Environment and climate change
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Pasumai Thaayagam - Green Motherland
Pasumai Thaayagam is an India-based NGO working for the preservation of the environment and for ecologically sustainable development. It focuses on environmental regeneration, natural resources management, water management, massive tree plantation and the promotion of environmental awareness.
Oasis Faithworks
Faithworks is a movement of thousands of individuals, churches and organisations motivated by their Christian faith to serve the needs of their local communities and positively influence society as a whole. Faithworks exists to resource, inspire and speak up for these vital initiatives.
Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)
Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA) is an international non-profit organization, working in the fields of development and environment. ENDA’s essential aim is the fight against poverty and for sustainable development. Emphasis is also on the methods and means of action that...
RIPPLE Africa
RIPPLE (Recognising Individual Potential & Promoting Local Education) Africa is an NGO involved in raising funds in the UK to support a range of development projects in Malawi. The organisation assists local schools by providing funds for staff at primary, secondary and nursery schools, and is...
US Agency for International Development (USAID) - Madagascar
USAID Madagascar provides development assistance in a wide variety of areas to the Malagasy population. USAID's health program currently builds upon the last decade's successes, such as the notable decline in child mortality, and continues to focus upon increasing the quality, availability, and...
Green Cross International (GCI)
Green Cross International (GCI) is an environmental organisation founded by the former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, building on work started by the 1991 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The organisation has branches worldwide, and is involved in a range of activities related to environmental...
Sunseed Desert Technology
Sunseed Desert Technology focuses upon sustainable lifestyles and dryland management through the utilisation of low-tech methods which have the least detrimental environmental impact. Sunseed uses limited resources, the near-desert environment and the need to find sustainable solutions to determine...
Resource Futures Ltd
Resource Futures Ltd was created from the merger of three sustainable waste management businesses in the UK: The Recycling Consortium, Network Recycling and SWAP. Resource Futures is an employee-owned, ethically driven company which works on sustainable waste management and resource efficiency...
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha(BAPS)
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha(BAPS) is a charitable non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nations . BAPS strives to care for the world by caring for societies, families and individuals. This is done by individual attention, through elevating projects...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Russia
UNDP is the United Nations' global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. Through its projects in Russia, UNDP is focused on supporting Russia in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...
Caritas Paraguay
Caritas Paraguay is involved in humanitarian and development work, and has a special focus on advocating for social change at the grassroots and national levels. The organisation helps to strengthen civil society and advocates to call on the country’s leaders to address these problems and tackle...
Association pour la Recherche sur le Climat et l'Environnement (ARCE)
Founded in 1993, Association pour la Recherche sur le Climat et l'Environnement (ARCE) is an Algerian NGO established to promote research and development in climate and the environment. ARCE's activities include water and sanitation, environmental protection, pollution control, ground water, flood...
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) au Niger
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) au Niger provides various research and development programmes in respect to climatology, hydropology, conservation, soil erosion, sociology, and anthropology. IRD - Niger has established a research laboratory (LASDEL) and is a partner of a technical...
Trenton Materials Exchange
Trenton Materials Exchange is an NGO that helps to preserve the environment by keeping office furniture, durable medical equipment, building supplies and electronics out of the waste stream and in re-use. The organisation supplies usable donated goods to NGOs, small businesses and individuals and...
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in an Era of Global Uncertainty
This Report outlines the status of achievement of MDGs in the Asia-Pacific region and identifies some of the key challenges. It was published in 2010 by The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in conjunction with the ADB and UNDP.
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
The World Meteorological Organization is a United Nations agency providing data and information on matters relating to safety, economic wellbeing and prevention of the environment. The organisation offers leadership and expertise in weather, climate, hydrology and water resources, and related...
Assessing Progress in Africa towards the Millennium Development Goals Report 2011
This is the latest edition of the widely read UNDP reports analyzing the progress (or lack thereof) on the African continent towards achieving the MDGs.
Beyond the Midpoint: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
This paper is UNDP’s forward-looking review of the factors that shape MDG progress, along with the constraints and bottlenecks that have hampered MDG achievement in many countries. The findings build on MDG assessments in 30 countries that were undertaken for this review.
Church World Service - Chaco Initiative
Church World Service (CWS) is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations and communions in the United States. The Chaco program is a long-term tri-national effort led by CWS to improve the quality of life of the indigenous peoples of South America’s Chaco region by strengthening the...
Supply Chain Sustainability - A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement for Small and Medium Enterprises
This two-page guide offers baseline definitions and practical steps that SMEs can take toward effective management of the social, environmental and economic impacts of supply chains. More information can be found on the website of the United Nations Global Impact Office. The organisation offers...