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Single-Issue Focus Organisations

Single-Issue Focus Organisations

Abolition 2000

Home: USA

Description: Abolition 2000 is an international global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons within a time-bound framework. It is open to all organizations endorsing the Abolition 2000 Statement. The Network aims at providing groups concerned with nuclear issues a forum for the exchange of information and the development of joint initiatives. The Abolition 2000 Network meets once a year and communicates on an ongoing basis via a number of list serves and through conferences, teleconferencing, and periodic mailings.

Geographical focus: Worldwide

Web site language: English

URL: http://www.abolition2000.org/

 

Carbon Credit Exchange

Home: Romania

Description: Provide information how to start "green" project in Romania, and consultancy for the companies that deal with Carbon Credits.

Geographical focus: Central Eastern Europe

Web site language: English

URL: http://carboncreditromania.wordpress.com/

 

World Green Building Council

Home: Canada

Description: The WorldGBC is a union of national Green Building Councils from around the world, making it the largest international organization influencing the green building marketplace. Our mission is to be the global voice for Green Building Councils and to facilitate the global transformation of the building industry towards sustainability.

Geographical focus: Worldwide

Web site language: English

URL: http://www.worldgbc.org/

 

ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation

Home: Netherlands

Description: ECNC provides its expertise to national and regional governments, intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations, the European Commission, the European Environment Agency and the Council of Europe, and to institutions working in financing, land use and research. It works closely together with the NGO community.

Geographical focus: Pan-European

Web site language: English

URL: http://www.ecnc.org/

 

World Resources Institute

Home: USA

Description: WRI is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to put ideas into action. We have over 50 active projects working on aspects of global climate change, sustainable markets, ecosystem protection, and environmentally responsible governance.

Geographical focus: Worldwide

Web site language: English

URL: http://www.wri.org/

 

European Green belt

Home: Serbia

Description: The European Green Belt initiative has the vision to create the backbone of an ecological network that runs from the Barents to the Black sea, spanning some of the most important habitats for biodiversity and almost all distinct bio-geographical regions in Europe.

Geographical focus: Fennoscandia and the Baltics, Central Europe, South Eastern Europe

Web site language: English

URL: http://europeangreenbelt.org/indoor.html

 

European Forest Institute (EFI)

Home: Finland

Description: A forest research network, strengthening and mobilising European forest research and expertise to address policy-relevant needs.

Geographical focus: Pan-Europe

Website language: English

URL: http://www.efi.int/portal/

 

Energy Centre

Home: Hungary

Description: The Energy Centre , an energy-efficiency, environment and energy information agency, is a non-profit company owned by the Hungarian Ministry of Transport, Telecommunication and Energy, and is the national energy agency responsible for improving energy-efficiency and renewable energy utilisation in Hungary.

Geographical focus: Hungary

Website languages: Hungarian, English

URL: http://www.energiakozpont.hu/index.php

 

Energia Klub

Home: Hungary

Description: Founded in 1990, Energia Klub, a 'think and do tank', works on energy and environment-related policy and awareness raising. It also conducts market research and analysis, and maintains a pool of knowledge concerning sustainable energy policy. Energia Klub also carries out pilot projects and offers various educational and training programmes.

Geographical focus: Hungary

Website languages: Hungarian, English

URL: http://www.energiaklub.hu

 

Planet in Focus

Home: Canada

Description: Promoting environmental artistic expression in the forms of film, video and new media to frame and explore environmental and ecological issues as a catalyst for awareness, discussion and engagement.

Geographical focus: Global

Website language: English

URL: http://www.planetinfocus.org

 


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