The Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt)
An association of governmental organizations, churches, development agencies, civil society networks, and political foundations working towards peace and development. It pools "experience-based knowledge, peace policy expertise and consultation" with the...
The WILD Foundation
It is working to build "new, innovative solutions for wilderness", which can "revolutionize opportunities for the entire conservation sector". It "envisions a bold future for wilderness conservation, one that is...
The Water Institute at UNC
The Water Institute at UNC (2010; Chapel Hill; 11 staff; waterinstitute.unc.edu) A research institute that aims "to provide global academic leadership for economically, environmentally, socially, and technically sustainable management of...
The Water Footprint Network
The Network envisions a world in which clean water is shared "fairly amongst all people to sustain thriving communities and nature’s diversity." To this end, it brings together a "global...
The Water Center
A collaborative research center focused on regional and global urban water issues that aims "to be the preeminent center that provides integrated real-world solutions to critical urban water problems. Supports...
The Trust for Public Land
A national, nonprofit, land conservation organization "that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, community gardens, historic sites, rural lands, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for generations...
The Third Pole
The Third Pole (2009; Asia; 9 staff; thethirdpole.net) The multilingual platform works to promote information and discussion about the Himalayan watershed and the rivers that originate there. It is an...
The Tenure Facility
It "provides grants to secure the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to their lands and forests, thereby strengthening their communities and reducing global climate change and poverty in...
The Sustainability Network
A nonprofit organization "working with environmental nonprofits to make them more effective and efficient." It strives to "strengthen the environmental community" and "sustain the organizations that work on sustainability" by...
The SustainAbility Institute by ERM
It focuses on thought leadership on sustainability, developing actionable insights for business; identifies innovative solutions to global sustainability challenges based on ERM's experience, expertise, and commitment to transformational change. It...
The Sustainability Consortium
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The Sustainability Consortium (2009; Scottsdale, United States; 32 staff; sustainabilityconsortium.org) A global organization, with over 100 members, that tries to transform "the consumer goods industry towards more sustainable consumer products." ...
The Sunrise Project
The global network of changemakers believes in the "power of social movements to change the world." They take a system-wide view of the causes of, and solutions to, the climate...
The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2021
The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2021 report reveals alarming land, soil, and water resource use trends driven by human pressures and climate...
The Solutions Project
An organization that “supports the ideas and energy of the people working at the frontlines of the climate crisis.” It makes “grants to the dozens of organizations closest to the...
The Risk of Fiscal Collapse in Coal-Reliant Communities
The report indicates, with great concern, the economic challenges and potential fiscal collapse that coal-dependent communities are likely to face. These communities' vulnerability to downturns primarily stems from the decreasing...
The Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent: A Climate Security Governance Framework for the 21st Century
Outlines a framework to address the unprecedented risks and foresight associated with climate change. The framework emphasizes the importance of a "Responsibility to Prepare" (R2P2) for international security institutions and...
The Resource Innovation Group
The "non-partisan non-profit organization is affiliated with the Sustainability Institute at Willamette University." Though it's also "engaged in numerous partnerships and work with academic institutions, non-profits, private firms, and government...
The Resilience Shift
A multi-purpose organization that "exists to inspire and empower a global community to make the world safer through resilient infrastructure." Its work approach is "through learning by doing in collaboration...
The Paris Peace Forum
An international platform for global governance solutions-focused "on improving the organization of our world in order to address its most pressing challenges in the areas of peace and security, development,...
The Organic Center
Is a non-profit research and education organization. It strives to “conduct and convene credible, evidence-based science on the environmental and health effects of organic food and farming and communicate the...