Global Action
Millions of people have supported international campaigns to influence national governments, international organisations like the United Nations and multinational corporations, investment funds and banks.
This page lists some of the major campaign organisations.
GLOBAL | Link | Theme |
|---|---|---|
Greenpeace: campaign for sustainable fishing including their Tuna campaign
| http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/fit-for-the-future/tuna/ | FOOD |
United Nations: Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform on Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements to �make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable� | https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sustainablecities | HOUSING |
The Story of Stuff: Short film which discusses consumption in capitalist societies. It has now developed as a global community who campaign on environmental and social issues | http://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff/ | ENERGY AND CONSUMPTION |
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) climate and energy blog: Renewable energy sector employment | http://climate-energy.blogs.panda.org/2015/05/25/with-9-2-million-employed-by-renewable-energy-is-the-jobs-myth-finally-bust/ | EMPLOYMENT |
United Nations: Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform on Sustainable Transport to tackle the transport sector which is responsible for one quarter of energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. | https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sustainabletransport | TRANSPORT |
350.org: global organization campaigning to keep carbon in the ground and build a more equitable low-carbon economy | http://350.org/ | ENERGY AND CONSUMPTION |
Leave it in the ground campaign (LINGO) encourages people around the world to join the resistance against fossil fuel extraction | http://leave-it-in-the-ground.org/join-extraction-resistance/ | ENERGY AND CONSUMPTION |
United Nations: Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform: on why regional and national policies are required to ensure production and consumption is sustainable | https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sustainableconsumptionandproduction | ENERGY AND CONSUMPTION |
Global Food Waste (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation): Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction | http://www.fao.org/save-food/resources/keyfindings/en/ | FOOD |
World Wildlife Fund (WWF): working with major companies to ensure that agriculture is produced and processed in a sustainable manner | http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/agriculture/ | FOOD |
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: Clean Energy Website | http://newsroom.unfccc.int/clean-energy/ | ENERGY AND CONSUMPTION |
Green Schools Alliance (GSA): international organization of sustainable schools that supports its members to set and meet individual and collective sustainability goals. | http://www.greenschoolsalliance.org/about | EDUCATION |
Sustainable Food Trust: UK organisation exploring solutions for a food production system that causes the least possible harm to both humans and the environment | http://sustainablefoodtrust.org/about-us/ | FOOD |
BreakFree Movement: taking direct action to break free from fossil fuels | https://breakfree2016.org/ | ENERGY AND CONSUMPTION |
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