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5 Gyres Institute
5 Gyres runs expeditions to explore plastic pollution in oceanic gyres. A gyre is a large-scale system of wind-driven surface currents in the ocean. The gyres referred to in the name...
African Forest Forum
The Forum emerged from a project that was conducted by the African Forest Research Network at the African Academy of Sciences, with the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry,...
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
One of the few scientific institutions in the world that is equally active in the Arctic and Antarctic. It coordinates German polar research efforts, while also conducting research in the...
Amazon Watch
A nonprofit organization working to "protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. It partners up with "indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for...
American Forests
A national conservation organization, which aims to restore threatened forest ecosystems and inspire people to value and protect urban and wildland forests. Their projects have restored hundreds of thousands of...
An investor guide to negative emission technologies and the importance of land use
Net Zero commitments and the Paris Climate Accords may well be driving a massive shift Negative Emission Technologies (NETs), which are surveyed here with the intention of highlighting the private...
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
A network of 30+ NGOs that aims to "protect the Antarctic and Southern Ocean’s unique and vulnerable ecosystems by providing the unified voice of the NGO community." It plays a...
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Australian Research Council/James Cook University; annual reports, scientific publications on ecosystem dynamics and reef resilience Research Programs: People and ecosystems Ecosystem Dynamics: Past, Present and Future Responding to a Changing...
Arctic Council
Arctic Council (1996, Tromso, Norway; 15 staff; arctic-council.org) A high-level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for "promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of...
Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Arctic, Arctic Change and Security, Arctic Futures, Arctic Preservation
Arctic Institute of North America
Arctic Institute of North America (1945; Calgary; 13 staff; arctic.ucalgary.ca) A university research institute based at the University of Calgary. It strives to "advance the study of the North American...
Arctic Methane Emergency Group
“As goes the Arctic so goes the Earth.” The AMEG Declaration of Emergency (revised, Sept 2012) declares that “there now exists an extremely high international security risk of acute climate...
Arctic Portal
Arctic Portal(2006; Akureyri, Iceland; 6 staff; arcticportal.org) A portal that gives a "comprehensive gateway to the Arctic." It provides access to "news, data, information, and organizations across the Arctic." AP...
Arctic Report Card 2019
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...
Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)
It is Canada’s first and longest-lived Arctic research institute. Their mandate is to "advance the study of the North American and circumpolar Arctic through the natural and social sciences, the...
Arctic Warming: A QuickLook at Concerned Organizations
Arctic climate change. The Arctic is more affected by global warming than any other place on earth, resulting in unprecedented physical, social, economic, and political transformations. Concern for Arctic change...
ArcticNet
Affiliated with the Network of Centers of Excellence of Canada that "brings together scientists in the natural, human health and social sciences with their partners from Inuit organizations, federal and...
Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network
Is a regional network connecting professionals and communities, working across Asia to "build inclusive urban climate change resilience that focuses on poor and vulnerable people affected by climate change." It...
Asociacion ANAI
A non-profit that was founded by a group of activists who "came together and dedicated their lives to work toward integrating the wellbeing of nature and people" in the Talamanca...
Back to Blue Initiative
A multi-year joint initiative of the Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation working to tackle "visible and invisible ocean pollution to shape, inspire and catalyse progress." In this sense, the...
Biophilic Cities
Biophilic Cities (2013; Univ. of Virginia; 9 staff; biophiliccities.org) A program with the vision to connect "Cities and Nature." They "partner with cities, scholars and advocates from across the globe...
Biophilic Cities, Cities, Cities for Sustainability, Future Cities, Green Cities, Sustainable Cities