CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities is an institute that seeks to “create awareness and understanding of the connections between the everyday lives of urban citizens and their natural world, leading...
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival is a non-profit organization that “advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience.” It “employs a participatory, rights-based approach to its relationships”...
Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate
Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate ([ND], Washington; no dedicated staff, 20 experts; brookings.edu/project/cross-brookings-initiative-on-energy-and-climate) Brookings Institution scholars doing research in the energy and climate space designed to catalyze a focused...
Counterpart International
It is a global organization centered in community-based development that "partners with local organizations to build inclusive, sustainable communities in which their people thrive". Their approach is to forges partnerships...
Council on Strategic Risks
It is devoted to anticipating, analyzing, and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these risks intersect and exacerbate...
Council on Foreign Relations
Defense, Economics Rethinking, Energy and Environment, Global Security, Health, Human Rights, International Relations, Security
CFR is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious...
Council of Councils
Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Foreign Policy, Global Affairs, Security and Sustainability, Think Tanks
It connects leading foreign policy institutes from around the world in a common conversation on issues of global governance and multilateral cooperation.; striving to "inject the conclusions of its deliberations...
Costs of War Project
Its aim is to research and bring awareness about the cost of the various American-led wars and counterterrorism efforts since 9/11, including “their human, economic, and political costs,” and help...
Cornell Waste Management Institute
It is working on "the environmental and social issues associated with waste management" via research, outreach and teaching activities. Its staff aims "to develop technical solutions to waste management problems...
Cordaid
Disaster Relief, Disaster Resilience, Human Security, Humanitarian Aid, Justice, Poverty, Resilience
The Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid is an international development organization “fighting poverty and exclusion in fragile and conflict areas.” It aims to “create flourishing, self-reliant communities in...
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
The Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development is a “scientific institute for sustainability research and teaching at Utrecht University.” It strives to create a “positive impact on the transition to a...
Copenhagen Consensus Center
It researches the smartest solutions for the world's biggest problems, advising policy-makers and philanthropists how to spend their money most effectively.” Over 100 “economists from internationally renowned institutions” research and...
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
The Convergence Center for Policy Resolution is a “national non-profit that convenes leaders with diverse or conflicting views to build trust, identify solutions, and form alliances for action on critical...
Consumer Goods Forum
It “brings together consumer goods, manufacturers and retailers in pursuit of business practices for efficiency and positive change across its industry benefiting shoppers, consumers and the world without impeding competition.”...
Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes
The Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes is an “intellectual consortium dedicated to understanding the linkages between S&T and its effects on society.” It strives to “forge an intellectual network...
COMSATS
The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South is an international inter-governmental organization with 27 member states in three continents; Asia, Africa and Latin America.” It works to...
Compton Foundation
The Compton Foundation is a family foundation working with a “global perspective on fostering positive and sustainable models of change.” It supports work in “climate change, progressive foreign policy, and...
Competitive Enterprise Institute
It works as an advocate for freedom of enterprise on a wide range of critical economic and regulatory issues. And produces research and analysis, persuades policymakers, and pursues strategic litigation...
Committee on Climate Change
The Committee on Climate Change is an “independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008.” It strives to “advise the UK and devolved governments on emissions targets and...
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
An element of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which included a commitment that liberalization of trade and economic growth in North America would be accompanied by effective cooperation...


