Regionally
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FLORIDA |
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offers
JD with courses offered in Earth Jurisprudence |
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Orlando,
FL |
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focuses
on conservation of local irreplaceable natural resources; a cooperative
project of three partners: Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami-Dade
County Parks and Recreation Department, and our not-for-profit community
support group, The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center,
Inc. |
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Key
Biscayne, FL |
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established by the state legislature to annually envision the future for the state, continually consider laws and regulations and make recommendations as to how we can best accommodate population growth while maintaining our "quality of life," serve as a repository for our best "community-building" ideas and as a resource for all Floridians, and beginning in 2007, provide a written report to the Legislature and Governor addressing specific growth management issues |
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Tallahassee,
FL |
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interdisciplinary
applied education on the compelling conservation challenges of our
times; students from the College of Law and relevant departments
within the graduate school work in teams with clients in the governmental,
non-governmental and private sector to advance local, state, national
and international conservation objectives. Resources include links
to environmental law web sites and a list of environmental law clinics. |
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Gainesville,
FL, and international clinic in Costa Rica |
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develops
and implements projects that promote energy conservation and efficiency,
environmental sustainability and the use of renewable energy in
response to mounting environmental and energy challenge;. builds
partnerships with schools and local government for the purpose of
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, waste and the reliance on fossil
fuels; a multi-pronged approach includes conservation, energy efficient
technology and renewable energy |
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Miami
Beach, FL |
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dedicated
to earth literacy and sustainability in the Everglades Bioregion |
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Greater
Miami area |
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focuses
on introducing administrators, faculty, staff and students at Miami
Dade College to "Earth Literacy." Grounded in the profound
implications of the story of the evolution of our 14-billion-year-old
universe and the developmental process out of which the Earth and
all life emerges, Earth Literacy fosters respect for Earth and life
in all its diversity and an awareness of global interdependence,
ecological integrity through biological diversity and the natural
processes that sustain life |
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Miami,
FL |
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Over
the next 30 years, the world’s largest ecosystem restoration
effort will occur in South Florida. The Comprehensive Everglades
Restoration Plan (CERP) is an $8 billion initiative to capture,
store and distribute 1.7 billion gallons of water currently delivered
to tide per day. With the doubling of the region’s population
in the next few decades, the success of this program is critical
to the sustainability of this vibrant part of the state. FEF provides
opportunities for people to learn about the far-reaching aspects
of Everglades restoration and how this affects life in South Florida |
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West
Palm Beach, FL |
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dedicated
to protecting and restoring the Everglades |
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South
Miami, FL |
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working to protect and restore the waters of North America's most diverse estuary, the Indian River Lagoon, its tributaries, fisheries and habitats through advocacy, enforcement and citizen action |
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Jensen Beach, FL |
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JD
program with clinic in environmental and land use law |
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Fort
Lauderdale / Davie, FL |
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1000
Friends of Florida |
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promotes
healthy urban and natural places by wise management of growth and
change. They educate, advocate, negotiate and, when necessary, litigate
to protect our high quality of life and help citizens have the technical
knowledge and access needed to ensure that public and private decisions
lead to livable communities. Planners, attorneys and community activists
work to protect natural areas, fight urban sprawl, promote sensible
development patterns, and provide affordable housing |
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Tallahassee,
FL |
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dedicated
to the culture, history, and practices of the Seminole tribe |
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Hollywood,
FL |
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undertaken
to help meet the natural system requirements of a healthy Biscayne
Bay and Miami-Dade County, while addressing essential quality of
life characteristics, such as economic development, community character
and infrastructure needs. This 26-month study will culminate in
a plan, a set of recommendations to the Miami-Dade Board of County
Commissioners, and will guide land use planning in South Miami-Dade
County for the next fifty years |
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Miami,
FL |
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offers
J.D. & LL.M./J.S.D. , including a nationally recognized program in Intercultural
