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Climate change & Biodiversity
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While the majority of NGOs listed on this page address climate change and/or biodiversity in some way, those with a core institutional focus on one or the other are highlighted. Note that this is a work in progress, and that such designations are tentative and subjective; there are no straightforward criteria and widely accepted criteria for determining whether an NGO is focused on climate or biodiversity.
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· Now Resilient Cities Network
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Academia United on Climate Change
Academic Working Group (AWG) on Climate Engineering Governance
Acadia Center
· “mission is to advance bold, effective clean energy solutions for a livable climate and
a stronger, more equitable economy.”
Act for Wildlife @ Chester Zoo
Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
Advocates for Snake Protection (ASP)
AFR100: African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative
African Conservation Foundation
African Population and Health Research Center
African Wildlife Conservation Fund
Alliance for a Climate Resilient Earth (ACRE)
Alliance for America's Fish & Wildlife
Alliance for Climate Education
Alliance for Environmental Markets and Investments (AEMI)
Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)
Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC)
American Bird Conservancy (ABC)
◦ ABC Bird Conservation Initiatives Links
· Combines advocacy with field work to ensure the greatest impact for river basins.
Map of U.S. Dams Removed Since 1912
Arab Forum on Environment and Development
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) [India]
Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP)
Australasian Center for Corporate Responsibility
Australasian Bat Society
Austrailian Religious Response to Climate Change
Avoided Deforestation Partners
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· “The BailoutWatch team draws on publicly-available data, news reports, and new analysis to examine
how oil, gas, coal, and related industries are being propped up by the government’s response to
COVID-19 and the resulting recession.”
Bat Conservation International (BCI)
· “a grassroots network of organizers founded in 2014. BXE members are each embedded in their
own local area fights, but we join together to fight the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) and support frontline struggles against fossil fuel expansion.”
Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation
Biodiversity Conservancy International
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate
Biodiversity Research Institute
Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO)
· a small NGO that attempts to solve the crisis in the ocean by establishing
marine reserves; has many international projects
Climate and Energy Economics Project
Energy Security and Climate Initiative
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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-Climate Change subgroup Google page
Cambridge Conservation Initiative
Campaign Against Climate Change [UK]
Carbon Disclosure Project
· See CDP
· “...an independent financial think tank that carries out in-depth analysis on the impact of the energy
transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high-cost, carbon-intensive fossil fuels.”
CARE USA
· Formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project
· Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for Animals & Public Policy
· @ Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Center for Biological Diversity
Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign
· Works to "secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction.
We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters
and climate that species need to survive."
Center for Climate & Energy Solutions (C2ES)
· Formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change
· “...provides support to those who have suffered damage due to climate change and who seek to hold
climate polluters accountable.”
· From mission statement: "To conduct scientific research with emphasis on marine mammals of the western North Atlantic and on the
coastal and marine habitats and resources of the Gulf of Maine..."
Center for Conservation Innovation (CCI @ Defenders of Wildlife)
Center for Diversity & the Environment
Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy
Center for Ecosystem Sentinals
Center for Environmental Health
Center for Environmental Markets @ Goldman Sachs
Center for International Climate Research (CICERO) [Norway]
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research and Education (COARE)
Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
Environmental Law & Governance
Center for Resource Solutions (CRS)
Center for Responsive Politics
Center for Science and the Environment [India]
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Center for Social and Sustainable Products
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Center For World Indigenous Studies
Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC)
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)
· “As youth, we take on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest dark money, pro-fossil fuel
group in the United States. We hold the Chamber, its member corporations, and other influential
companies accountable for obstructing climate policies.”
Chimpanzee Conservation Center (CCC)
China-Africa Wildlife Conservation Council @ Aspen Institute
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
· "America's Path to Progress Platform" on energy independence
Citepa [France]
· Full translated name: Technical Reference Center for Air Pollution and Climate Change
Citizens Climate Education (CCE)
Civil Liberties Defense Center
Clean Air Watch
· Appears defunct as of January 2023
· "ClearPath’s mission is to develop and advance conservative policies that accelerate clean energy
innovation."
· “.. a woman-led nonprofit in Cambridge, MA, with a mission to make climate science and clean
energy understandable and actionable for everyone. Climable’s end goals are energy democracy
(public participation in the energy transition) and climate resilience (improved avenues for
anticipating, preparing for, and responding to climate disasters)"
Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Climate and Migration Coalition
Climate Accountability Institute
· "...engages in research and education on anthropogenic climate change, dangerous interference with
the climate system, and thecontribution of fossil fuel producers' carbon production to atmospheric
carbon dioxide content."
Climate Action Campaign [San Diego, USA]
· "...a non-profit climate science and policy institute based in Berlin, Germany with offices in New
York, USA, Lomé, Togo and Perth, Australia, which brings together interdisciplinary expertise in
the scientific and policy aspects of climate change. Our mission is to synthesise and advance
scientific knowledge in the area of climate change and on this basis provide support and capacity
building to stakeholders."
· "...an independent scientific analysis that tracks government climate action and measures it against
the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of "holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts
to limit warming to 1.5°C." A collaboration of two organisations, Climate Analytics and New Climate
Institute, the CAT has been providing this independent analysis to policymakers since 2009."
Climate and Community Project (CCP) @ Tides
· “An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts
about our changing climate and its impact on the public.”
· "...brings together all of the actors involved in the implementation of the objectives of the
international Agendas on Climate, Biodiversity and Desertification, in keeping with the Sustainable
Development Goals. It is the only international association seeking to connect all non-state actors
from Europe and Africa, working on the acceleration of local action : from local governments,
businesses, and civil society organisations, to the media, researchers and citizens.”
· “...a charitable non-government organization working to educate Manitobans about climate change [&]
facilitate climate change solutions”
Climate Change: Impacts & Responses Research Network
· "...a non-profit science and outreach project supported by a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund."
Climate Consent Foundation [UK]
Climate Direct Action Fund (aka, ShutItDown.today)
· “...exists to support a growing community of climate dissidents who take the risk of acting
commensurate with the scale and urgency of the crisis.”
Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
· "OUR MISSION: Accelerating climate action. OUR GOAL: A world of no more than 1.5°C of global
warming and greater prosperity for all. HOW WE DO IT: We bring together powerful networks of
businesses and governments, which shift global markets and policies toward this goal."s
· “Founded in 1986, the Climate Institute was the world’s first organization focused solely on climate
change. Since its founding, the Institute has been instrumental in moving climate change onto the
international agenda, fostering collaboration between developing countries and richer nations, and
in launching and implementing pioneering studies and initiatives on subjects such as environmental
refugees, transforming the energy infrastructure of small island states, and catalyzing policymaker
focus on the necessity of limiting emissions of black carbon and other short-lived climate forcers.”
· "...established in 2014 to monitor the individuals, corporations, trade associations, political
organizations and front groups who work to delay the implementation of sound energy and
environmental policies that are necessary in the face of ongoing climate crisis.”
Climate Jobs National Resource Center (CJNRC)
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Action Fund (CJNRCAC)
Climate Justice Initiative (CJI)
· Website has not been updated since 2012.
Climate Justice Resielince Fund (CJRF)
· "...a growing alliance of currently around 150 leading global, regional and national knowledge
brokers specialising in climate and development information. It brings together a diverse set of
information players, from international organisations to research institutes, NGOs and good
practice networks, and covers the full breadth of climate related themes."
Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)
· "A collection of 700+ free, ready-to-use learning resources rigorously reviewed by educators and scientists suitable for secondary
through higher education classrooms."
Climate Mayors (Mayors National Climate Action Agenda)
· "The Climate Mobilization (TCM) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that develops and advocates for climate mobilization policies and engages in
direct political work. Donations toward this work are not tax-deductible."
· "Climate Mobilization Project (CMP) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to educating the public and growing a movement
of people calling for a truth-based response to climate change that matches the scope, scale, and speed of the emergency. Donations
toward this work are tax-deductible."
· “...an analysis and advisory organization with deep expertise in finance and policy. Our mission is to
help governments, businesses, and financial institutions drive economic growth while addressing
climate change.”
Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative
Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
Climate Science Rapid Response Team
· "...works to change the conversation on climate change and clean energy from an argument to a
constructive search for solutions...Climate Nexus leverages all forms of communication to tell the
stories of the people impacted by climate change and those driving the energy transition. To
achieve these goals, we work with the media, non-profits, community organizations, business
leaders and policymakers."
Coalition for Responsible Gene Editing in Agriculture
Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life
Coalition to Protect America's National Parks (US)
· Hosts the site plastic-pollution.org
Code REDD
College Climate Coalition
Facebook page
Instagram page
Twitter page
Committee on Climate Change [UK]
· "...a global partnership program launched by the World Bank Group and the Italian Ministry of
Environment, Land and Sea, together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development, that takes on climate change by supporting ambitious leadership, promoting
transformative solutions and empowering collective action."
Consejo Interregional Amazonico (CIAM, Peru)
Conservation Biology Institute
Wetland & watershed conservation
Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF)
Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions (C3 Solutions)
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) [Asia]
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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· “We are a multidisciplinary group of experts using state-of-the-art techniques in data science to
support progressive activists and causes.”
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action
Deep Decarbonization Initiative
Center for Conservation Innovation
Desert Research Institute (DRI)
Ducks Unlimited
Wetland Care (formerly Ducks Unlimited Australia)
Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
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E2: Environmental Entrepreneurs
E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism)
· "...an independent climate change think tank operating to accelerate the global transition to a
low carbon economy.”
EAGLE Network (Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement)
Eagle Hill Institute & Foundation
· “Earth First! formed in 1979, in response to an increasingly corporate, compromising and
ineffective environmental community. It is not an organization, but a movement. There are
no “members” of EF!, only Earth First!ers. We believe in using all of the tools in the toolbox,
from grassroots and legal organizing to civil disobedience and monkeywrenching. When
the law won’t fix the problem, we put our bodies on the line to stop the destruction. Earth
First!’s direct-action approach draws attention to the crises facing the natural world, and it
saves lives.”
Earth Innovation Institute
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Earth Mates Dialogue Center (EDMC)
· "...a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on environmental education and awareness that
includes: EXPO-Earthx2019 – the world’s largest environmental experience, EarthxConference
a series of conferences that deal with every major issue facing our environment today, EarthxFilm
a festival that uses the power of film and emerging media to raise awareness of environmental
and social global issues, and EarthxEDU, an initiative that provides teachers and students with
resources and educational experiences for a more sustainable environment."
• "...a global, non-profit startup dedicated to transforming our global food system through sound
science, impatient disruption and novel partnerships."
EcoJustice [Canada]
Ecological Society of the Philippines
· "...an independent group of global leaders working together for peace, justice and human rights.."
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Energy Systems and Climate Analysis
Emerson Elemental @ Emerson Collective
Endangered Primate Rescue Center [Vietnam]
Ende Gelände [Germany]
· International network on gender and sustainable energy
· "...a watchdog organization that exposes attacks on renewable energy and counters misinformation by fossil fuel and utility interests."
Energy Foundation
Energy Futures Initiative (EFI)
Energy Innovation Reform Project
Energy Justice: Shale Initiative
Energy Transition: The Global Energiewende
E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Environment & Development Resource Centre (EDRC)
Integrating Development, Environment and Security (IDEAS)
Environmental Defense Action Fund
Environmental Foundation for Africa
Environmental Integrity Project
Environmental Investigation Agency [UK]
Environmental Investigation Agency [US]
Environmental Justice Foundation
· Origins are in the organization Rising Up!
Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) [Italy]
European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS)
European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
· "...Europe’s largest network of environmental citizens' organisations. We bring together around 150
civil society organisations from more than 30 European countries. We stand for sustainable development,
environmental justice & participatory democracy."
European Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FACE)
European Outdoor Conservation Association
· "...Environmental extremes are responsible for thousands of casualties and billions of € in damages in Europe annually. Societal risks associated with many of these extremes are poorly understood in today’s climate – even more so as climate changes. Knowledge gaps arise from the inadequacy of existing models, which are unable to capture key physical processes and hence cannot fully incorporate an expanding palette of observations. ExtremeEarth will deliver the methods needed to achieve a step change in simulation accuracy and data integration, to allow scientists to understand the drivers of extremes and application communities to anticipate their impact. ExtremeEarth will develop the technologies for a required thousand-fold increase in computation, and fundamentally redesign workflows to dynamically expose the full information content of a new generation of models and data to users. "
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Faith Science Alliance for Climate Leadership
Farm Africa
Foreign Policy for America (FP4A)
ForestEthics
· Now Stand.earth
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
· "Together with partners around the world, Forest Trends pioneers innovative finance for conservation
- promoting healthy forests, sustainable agriculture, clean water, robust climate action, protected
biodiversity, and strong communities.”
Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia (CFTC)
Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment (FCEA)
Forum for Law, Environment, Development and Governance (FLEDGE)
Foundation 2° – German Businesses for Climate Protection
Foundation Franz Weber (FFW) [Switzerland]
Fram Centre - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment [Norway]
· Mission: "to protect vulnerable people and wildlife from organized crime and corruption, while revitalizing ecosystems and communities
for a more secure world. Our vision is a world free of wildlife trafficking and human slavery."
French Foundation for Biodiversity
Friends Committee on National Legislation - Energy & Environment
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· "We actively promote North-South equity and the preservation of livelihoods."
Global 4C: Complementary Currencies for Climate Change
Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP)
· "...a collaborative body of more than 60 members and dozens of observers that advocate for
resources and solutions to pollution problems. GAHP was formed because international and
national level actors/ agencies recognize that a collaborative, multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral
approach is necessary and critical to deal with the global pollution crisis and resulting health
and economic impacts.”
Global Call for Climate Action
Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ)
· One of the larger (if not largest) networks of climate justice movement organizations that actively
participates in the UNFCCC.
Global Canopy Programme
Global Challenges Foundation
Global Center for Climate Justice
Global Climate & Health Alliance
Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+)
Global Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online
· Sponsored by TRAFFIC, WWF & IFAW
· Developed a Wildlife-Friendly Online Trade Policy
· “...the only nature conservation group who's sole mission is the direct funding of park protection systems
for saving our most important and endangered world heritage and national parks in developing countries."
Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE)
· “To accomplish our mission, we promote science and actionable knowledge that benefits people and
the planet. We provide resources and opportunities for higher education leaders and their partners in
transdisciplinary environmental and sustainability education and research (TESER) to work across
public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and from local to global scales.”
Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE)
Global Justice Now [UK]
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)
Global March for Elephants & Rhinos (GMFER)
Global Nature Fund [Germany]
Global Pact for the Environment
Global Reporting lnitiative (GRI)
· "In 2014, The Rockefeller Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) joined together to
create the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), which aims to identify and scale locally driven,
high-impact, innovativesolutions that will build the resilience of hundreds of millions of people
in the Sahel, Horn of Africaand South and Southeast Asia.
Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP)
Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC)
”...we protect human rights and the environment by fearlessly confronting corruption and challenging the systems that enable it.”
Good Food for All (GFFA) collaborative
· "By bringing together the brightest innovators, forward-thinking investors, and food marketing
visionaries, we can produce food in a new and better way."
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development
· "Green Cross International’s roots can be traced back to President Mikhail Gorbachev’s time in
office as Head of State of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a period during which he spoke
repeatedly about the interrelated threats humanity and our Earth face from nuclear arms, chemical
weapons, unsustainable development, and the man-induced decimation of the planet’s ecology."
· Global Green (USA affiliate)
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
Tracking the cost of air pollution
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· Primarily works towards building community resilience and reducing poverty through projects
in economic development, environmental sustainability, women's empowerment, food security, and risk mitigation.
Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Climate Change Consortium
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· "...headquartered in Washington, DC, ... The ICCF Group advances leadership in international conservation through
public and private partnerships, and by raising conservation awareness among policymakers."
IDESAM
IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative
IMAFLORA – Instituto de Manejo e Certificacao Florestal e Agricola
Indigenous Environmental Network
Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance
· "...enables a world where crucial decisions are legitimately influenced and objectively made. We do this by empowering our partners
with data-driven and clearly communicated analysis on critical societal issues such as climate change. In our flagship
project analyzing climate policy lobbying, our goal is to enable our partners in the finance, NGO and progressive corporate worlds to
eliminate blockages to an ambitious policy pathway globally and encourage support."
Initiative on Climate Change Policy and Governance
· Defunct as of July 2019
· Formerly the International Center for Climate Governance
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy (IATP)
Institute for Bird Populations
Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE)
Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
· “The Institute for European Environmental Policy is a sustainability think tank. Working with
stakeholders across EU institutions, international bodies, academia, civil society and industry,
our team of economists, scientists and lawyers produce evidence-based research and policy
insight. Our work spans nine research areas and covers both short-term policy issues and long-
term strategic studies. As a not-for-profit organisation with over 40 years of experience, we are
committed to advancing impact-driven sustainability policy across the EU and the world.”
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) [USA]
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia/the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
Integrated Drought Management Programme
Intentional Endowments Network
· “...a non-profit, peer-learning network advancing intentionally designed endowments – those that
seek to enhance financial performance by making investments that advance an equitable, low
carbon, and regenerative economy. Working closely with leading organizations, the network
engages leaders and key stakeholders from higher education, foundations, business, and nonprofits.
It provides opportunities for learning and education, peer networking, convening, thought
leadership and information exchange around a variety of strategies (e.g., ESG integration, impact
investing, and shareholder engagement).”
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (Bangladesh)
Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
International Collaborative for Science, Education, and the Environment (ICSEE)
International Climate Change Information and Research Programme (ICCIRP)
International Council on Clean Transportation
International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC)
International Crisis Group (ICG)
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
International Institute for Sustainable Development
International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP)
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)
Planned Parenthood Global (PPFA's international arm)
International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF)
International Primate Protection League (IPPL)
International Ranger Federation (IRF)
International Rhino Foundation (IRF)
International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
International Standards Organization (ISO)
International Water Management Institute
Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
· “In 2021, IREC merged with The Solar Foundation, a national nonprofit that has led the advancement
of solar energy and solar-compatible technologies since 1977. Together, we are excited to deepen
our impact across all clean energy technologies.”
Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Izaak Walton League of America
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· "Home of the Jewish environmental movement."
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Kemitraan
Klimastreik Ecological Movement
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Latin American Coalition Against Fracking
Law Students for Climate Accountability
Laudato Si' Movement
League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
· Last update in 2013
· A program working to "help events, buildings, companies and organizations, [and] diesal fleets
reduce air pollution that contributes to climate change and adversely affects both human
and environmental health."
Human and Wildlife Trafficking Dashboards
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M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Mapping Fossil Fuel Resistance
Marine & Environmental Research Institute
· Focuses on marine wildlife exposure to toxins, marine coastal monitoring, oil spill recovery, and
plastics and micro plastics.
Marine Fish Conservation Network
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
· "...a global campaign organization that works to protect tropical forests, oceans, and the climate.
We aspire to be the most effective environmental organization in the world."
Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project
· “MG works to build political home across many different spaces, and works to bring that strategy to
scale through translocal organizing across the US. Through political education, we are nourishing and
building the rich soils of analysis and strategy that our movements need to activate, strengthen and
grow our shared politic and practice.”
M.S. Swaminathan Research Fou\ndation
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NABU: Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union [Germany]
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Environmental & Climate Justice
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) [US]
ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture Program
National Council for Science and the Environment [US]
· Now the Global Council for Science and the Environment
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Military Fish and Wildlife Association
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) [US]
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) [US]
National Recycling Coalition [US]
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
National Stewardship Action Council [US]
National Wildlife Federation [US]
· A conservation organization that works to protect natural resources, with a heavy forcus on "increasing America's fish and
wildlife populations and enhancing their capacity to thrive in a rapidly changing world."
Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund [US]
Natural Resources Defense Council [US]
Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) [Germany]
Nature and Culture International
Neotropical Migratory BirdsNature Conservancy [USA site]
Network for Eco-Farming in Africa
· "...For more than three decades, the New Economics Foundation’s mission has been to transform
the economy so it works for people and the planet."
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
New York Turtle & Tortoise Society
· Formerly NextGen Climate
NGO Coalition for Environment (NGOCE)
No Coal No Gas [New England, USA]
Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology (NORDECO)
North American Native Fishes Association
North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS)
Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)
Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
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· Formerly the Coral Reef Foundation
· learn about the plastic waste in our oceans, and take a pledge to reduce plastic consumption
· "Since 2014, we have planted over 135.5 million trees with 378 partners across 82 countries in North
America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific.”
Organic Consumer's Association
· “...dedicated to the conservation of reptiles, amphibians and the ecosystems they inhabit”
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Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
PACT 2020: Protected Areas and Climate Turnaround
Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA)
Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project
Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)
Environmental Polling Consortium
PEFC International
· "...the largest student network in the UK campaigning for social and environmental justice"
People's Demands for Climate Justice
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Pew Charitable Trusts, The
Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
Planet Rehab
Planned Acts of Kindness (PAK)
Population Action International
· network of European demographic research centers
Population-Environment Research Network (PERN)
· "works for the appropriate development of vulnerable communities and sensitive ecosystems of the world."
Private Equity Stakeholder Project
Progres - Sulawesi Regional Ecological Conservation Initiative
· “...a global movement for ocean protection powered by a community of adventurers. We connect
the passion for ocean adventure with the purpose of marine conservation."
Project Concern International (PCI)
Project on Environmental Change & Foreign Policy
Pronatura Sur
Protect the Planet [Germany]
Property and Environment Research Center (PERC)
Public Accountability Initiative (PAI)
· “...a nonprofit public interest research organization focused on corporate and government accountability.
We specialize in researching and mapping power..... We conduct research on a wide range of corporate
and government accountability issues, but focus much of our research on two of the most powerful
industries in our economy: Wall Street and the oil and gas industry.”
· Network connecting a wide range of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) and other
spin-off organizations. At the site, click on the "Our Groups" submenu to see the various
affiliates.
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Quebec-Labrador Foundation (QLF)
R [🔝]
Rainforest Action Network
Reconciling Ways of Knowing society
Redefining Progress
· Closed in 2008
Reforestamos Mexico
Renewables 100 Policy Institute
Resource Media
Resources Legacy Fund
Rights + Resources Initiative (RRI)
Rising Tide International Network
River Network
· Root Capital is a social investment organisation that provides low-interest loans to rural farmers in
developing countries in an effort to help them grow by connecting them to the formal economy. In
exchange farmers provide data about their crops to ensure that they have sustainable growing practices.
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung [Germany]
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
Science & Environmental Health Network (SEHN)
Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)
· ”an international, non-profit marine conservation organization that engages in direct action campaigns
to defend wildlife, and conserve and protect the world’s oceans from illegal exploitation and
environmental destruction.”
· "...composed of a small, dedicated, and streamlined staff with over 185 years of combined experience in the fields of Biology,
Science, Engineering, Backcountry Medicine, Training and Development, Business Entrepreneurship, and Experiential Education.
Unified by our shared passions for engagement with the natural world, we inspire citizens to ask questions, challenge assumptions,
and draw their own conclusions."
Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Social Capital Markets (SOCAP)
Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO)
Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)²
· "hub for critical social science research on the climate emergency"
Soil & Water Conservation Society (SWCS)
Solidaridad Network
Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI)
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
Southern Conservation Partners
Southern Environmental Law Center
· “Campaigning for new sources of finance for development and climate change”
· “...a growing team of strategists, researchers, communicators, policy and issue experts — plus a
powerful global network of donors, activists, and community members from every walk of life,
united in our demand for transformational change.”
Alliance for a Climate Resilient Earth (ACRE)
Stockholm International Water Institute
Stop the Money Pipeline Campaign
Sustainable Development Network [South Africa]
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
Sustainable Population Australia
Swiss Ornithological Institute
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TERI ~ The Energy and Resources Institute
Tern & Plover Conservation Partnership
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Third Force Collective @ Adbusters
TOPtoTOP Global Climate Expedition
· "...a Swiss-based non-governmental organization whose mission is to Inspire Youth to Save Our Planet."
