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Untreated and Unsafe: Solving the Urban Sanitation Crisis in the Global South
Notable Reports
"Global monitoring efforts have resulted in an underestimation of the urban sanitation crisis and the risks to public health, the economy, and the environment." Studies of 15 cities in the...
Risks, Water and Sanitation
Arctic Report Card 2019
Notable Reports
Report of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  Published annually since 2006, these essays involve 81 scientists from 12 countries reporting on the acceleration of ice melting in a...
Futures
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Organizations
A higher education institution that focuses on "environmental economics and policy as well as enterprise management, financial markets and investment." The school has been established through the generosity of Sir...
Greenhouse Gases/ Emissions Reduction, Sustainable Development
Planetary Security Initiative
Organizations
Run by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this initiative "aims to catalyze action in affected contexts" and reduce "climate-related risks to conflict and stability, thus promoting sustainable peace in...
Climate Change, Risks, Security, Security and Sustainability
Indigenous Environmental Network
Organizations
A grassroots network of indigenous peoples in North America that aims to protect sacred sites and resources, create economically sustainable communities, and build alliances among indigenous communities, tribes, and various...
Indigenous Peoples
Global Water 2020
Organizations
A "three-year advocacy and facilitation initiative designed to accelerate progress toward water access and security for all people in developing countries." They don't run or fund projects. Publications: A small...
Water, Water Security
European Climate Foundation
Organizations
A ‘foundation of foundations’ that "was established in early 2008 as a major philanthropic initiative to help Europe foster the development of a low-carbon society and play an even stronger...
Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases/ Emissions Reduction, Transformation/Change
Breakthrough – National Centre for Climate Restoration
Organizations
It works to "develop and promote strategy innovation and analysis that is essential to deliver safe climate restoration"; cultivating "critical thought leadership to influence the climate debate and policy making."...
Climate Change, Policy, Security and Sustainability
TomKat Charitable Trust
Organizations
Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, this fund supports clean energy development and sustainable living. Aside from energy, Tom Steyer and Kathryn Taylor, trust founders, are also invested...
Sustainability, Systems Thinking & Analysis
Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
Organizations
It aims to help countries mobilize finance needed for national climate action plans; ministers of 50 countries have signed six “aspirational Helsinki Principles” to promote action. It’s part of the...
Climate Change, Investment, Transition