Human Rights;, also offers courses in Earth Jurisprudence |
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Miami
Gardens, FL |
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OTHER
REGIONS |
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within the Northwest, providing citizens with the essential leadership for a sustainable culture. In doing so, the region will become a model for the nation. As a strategy, the Center develops programs for (1) citizens who seek to assume a greater leadership role or to increase their capacity and (2) targeted groups where untapped leadership potential exists. Web site includes Law Office Sustainability Tools and the Oregon Lawyers for a Sustainable Future project. |
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Portland, OR |
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a
public foundation that supports a grantmaking program for educational
organizations and school communities, primarily in the San Francisco
Bay Area; convenes networks of its grantees; sponsors projects consistent
with its mission; administers donor-advised funds; and manages a
publishing imprint, Learning in the Real World® |
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Berkeley,
CA |
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provides
free and affordable legal services to community-based groups and
local governments (in Franklin County, PA, and beyond) working to
protect their quality of life and the natural environment through
building sustainable communities. Increasingly, that means teaming
up with people and their municipal representatives to mount campaigns
that challenge the legal clout of corporations to overrule decisions
made by citizens for their communities. |
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Chambersburg,
PA |
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founded
by the Dominican sisters of Caldwell, NJ, a learning center for
Earth studies, including the health of our global commons of air,
water, land and nature, and the health of our local communities
and bioregions; rooted in a spirituality that reverences Earth as
a primary revelation of the divine; offers a variety of residential
and nonresidential programs, including an accredited masters-level
course in Earth Literacy on the 226-acre farm in northwest New Jersey |
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Blairstown,
NJ |
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SELC uses the power of the law to conserve clean water, healthy air, wild lands, and livable communities throughout the Southeast. As the biggest, most powerful environmental organization headquartered in the South, SELC is able to work simultaneously in all three branches of government, and in all six focus states, to comprehensively address the most urgent problems facing the region |
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Charlottesville, VA; Chapel Hill, NC; and Atlanta, GA |
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affirms
Newe (Western Shoshone) jurisdiction over Newe Sogobia (Western
Shoshone homelands) by protecting, preserving, and restoring Newe
rights and lands for present and future generations based on cultural
and spiritual traditions |
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Crescent
Valley, NV |
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founded
by activist Winona LaDuke to facilitate recovery of the original
land base of the White Earth Indian Reservation (home of Ojibwe
/ Anishinaabe), while preserving and restoring traditional practices
of sound land stewardship, language fluency, community development,
and strengthening spiritual and cultural heritage. |
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Callaway,
MN |
Nationally
Focused Organizations |
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UNITED
STATES |
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NAME
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LOCATION |
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environmental
advocacy for the purpose of challenging harmful food production
technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives; pursues litigation
and legal petitions for rulemaking, legal support for various sustainable
agriculture and food safety constituencies, as well as public education,
grassroots organizing and media outreach |
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Washington,
DC and San Francisco, CA |
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hosts
annual conference for scientific and social innovators restoring
the Earth & its communities; conducts programs in conservation
of biological and cultural diversity, traditional farming, ecological
restoration, and economic models founded in social justice |
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Lamy,
NM, and San Francisco, CA |
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dedicated
to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife
of this earth and to defending the right of all people to a healthy
environment. Works in courts and through legislation to enforce
and strengthen environmental laws |
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Oakland,
CA |
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links
science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective
solutions to environmental problems; dedicated to protecting the
environmental rights (to clean air, clean water, healthy food and
flourishing ecosystems) of all people, including future generations |
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New
York, NY |
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works on food safety, agriculture, fisheries, and water rights in a four-pronged effort: public and policymaker education, lobbying, media, and Internet activism.
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Washington, DC |
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develops innovative programs that empower individuals and organizations to protect the Earth; offers seven study guides for small groups. These self-guided discussion courses are held in workplaces, homes, faith centers, neighborhoods, and community centers throughout the nation.
