ZERI
Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives "global network of creative minds" seeks solutions to world challenges, viewing "waste as a resource and seeking solutions using nature's design principles as inspiration." It...
Youth Challenge International
It's approach to driving "creative, market-ready solutions that catapult youth around the world to succeed and prosper." explores the "intersection between youth and innovation by addressing health, the environment and...
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...
Worldometer
A portal containing live "world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health." It aims to make "world statistics available in a thought-provoking...
World’s Largest Lesson
Education, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Schools, United Nations Agencies | Programs | Projects
Produced by Project Everyone in partnership with UNICEF and UNESCO. Through this program, school children can develop global citizenship by learning about and participating in various subjects such as science,...
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 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 University Consortium
A consortium of 11 NGOs and organizations concerned with education accessibility and relevance. The WUC seeks to be a clearinghouse and a resource for online education development as well as...
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 Futures Studies Federation
WFSF is a UNESCO and UN consultative partner and global NGO with members in over 60 countries. Members are academics, researchers, practitioners, students, and futures-focused institutions. It offers a forum...
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 Business Council for Sustainable Development
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development seeks to demonstrate “environmental protection coupled with economic growth". It also comprises a Regional Network of 60 national and regional partner organizations called...
World Business Academy
The World Business Academy is a "nonprofit think tank and action incubator that explores the role of business in relation to critical moral, environmental, and social issues of our time"....
World Beyond War
A global grassroots movement composed of a network of volunteers, activists and organizations "educating and mobilizing to end war and establish a just and sustainable peace." Publications: Podcast Videos Books...
World Bank
Cities, Climate Change, Desalination, Ecosystem Services | Natural Wealth Valuation, Green Growth | Jobs | Economy
Also known as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the World Bank has 188 Member Countries. It is a "unique global partnership", with "five institutions working for sustainable...
World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations
An international organization uniting NGOs worldwide in the cause of advancing peace and global well-being. It helps "to provide the mechanism and support needed for NGOs to connect, partner up...
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture & Natural Resource Management/WOCAN
Agriculture, Certifying Organizations, Natural Resource Management, Natural Resources, Women’s Groups
The women-led international membership network was established with the "objective to address three major gaps that emerge from the knowledge and experiences of sustainable and rural development processes."Those gaps are...
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A non-profit arm and networking platform of the Circular Economy Institute. It “is the global circular economy network with +280 CEC local clubs in 140 countries”. Publications: Awards & Funding… -
*New Format*, Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Social Change, Social Entrepreneurship, Social InnovationA European network of organizations that support social entrepreneurs and leaders with a strong impact. Members represent over 50.000 organizations from Europe and beyond. It connects intermediaries for social enterprises,… -
Alliance of youth-led and youth-serving organizations in more than 190 countries. Acts as an incubator of global partnerships and a global information provider. Various membership levels are open to any…