Climate Action Networks and Organizations
- 100 Resilient cities – Rockefeller Foundation initiative dedicated to helping cities around the world become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century
- org -network of grassroots activist groups advocating for clean energy and opposing new coal, oil, and gas projects
- C40 – network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change.
- Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance – A collaboration of international cities committed to achieving aggressive long-term carbon reduction goals
- Cocoa Action Foundation – voluntary industry-wide strategy that aligns the world’s leading cocoa and chocolate companies, origin Governments, and key stakeholders on regional priority issues in cocoa sustainability
- Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy – thousands of local and regional European authorities who have voluntarily committed to implementing EU climate and energy objectives on their territory
- Covenant of Mayors for Sub-Saharan Cities – European Commission initiative to support African cities in gaining access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy and adapting to the effects of climate change by providing a platform to share knowledge and best practices.
- EUROCITIES – network of major European cities
- Farmer Income Lab – A collaborative think-do-tank, founded by Mars Incorporated, that focuses on building global agricultural supply chains that work for farmers and for business.
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Network of Canadian municipal government representing 90 per cent of Canada’s municipal population
- Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy – international alliance of cities and local governments with a shared long-term vision of promoting and supporting voluntary action to combat climate change and move to a low emission, resilient society
- ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 1,500 cities, towns and regions committed to building a sustainable future
- Mayor’s Adapt – launched in 2014, network of signatory European cities who voluntarily commit to anticipating and preparing for the inevitable impacts of climate change
- One Planet Cities – WWF program to support the creation and development of cities that enable all people to thrive and prosper while respecting the ecological limits of our one and only planet
- Our Children’s Trust – NGO leading legal campaign for a stable climate future
- Partners for Climate Protection Network – network of Canadian municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) and to acting on climate change.
- Reclaim Power – collaboration between movements, local groups, networks, and NGOs focusing on the links between energy and climate
- Renewable Thermal Alliance – Private-public alliance seeking to harness renewable energy sources to provide heating and cooling services for space heating and cooling, domestic hot water, process heating, and cooking.
- Sunrise Movement – network of youth organizing around stopping climate change and creating clean energy jobs
- Under2 Coalition – group of governments, 205 jurisdictions representing 43 countries and six continents, committed to combating climate change
- United States Conference of Mayors – the official non-partisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,408 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.
- Urban Sustainability Directors Network– peer-to-peer network of local government professionals from cities across the United States and Canada dedicated to creating a healthier environment, economic prosperity, and increased social equity
- YOUNGO – or “Youth NGOs” is the mechanism by which the world’s youth can provide input into the deliverations of the UNFCCC.