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Portland, OR |
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Shares
news and activities around organic movement, genetic engineering,
health issues, climate, food safety, fair trade, farm issues, and
politics |
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Finland,
MN |
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founded
by a consortium of North American environmental organizations concerned
about the misuse of science in ways that failed to protect the environment
and human health; a leading proponent of the Precautionary Principle
as the basis for environmental and public health policy, and the
effective application of science to protect and restore health |
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Ames,
IA |
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calls
Catholics to a deeper respect for God’s creation and engages
parishes in activities that deal with environmental problems, particularly
as they affect the poor; featuring the Climate Change Justice and
Health Initiative, and the Children's Health and the Environment
Initiative |
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Washington,
DC |
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a grassroots advocacy organization consisting of local Waterkeeper programs dedicated to preserving water from polluters |
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Irvington, NY (visit web site for listing of over 150 local chapters) |
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INDIA |
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founded
by activist Vandana Shiva on behalf of earth democracy and to increase
food security, including food, seed, and water sovereignty |
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India |
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UNITED
KINGDOM |
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national
UK charity linking communities and individuals to legal and technical
expertise to prevent damage to the environment and to improve the
quality for all; provides people with information and advice on
how the law can help resolve environmental problems such as pollution,
development and health. |
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London,
England |
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UK
forum which aims to make the law work for a better environment and
to improve understanding and awareness of environmental law. Its
members are involved in the practice, study or formulation of Environmental
Law in the UK and the European Union. |
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London,
England |
Globally
Focused Organizations |
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uses
education, research and the arts to further the realization of the
Ecozoic Era (based on the work of Thomas Berry); emphasizes critical
reflection, story and shared dream experience as ways of enabling
the creative advance needed to bring into being a new mode of human
civilizational presence, and also discerning the practical steps
leading toward the Ecozoic; dedicated to the principle that we live
in a meaningful, continuously evolving universe. |
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Chapel
Hill, NC |
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uses international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society; provides a wide range of services including legal counsel, policy research, analysis, advocacy, education, training, and capacity building.
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Washington, DC,
and Geneva, Switzerland |
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a collaboration of lawyers and campaigners around the world encouraging, supporting, and tracking enforcement of the law to combat climate change; web site contains information and documents on many of the legal initiatives that have been brought under various legal theories in national and international forums. |
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Signed by 150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the Convention on Biological Diversity is dedicated to promoting sustainable development. Conceived as a practical tool for translating the principles of Agenda 21 into reality, the Convention recognizes that biological diversity is about more than plants, animals and microorganisms and their ecosystems – it is about people and our need for food security, medicines, fresh air and water, shelter, and a clean and healthy environment in which to live. |
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Montreal, Canada |
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branch
of the Gaia Foundation focusing on Earth Jurisprudence in worldwide
legal philosophy |
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London,
England |
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named
after the author of Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People
Mattered; focuses on education to demonstrate that both social
and environmental sustainability can be achieved by applying the
values of human-scale communities and respect for the natural environment
to economic issues, building on a rich tradition often known as
decentralism |
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Great
Barrington, MA |
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originally
developed from a draft created for the UN Earth Summit in Rio de
Janeiro, now a declaration of fundamental principles for building
a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century;
created by the largest global consultation process ever associated
with an international declaration, endorsed by thousands of organizations
representing millions of individuals, the Earth Charter seeks to
inspire in all peoples a sense of global interdependence and shared
responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger
living world. The Earth Charter is an expression of hope and a call
to help create a global partnership at a critical juncture in history.
