from...
UNEP International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
UNEP International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management (2007; Paris; 11 staff; resourcepanel.org) Launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the scientific Panel works to "build and share the knowledge...
Environment, Resources, Sustainable Consumption, Sustainable Production, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects
Weizsaecker, Ernst Ulrich von
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 Efficiency, Environment, Resources, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects