Zero Mercury Working Group
It works to eliminate mercury pollution through the adoption of laws; striving for zero supply, demand, and emissions of mercury from all anthropogenic sources, with the goal of reducing mercury...
YK Center
Green Finance, Green Investment, Impact Investment, Market Solutions, Responsible Investment, Sustainable Development Goals
It incubates innovative initiatives that accelerate the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. It's focus is on market solutions through impact investments, green finance and education. Publications: Video...
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Is focus is climate change. It conducts scientific studies on public opinion and behavior; informs the decision-making of governments, media, companies, and advocates; educates the public; and helps build public...
Yale Environment 360
It offers opinions, analysis, reporting, and debate on global environmental issues. It belongs to the Yale University School of Forestry and Environment, and it's contributors are scientists, journalists, environmentalists, academics,...
WorldFish
A non-profit research organization that operates internationally to help reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Its research focuses on sustainable aquaculture, resilient small-scale fisheries, and improving the nutritional contributions of fish...
World Wildlife Fund
It's one of the “world’s leading conservation organizations,” best known for its panda logo. Their mission is to “conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of...
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 Trade Organization
The only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. WTO agreements are negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in...
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 Resources Institute
“Works closely with leaders to turn big ideas into action to sustain a healthy environment—the foundation of economic opportunity and human well-being.” Seeks to move human society to live in...
World Rainforest Movement
Activist Organizations, Agroforestry, Biodiversity Loss, Deforestation-Free Economy, Forest Protection, Rainforests
International initiative that supports forest-dependent peoples, indigenous, peasants and other communities in the global South. WRM is part of a global movement for social and environmental justice and respect for...
World Ocean Council
The WOC is an international nonprofit organization administered by a secretariat, under a Board of Directors comprised of senior industry representatives from around the world. Paul Holthus, organization founder, in...
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 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 Economic Forum
The economic forum is committed "to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.” Best-known...
World Conservation and Monitoring Centre
Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystem Services | Natural Wealth Valuation, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects
The World Conservation and Monitoring Centre is a collaboration between the UN Environment Programme and the UK charity, WCMC. Their aim is "to provide authoritative information about biodiversity and ecosystem...
World Commission on Protected Areas | IUCN
It is a global environmental union, it's one of 6 such commissions that operate under the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The WCPA "develops knowledge based policy,...
World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)| IUCN
Conservation, Environmental Law, Sustainable Development, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects
It is a specialized committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which aims to advance "environmental law by providing specialized knowledge and assistance to strengthen the legal foundations...
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
An international organization contributing to advance the understanding of "multiscale dynamic interactions between natural and social systems that affect climate" through international science coordination and partnerships "to inform the development...
World Cetacean Alliance
World Cetacean Alliance (2013; Brighton, UK; 17 staff; worldcetaceanalliance.org) The World Cetacean Alliance is a “global marine conservation partnership” comprising a network of “NGOs, operators, researchers and individuals” dedicated to “the...