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Stockholm,
Sweden,
and San Jose, Costa Rica |
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continuing
the work of Earthlight magazine (1988-2005), a seedbed of eco-spiritual
writing, artwork and video
featuring original work and links to the evolving world of earth-inclusive
spirituality |
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Oakland,
CA |
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based
at the Harvard
University Center for the Environment, an international multireligious
project featuring conferences, a broad range of publications, and
web site engaged in exploring religious worldviews, texts, and ethics
in order to broaden understanding of the complex nature of current
environmental concerns; recognizes that religions need to be in
dialogue with other disciplines (e.g., science, ethics, economics,
education, public policy, gender) in seeking comprehensive solutions
to both global and local environmental problems |
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Cambridge,
MA |
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committed
to cultural and biological diversity and a living Earth democracy.
Community initiatives and field projects are supported in Africa,
Asia and Latin America while advocacy and fundraising takes place
mostly in Europe. |
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London,
England |
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works for the global removal of non-human great apes from the category of mere property, and for their immediate protection through the implementation of basic legal principles designed to provide these amazing creatures with the right to life, the freedom of liberty and protection from torture
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Seattle, WA |
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Founded
by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Matthai, includes two branches:
one focusing on Kenya: Environmental Conservation/Tree Planting,
Civic & Environmental Education, Advocacy & Networking,
Pan African Training Workshops, Green Belt Safaris (GBS),
Women for Change (Capacity Building); the other an international
umbrella organization to strengthen the movement in Kenya and share
the program with other countries in Africa and beyond, to empower
Africans, especially women and girls, and nurture their leadership
and entrepreneurial skills, and to advocate internationally for
the environment, good governance, equity and cultures of peace. |
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London,
England; White Plains, NY (US); and Nairobi, Kenya |
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emphasizes
protection of both biological and cultural diversity, moving beyond
single issues to look at the more fundamental influences that shape
lives; working in more than a dozen countries to establish an 'Ancient
Futures Network' to bring together groups and individuals that are
struggling to maintain cultural integrity in the face of economic
globalization, including 'hands on' projects in Ladakh, or 'Little
Tibet', to counter the negative effects of conventional development
in that region. |
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UK,
US, Germany, India, & Sweden |
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being. From 2001 to 2005, the MA involved the work of more than 1,360 experts worldwide. Their findings provide a state-of-the-art scientific appraisal of the condition and trends in the world’s ecosystems and the services they provide, as well as the scientific basis for action to conserve and use them sustainably.
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Online collaboration of authors / media contacts located in Washington, DC, and Nairobi, Kenya |
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a network of citizens and organizations that champions the cause of the commons on many fronts and advances public understanding of the commons and uncovers new strategies for protecting and expanding it through stories, blogs, news, and profiles |
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The
Division for Sustainable Development provides leadership and is
an authoritative source of expertise within the United Nations system
on sustainable development. It promotes sustainable development
as the substantive secretariat to the UN Commission on Sustainable
Development (CSD) and through technical cooperation and capacity
building at international, regional and national levels. The context
for the Division’s work is the implementation of Agenda 21,
the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and the Barbados Programme
of Action for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States. |
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New
York, NY |
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Over
a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty -- the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) --
to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and
to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable. Recently,
a number of nations have approved an addition to the treaty: the
Kyoto Protocol, which has more powerful (and legally binding) measures.
The UNFCCC secretariat supports all institutions involved in the
climate change process, particularly the COP, the subsidiary bodies
and their Bureau. |
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Bonn,
Germany |
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The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest. | |
New
York, NY |
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Women’s Earth Alliance unites women environmental advocates around the world, providing the connections, resources and training they need to foster a thriving planet. |
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San Francisco, CA |
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environmental
think tank that focuses on global challenges to reverse damage to
ecosystems, protect the capacity of ecosystems to sustain life and
prosperity, to expand participation in environmental decisions,
to avert dangerous climate change, and increase people’s access
to information and influence over decisions, and to challenge the
private sector to grow by improving environmental and community
well-being. Maintains EarthTrends,
a comprehensive online database that focuses on the environmental,
social, and economic trends that shape our world. |
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Washington,
DC |
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uses
interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing
to offer a leading source of information on the interactions among
key environmental, social, and economic trends |
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Washington,
DC |
