World Weather Attribution Project
A collaboration initiative between climate scientists at "Imperial College London in the UK, KNMI in the Netherlands, IPSL/LSCE in France, Princeton University and NCAR in the US, ETH Zurich in...
World Water Council
It is dedicated “to bring the international community together to convince decision-makers that water is a vital political priority for the sustainable and equitable development of the planet.” The 260...
World Water Assessment Programme
Freshwater, Sustainability Assessment, Sustainable Water Management, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects
The UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) commissioned the WWAP to produce a UN system-wide periodic global overview (at first triennial, now annual) of the status (quantity and quality), use,...
World Vision International
A worldwide faith-based organization, with 80 international offices. It works with "communities, donors, partners, and governments to create opportunities for better futures for vulnerable children … even in the toughest...
World Trade Organization
It is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. The goal is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible....
World Sustainable Development Forum
A not-for-profit organization acting as a global initiative "to promote and mobilize global action for effective implementation of both the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals...
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022
The World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022 highlights the urgent need to address the climate crisis and the escalating human suffering due to climate-related disasters. It proposes various...
World Resources Institute
It works closely with leaders to "turn big ideas into action to sustain a healthy environment—the foundation of economic opportunity and human well-being.” And seeks to move human society to...
World Rainforest Movement
Activist Organizations, Agroforestry, Biodiversity Loss, Deforestation-Free Economy, Forest Protection, Rainforests
It aims to contribute to "struggles, reflections and political actions of forest-dependent peoples, indigenous, peasants and other communities in the global South." Its main role is "to support struggles that...
World Ocean Council
It is committed to Corporate Ocean Responsibility, which is "developed by and for the private sector, with a unique and multi-sectoral approach to address cross-cutting issues affecting ocean sustainable development,...
World Neighbors
It helps people in developing nations to find sustainable solutions to fight hunger and disease; focus on training and education in communities. Since its inception, World Neighbors has affected the...
World Meteorological Organization
WMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to fostering international cooperation and coordination on the state and behavior of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the land...
World Meteorological Association
It promotes international cooperation in atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology, and geophysics. It aims to standardize meteorological data, facilitate information exchange, and promote research and training. It also assists its members...
World Land Trust
It protects the world’s most biologically significant and threatened habitat through a network of partner organizations around the world. Working through a network of partner organisations around the world, WLT...
World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
It provides "a range of services from policy advice to governments as well as freely available original research coordinated by a core group of resident and non-resident researchers and undertaken...
World Information Service on Energy (WISE)
It works to disseminate information on nuclear power and renewables, opposing nuclear energy as a sustainable solution and publishing Nuclear Monitor newsletter 20x/year. It also supports international campaigns, projects and...
World Green Building Council
It aims to accelerate sustainability in the built environment, and is committed to achieving the following goals: Limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius Eliminate the building and construction sector’s...
World Future Council
The World Future Council was formed to "speak on behalf of policy solutions that serve the interests of future generations", focusing on identifying and spreading effective, future-just policy solutions. It...
World Fair Trade Organization
As a whole, it aims "to enable producers to improve their livelihoods and communities through Fair Trade", using a FTO Mark to help identify companies that are committed to Fair...
World Environment Center
It works to advance "sustainable development through the business practices of member companies and in partnership with governments, multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities and other stakeholders." It creates "sustainable business...
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A collaborative initiative between Yale Law School and the Yale School of the Environment. It aims to advance innovative and analytically rigorous approaches to environmental decision-making across disciplines, sectors, and… -
The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) flagship youth engagement initiative. This award is given annually to young visionaries worldwide with exceptional ideas for protecting and restoring the environment. The initiative… -
GYBN is a youth-led initiative representing young people’s voices in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) negotiations. Its goals are threefold: to raise youth awareness about biodiversity’s importance, connect…
