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• General IA

• Participatory Processes

• Global Change

• Climate Change

• Water Resources (Rivers, Wetlands, Coasts, Oceans)

• Ecological Economics

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General IA

Scientific/Academic Institutions and Departments

• • CSERGE: Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment

  • Network for Transdisciplinary Research

  • Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation

  • IIASA: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

  • IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development

  • Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability

  • SEI: Stockholm Environment Institute

  • SENSE: Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment

  • Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University Amsterdam

  • Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

  • CSTM-Twente Centre for Studies of Technology and Sustainable Development (University of Twente)

  • International Institute for Geo-Sciences and Earth Observation (University of Twente)

  • Department of Water Engineering and Management (University of Twente)

  • Institute of Environmental Systems Research (University of Osnabrueck)

  • Warnell School of Forest Resources (University of Georgia)

  • Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute (University of Michigan)

  • SA Centre for Water Management and Reuse (University of South Australia)

  • Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (University of British Columbia)

  • Department of Anthropology (University of North Carolina)

  • Environmental Science and Policy Program (Michigan State University)

  • Department of Geography (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Department of Social and Decision Sciences (Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Research Group for Industrial Ecology, Life Cycle Assessment and Systems Sustainability (University of Maine)

  • The Earth Institute (Columbia University)

  • Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (University of Sheffield)

  • Department of Geography (University of Maryland)

  • Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management Centre (The Australian National University)

  • Centre for Water Science (Cranfield University)

  • Environmental Systems Analysis Group (Wageningen University)

  • Department of Environmental Engineering (Technical University of Denmark)

  • Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science (University of Hamburg)

  • Institute for Environmental & Sustainability Communication (Leuphana University)

  • Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development (University of Pretoria)

  • Department of Economics (Wesleyan University)

  • MultiScale Energy – Environmental Systems Group (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Zuckermann Institute for Connective Environmental Research (University of East Anglia)

  • Department of Science, Technology and Society (Utrecht University)

  • School of Geography, Archeology & Environmental Studies (University of the Witwatersraud)

  • Copernicus Institute (Utrecht University)

  • Pardee Center for International Futures (University of Denver)

  • Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • UFZ – Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle (University of Leipzig)

  • Environmental and Earth Systems Science (Stanford University)

  • Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

  • Sauder School of Business (University of British Columbia)

  • Professorship of Physical Geography (Albert Ludwig University)

  • Faculty of Art and Social Sciences (Maastricht University)

  • Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (University of East Anglia)

  • Center for Social and Development Studies (IGP), Munich

  • Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (University of Twente)

Governmental and Intergovernmental Agencies

• • Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)

  • Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, enables developing countries to gain free access to one of the world’s largest collections of environmental science literature.

  • European Environment Agency (EEA)

  • European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET)

  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • United Nations Division for Sustainable Development

  • The Millennium Project (commissioned by the UN)

  • Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

  • EEA multilingual environmental glossary

Non-governmental Organisations

• • Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists

  • Tool for collecting, managing and citing research sources. Zotoro is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension.

  • The World Future Council is a new voice in the global political arena that draws on shared human values to champion the rights of future generations, and works to ensure that humanity acts now for a sustainable future.

  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

  • European Platform of Women Scientists

  • CIEL – The Center for International Environmental Law

  • ENDA – Environmental Development Action in the Third World

  • EU Center

  • FoEI – Friends of the Earth International

  • Greenpeace International

  • ICLEI – International Council for Local Environment Initiatives

  • IIED – International Institute for Environment and Development

  • Rocky Mountain Institute

  • Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future

  • Third World Network

  • WEDO – Women’s Environment and Development Organization

  • WRI – World Resources Institute

  • WWF – World Wildlife Fund

  • International Association of Impact Assessment

  • Ecologic gGmbH

Consulting

• • • SERI – Nachhaltigkeitsforschungs- und kommunikations GmbH

Projects, consortia and networks

• • Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC)

 

Participatory Processes

Resources

• • The new web portal, Learning for Sustainability, highlights the wide range of networks, forums, processes and social skills needed to support constructive collaboration. The Site includes guides, tools and checklists addressing issues involved in managing multi-stakeholder participation and engagement initiatives.

  • Appropedia: Collaborative solutions in sustainability

  • Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development: Collection of community mapping and participatory GIS multimedia.

  • Framework for Multi-stakeholder Processes (UNED Forum)

  • IAPAD – Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development

  • International Association for Public Participation

  • Participatory Program Evaluation Plan for the Cornell Farmworker Program

  • Participatory Learning and Action

  • Toolkit Citizen Participation

 

Global Change

Organisations

• • GWSP – Global Water Systems Project

  • IHDP – International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

  • START – Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training

Scientific Resources

• • Global Change Master Directory

  • Global Environment Outlook (GEO)

 

Climate Change

International Organisations and Secretariats – Climate Change

• • UNFCCC Secretariat

  • Global Environment Facility

  • IEA – International Energy Agency

  • OECD and Climate Change

  • WMO – World Meteorological Organization

  • WCRP – World Climate Research Programme

International NGOs – Climate Change

• • CICERO – Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo

  • CAN – Climate Action Network

  • Climate Action Network Europe

  • EcoEquity

  • Helio International

  • INFORSE – International Network for Sustainable Energy

  • Pew Center on Global Climate Change

  • Rocky Mountain Institute

  • Trialogue on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Desertification

  • IISD Linkages: Climate and Atmosphere Meetings

Scientific organizations – Climate Change

• • Columbia University’s Earth Institute

  • CIESIN – Center for International Earth Science Information Network

  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

  • International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

  • Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

  • World Climate Research Programme

Water Resources (Rivers, Wetlands, Coasts, Oceans)

• UN Agencies and Intergovernmental Organisations – Water

  • UN Campus UNW-DPC (United Nations University)

  • Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

  • UN Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea (DOALOS)

  • FAO Fisheries

  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

  • International Maritime Organization (IMO)

  • International Network of Basin Organisations

  • IWRM.net: a European-wide exchange Network for improving dissemination of Integrated Water Resources management Research outcomes

NGOs – Water

• • International Rivers Network

  • Oceana

  • Wetlands International

International and Scientific Organisations, Partnerships and Projects

• • Fraser Basin Council, British Columbia, Canada: Experiences in Sustainable River Basin Management.

  • From conflict to collective action: Institutional change and management options to govern trans-boundary water courses German-Israeli-Palestinian research initiative.

  • Modelkey Project: Models for Assessing and Forecasting the Impact of Environmental Key Pollutants on Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

  • Water Footprint Network

  • Building Partners for Development (BPD) in Water and Sanitation

  • Global Water Partnership

  • ICRI – International Coral Reef Initiative

  • International Water Association

  • IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

  • World Water Council

  • IWMI – International Water Management Institute

  • UNESCO-Institute for Water Education (IHE)

  • HarmoniCOP – Harmonising Collaborative Planning

  • NeWater – New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty

 

Ecological Economics

Organisations

• • International Society for Ecological Economics

  • U.S. Society for Ecological Economics

  • European Society for Ecological Economics

  • IIIEE: The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics