UN-Water
A UN organization that coordinates "the efforts of the 30 United Nations entities and international organizations working on water and sanitation issues." This shows the fact that "water issues run...
UN REDD Programme
Is the ”United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) supporting 65 partner developing countries. It is a joint initiative of the UN Food and...
UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance
A global framework for the insurance industry to address environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities. It strives is the vision of a "risk-aware world, where the insurance industry is...
UN Partnership Platform
Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Development, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects, United Nations Support
It's goal is to help effective synergies among various agencies and organizations supporting the Sustainable Development Goals. By utilizing direct partnership training and advisory services, UN entities and country teams...
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The treaty supports the "global response to the threat of climate change" and binds "member states to act in the interests of human safety even in the face of scientific...
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Climate Change Communication, Environment, Environment Outlook|Overviews, Environment Policy, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Education, Environmental Governance, Environmental Law, Environmental Policy, Sustainability Assessment, Sustainability Communication, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects
It sets the global environmental agenda, promoting the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system. It aims "to provide leadership and encourage partnership...
UN Environment Assembly
Sets priorities for global environmental policies and develops international environmental law; providing "leadership, catalyzes intergovernmental action on the environment, and contributing to the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for...
UN Development Programme
It works in "170 countries to end poverty and reduce inequality." In September 2015, "world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to end poverty, protect the planet and...
UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Oceans, Science, Sustainable Development, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects
A global platform focused "on action and the shared development of solutions. Its mandate is unparalleled and aims to support resource mobilisation for ocean science in all its manifestations to...
UN Committee for Coordination of Statistical Activities
A UN inter-agency forum composed of international and supranational organisations commissioned to gather statistical data. It aims to "contribute actively to the development of a coordinated global statistical system producing...
UN Climate Technology Centre & Network
It's hosted by the UN Environmental Programme and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. It aims to promote the "accelerated transfer of environmentally sound technologies for low carbon and climate...
UN CC: Learn
Climate Change, Climate Change Education, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects, United Nations Support
It collaborates with over 30 organizations that support countries in designing and implementing effective climate change learning. Through its activities, the partnership promotes the exchange of knowledge and the development...
UC Global Food Initiative
It is an initiative of the University of California that "created new collaborations among UC’s 10 campuses" in order to address a critical sustainability issue; namely, "how to sustainably and...
UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative
The sustainability initiatives was enacted by the University of California in its efforts to become carbon neutral by 2025. The initiative commits UC to net zero greenhouse gas emissions from...
UArtic
It is focused on developing higher education and research in the Arctic. Through its members, it strengthens the collective resources needed to improve the quality of life in the region....
UArctic
A network of "universities, colleges, research institutes, and other organizations concerned with education and research in and about the North." The University of the Arctic "builds and strengthens collective resources...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(1970; Washington, DC; 14k staff; epa.gov) An independent executive agency of the U.S. government working on environmental protection issues. It strives to ensure that "all Americans have...
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change
It brings scientists, economists, engineers, and social scientists together from multiple universities to do research and communication on climate change and to incorporate this into ideas for sustainable development. TCCCR...
Turner Foundation
Turner Foundation (1990; Atlanta; turnerfoundation.org) The Turner Foundation is "rooted in its commitment to protecting and restoring natural systems - land, air and water - on which all life depends."...
TROP ICSU
It aims to improve understanding of the relationship between climate and biological diversity. Through a combination of science communication and pedagogical intervention, the project will help people understand the role...