environment
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Food and Climate Consulting
Food and Climate offers development consultancy services in food and hunger policy advice, capacity building, advocacy strategy and international project management. We specialize in international food security governance, rights based approach and access to natural resources (biodiversity, land, seeds). We are experienced in bringing together partnerships of civil society, NGOs, United Nations Agencies, donors and governments.
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norwegian: Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet, NMBU) is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located at Ås in Viken, near Oslo, and at Adamstuen in Oslo.
Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MISSION
We build partnerships to synergize and sustain excellence in the interdisciplinary research, teaching, and service that make the University of Wisconsin-Madison a world leader in addressing environmental challenges.
VISION
We strive to create sustainable communities across complex institutional landscapes for enhancing the quality of life and the environment in Wisconsin and the world.
CORE VALUES
The Nelson Institute:
Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
NMBU's mission is to contribute to the well-being of the planet. Our interdisciplinary research generates innovations in food, health, environmental protection, climate and sustainable use of natural resources.
About NMBU
NMBU's research is enabling people all over the world to tackle the big, global challenges regarding the environment, sustainable development, how to improve human and animal health, renewable energy sources, food production, and land- and resource management.
Independent Science and Partnership Council
The Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) is a part of the CGIAR, a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for sustainable development with its funders. Our overall goal is to determine the major threats to meeting the food production needs of the future and to define the research agenda that will provide solutions to the major long-term problems facing our world: hunger and poverty; nutrition and health; rural livelihood and inequity; and the environmental sustainability of tomorrow's food system.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Mission
The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
Heinrich Böll Foundation
The Heinrich Böll Foundation
- is a catalyst for green visions and projects, a
- think tank for policy reform, and an international network
- is closely affiliated to the German Green Party
- promotes the development of democratic civil society at home and abroad
- defends equal rights and equal opportunities regardless of gender, sexual orientation,
- religion, ethnicity, or nationality
The Samdhana Institute
The Samdhana Institute - An Asian Center for Social and Environmental Renewal
Our Purpose
The Samdhana Institute works to:
- Offer opportunities as well as support for individuals and groups to remove themselves from their immediate environment and reflect upon and communicate their experience and ideas.
- Enhance and enrich understanding of innovative approaches to sustainable resource management and broaden options for local communities.
Intercooperation Social Development India
We are a non-governmental not for profit organisation in India. Intercooperation Social Development India (also known as ICSD, IC India) adds value to the development efforts of poor and disadvantaged people and communities, and contributes to continuous improvements of their economic, social and ecological situation. We strive to reduce poverty and socio-economic disparities by enhancing livelihood opportunities through efficient utilization of natural resource and community empowerment, especially that of women.
We work on three broad thematic domains:
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.