Practical Action
We put ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
LAYA
Empowerment of marginalised communities for assertion of their rights and to promote relevant sustainable alternatives at the grassroots level.
Solar Cookers International
Solar Cookers International improves human and environmental health by supporting the expansion of effective carbon-free solar cooking in world regions of greatest need. SCI leads through advocacy, research, and strengthening the capacity of the global solar cooking movement.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an independent think tank championing sustainable solutions to 21st–century problems. Our mission is to promote human development and environmental sustainability. We do this through research, analysis and knowledge products that support sound policy-making. Our big-picture view allows us to address the root causes of some of the… Read More
CliMates
CliMates mobilizes youth and raises awareness, working to raise the voice of youth on climate-related issues.
Landesa
Landesa (Rural Development Institute) is an international non-governmental organization that fights poverty and provides opportunity and security for the rural people living in extreme poverty through the power of land rights. The impacts of secure land rights cut across the spectrum of global development and human rights concerns– from health to economic growth, from women’s… Read More
Italian Climate Network
Italian Climate Network was founded in 2011 with the objective of enforcing the fight against climate change in Italy through consolidated science subjects dissemination and the promotion of climate change issue awareness in society. Through the years the civil society organisation expanded its action, monitoring climate policies (national, European and international levels) and advocating for… Read More
Youth Action for Development (AJED-CONGO)
AJED-Congo grew out of young people’s contributions and engagements with a range of issues including social development, health, poverty and unemployment, education, promotion of human rights, climate change and environmental pollution and the rights of women, indigenous peoples and vulnerable groups in the Republic of Congo. AJED-Congo became observers to the UNFCCC negotiations in 2013,… Read More
Global Forest Coalition
The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples. The coalition participates in international forest policy meetings and advocacy campaigns, including contributions to the Agricultural Work Programme debates at the UNFCCC, and is a key member of the Environmental NGO… Read More
ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy
ENERGIA, hosted by Hivos, seeks new solutions to persistent global issues. ENERGIA works in Africa and Asia with gender and energy networks to build sustainability of energy services and human development opportunities for both women and men. In 2009 ENERGIA co-coordinated an international alliance to include gender considerations and language in the negotiation process towards… Read More