Youth2030
*New Format*, Human Rights, Peace, Sustainable Development, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects, Youth
A “system-wide strategy” that acts as an umbrella framework to guide the UN and its partners to work “with and for young people” across its three pillars – peace and...
Youth Challenge International
A global youth development organization driving "creative, market-ready solutions that catapult youth around the world to succeed and prosper." Their approach explores the "intersection between youth and innovation by addressing...
YK Center
Green Finance, Green Investment, Impact Investment, Market Solutions, Responsible Investment, Sustainable Development Goals
A “partnership of Subject-Matter Experts, Elders and Professionals who create and incubate innovative initiatives that accelerate the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.” Named after Professor Yehuda Kahane,...
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Part of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, the program does scientific research on: public climate change knowledge attitudes policy preferences behavior It also communicates climate change science...
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy
A German research institute that aims to design the transitions to a sustainable society, by means of a transdisciplinary approach that encourages systems understanding. Research focuses on transition processes, with...
World Youth Alliance
A nonprofit organization dedicated "to defending the dignity of the people through education, culture, and advocacy." Consequently, it strives to "build a global coalition of young people able to articulate,...
World YMCA
An international youth network and platform of YMCAs that "supports and facilitates some 120 national YMCAs and four regional Alliances across the globe, to provide young people with safe spaces...
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 Council
An international multi-stakeholder organization 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.”...
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
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 Peace Foundation
Founded by Edwin Ginn, a Boston-based publisher of educational texts, the organization retains his mission: “Educating the people of all nations to a full knowledge of the waste and destructiveness...
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 Law Forum
An independent and international community of change-makers committed to promoting the rule of law and "transforming the world through legal reform." Consequently, it strives to reduce the "disparity between communities,...
World Investment Forum
The biennial World Investment Forum is organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to promote investment for sustainable development. The forum brings together diverse policymakers: government...
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