· "The wildlife trade monitoring network"
Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC)
Trans Africa Pipeline
Agrarian & Environmental Justice
Tribal Resilience Program @ USBIA
Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA)
· "Tusk’s mission is to amplify the impact of progressive conservation initiatives across Africa."
U [🔝]
Union for Ethical Biotrade (UEBT)
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Union of Nature Foundation (UON)
United Planet Faith & Science Initiative
United States Biochar Initiative (USBI)
United States Climate Alliance
UK Agricultural Biodiversity Coalition
US Wildlife Trafficking Alliance
V [🔝]
Verified Carbon Standard
Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife (VIEW)
W [🔝]
Water Policy Center @ Public Policy Institute of California
• "...a collaborative platform on climate adaptation issues. It allows practitioners, researchers
and policy-makers to access credible, high-quality information and connect with one another."
Wetland Care (formerly Ducks Unlimited Australia)
· "works to reduce global consumption of wildlife products and to increase local support for
conservation efforts.
WILDLABS.net: The technology conservation network
Wildlife Conservation Trust [India]
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
Women's Earth & Climate Action Network, International (WECAN)
· Aims to educate, advocate for, and empower all women concerning climate change and climate justice
Women’s Environment and Development Organization
Woods Hole Research Center
World Center for Birds of Prey
Environment and Natural Resource Security
World Energy & Meteorology Council
World Resources Institute
World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC)
· "a major utility for ocean communication as a means to advance public awareness and political
will, and is dedicated to providing information and education about the health of the ocean."
WWF
· “WWF originally stood for 'World Wildlife Fund,' but in 1986 WWF had come to realize
that its name no longer reflected the scope of its activities, and changed its name to 'World
Wide Fund For Nature.' The United States and Canada, however, retained the old name. The
resulting confusion caused, together with its translation into more by the name change in 1986
than 15 languages, led the WWF Network in 2001 to agree on using the original acronym as its
one, global name - the acronym that it had always been known by since its inception way back
in 1961: WWF.” [Source: WWF]
· WWF Offices around the world
· Wetlands
X [🔝]
Xerxes Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Y [🔝]
Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (YEC)
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (YECA)
Yves Rocher Foundation-Institut de France
Z [🔝]
Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations
Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy
Subject-specific NGO listings @ EarthWeb.info
In addition to the comprehensive listing on this webpage, many webpages at EarthWeb.info include a section entitled ”NGOs.”
Warning: sorting them in this way poses either (1) the risk of dramatic over-simplification or (2) the chaos of over-abundant redundancy.
Take, for example, WWF, one of the more widely recognized environmental NGOs: in addition to being “biodiversity-focused,” WWF could be reasonably listed as education-focused, climate-focused, economy- focused, etc. This holds true for many if not most NGOs.
Other NGO listings & assessments
UNEP list of accredited organizations
UIA Global Civil Society Database
Environmental organizations @ Wikipedia
Environment @ Charity Navigator
· "Foundation Center and GuideStar
joined forces to become Candid, a 501c3
nonprofit organization. Candid connects
people who want to change the eworld
to the resources they need to do it.”
· "...the leading platform for community-
sourced stories about nonprofits."
· Click on "Filter NGO" to get categories
Energy, Environment, Water, etc.
A>Z listing of Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
Although extensive, the listing below constitutes only a partial sampling of the world's
thousands of environmental NGOs.
If an NGO works entirely within one country with no focus on transborder or international
work, it will only be listed on the relevant country page (see Country pages A>Z).
Exceptions include several large and/or prominent domestic NGOs.
Center or Centre?
Note that organizations using the US spelling (center) are listed before those using the UK spelling (centre).
For more climate change NGOs, also see:
· NGOs listed at the Climate change science & research institutions page
· NGOs listed at the Climate Education page
· Social movements, networks, alliances & at the Climate justice page
For more biodiversity NGOs, also see:
· the Birds page.
