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Major Groups Directory |
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The major groups organizations directory provides the profiles of civil society organizations that are engaged in the work of UNEP. These organizations are either accredited to UNEP Governing Council, participated in previous Global Civil Society Forums (GCSF) or work with one or several UNEP divisions, regional offices or out-posted offices. If this is the case of your organisation, please register your profile to be included in the directory. |
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| Name | Geographical Scope | CSO Type | Areas Of Expertise | ||
| Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) | Global |
Women |
Institutional strengthening Poverty and environment Food security and environment Forests Gender Agriculture |
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| World Business Council for Sustainable Development | Global |
Business and Industry |
Advocacy Forests Trade and environment Climate change Poverty and environment Institutional strengthening |
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| World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) | Global |
Children and Youth |
Education and awareness raising Gender Health and environment Food security and environment Advocacy |
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| Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) | Global |
Women |
Renewable energy Governance Sustainable development plans Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Climate change Human rights Health and environment Other Trade and environment Advocacy Education and awareness raising Gender |
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| Woods Hole Research Center | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Climate change Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity |
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| World Toilet Organization | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Health and environment Advocacy Pollution Waste management Environmentally sound technologies Sanitation Education and awareness raising |
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| Worldwatch Institute | Global |
Other |
Agriculture Sustainable consumption and production patterns Food security and environment Environmental emergency preparedness and response Urban environment Climate change Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Freshwater resources Oceans and seas and coastal areas Governance Other Renewable energy Post-conflict assessment Data collection, analysis and monitoring Information Education and awareness raising |
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| World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office | Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania (United Republic of), Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Children and Youth |
Information Forests Agriculture Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Health and environment Education and awareness raising Sanitation Gender Climate change Governance Food security and environment Other Environmental emergency preparedness and response Advocacy Desertification, drought and land degredation |
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| WECF | Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Climate change Sustainable consumption and production patterns Education and awareness raising Agriculture Sustainable development plans Renewable energy Information Air quality Waste management Human rights Food security and environment Advocacy Gender Chemicals Sanitation Poverty and environment Health and environment |
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| Women Empowerment Literacy and Development Organization | Global |
Women |
Institutional strengthening Renewable energy Education and awareness raising Air quality Poverty and environment Agriculture Sustainable consumption and production patterns Environmentally sound technologies Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Forests Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Trade and environment Climate change Sustainable development plans |
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| World Resources Institute | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Trade and environment Poverty and environment Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Sustainable development plans Oceans and seas and coastal areas Forests Education and awareness raising Data collection, analysis and monitoring Institutional strengthening Freshwater resources Environmentally sound technologies Desertification, drought and land degredation Climate change Urban environment Indigenous issues Governance Renewable energy Air quality Information |
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| World Harmony Foundation | Global |
Business and Industry |
Climate change Education and awareness raising |
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| WHALE Center | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Conservation of wetlands Food security and environment Forests Environmental emergency preparedness and response Desertification, drought and land degredation Freshwater resources Oceans and seas and coastal areas Climate change Health and environment |
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| World Youth Foundation | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Waste management Trade and environment Climate change Urban environment Renewable energy Tourism and environment Poverty and environment Information Education and awareness raising Sustainable development plans Health and environment Oceans and seas and coastal areas Environmentally sound technologies Environmental emergency preparedness and response Governance |
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| Water Environment Federation (WEF) | Global |
Business and Industry |
Trade and environment Education and awareness raising Advocacy Environmentally sound technologies Information |
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| WBCSD | Switzerland |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Air quality Health and environment Chemicals Sustainable development plans Advocacy Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Climate change Forests |
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| WWF International | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Multilateral environmental agreements Air quality Sustainable consumption and production patterns Poverty and environment Advocacy Indigenous issues Sustainable development plans Governance National environment law Institutional strengthening |
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| Women and Environment Movement | Suriname |
Women |
Gender Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Desertification, drought and land degredation Indigenous issues Forests Advocacy Poverty and environment Conservation of wetlands Health and environment Environmentally sound technologies Food security and environment |
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| Women in Europe for a Common Future | Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
Women |
Education and awareness raising Environmentally sound technologies Governance Agriculture Poverty and environment Health and environment Advocacy National environment law Freshwater resources Climate change Sustainable consumption and production patterns Chemicals Institutional strengthening Gender Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species |
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| World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Advocacy Sustainable development plans Human rights Institutional strengthening Data collection, analysis and monitoring Other Information Multilateral environmental agreements Governance Education and awareness raising |
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| World Future Council | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Sustainable consumption and production patterns Climate change Renewable energy Institutional strengthening Information Health and environment National environment law Urban environment Economics Agriculture Advocacy Indigenous issues Forests Human rights Governance Oceans and seas and coastal areas Desertification, drought and land degredation Waste management Food security and environment Environmentally sound technologies |
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| Women International Coalition Organisation (WICO) International | Global |
Women |
Renewable energy Poverty and environment |
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| World Chlorine Council | Global |
Other |
Advocacy Chemicals |
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| World Organisation of the Scout Movement (World Scout Movemet) | Global |
Children and Youth |
Advocacy Human rights Governance Food security and environment Education and awareness raising |
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| WasteWise Ghana | Ghana |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Indigenous issues Data collection, analysis and monitoring Climate change Poverty and environment Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity National environment law Waste management Multilateral environmental agreements Environmentally sound technologies Education and awareness raising Conservation of wetlands Sustainable development plans Urban environment Health and environment |
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| WOMEN ENVIROMENTAL CONSERVATION PROJECT | Uganda |
Women |
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Gender |
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| World Organization of the Scout Movement | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Health and environment Climate change Education and awareness raising Human rights Food security and environment Desertification, drought and land degredation Sustainable development plans |
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| World Harmony Foundation | Global |
Other |
Information Freshwater resources |
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| WORKSAFE | United States of America |
Workers and Trade Unions |
Institutional strengthening Other |
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| WORLD INFORMATION TRANSFER | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Climate change Health and environment Other Food security and environment Education and awareness raising Chemicals Information Renewable energy |
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| Wetlands Conservation and Development Group | China (People's Republic of ) |
Children and Youth |
Conservation of wetlands Sustainable development plans |
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| Wildlife Watch Group | Nepal |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Education and awareness raising Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species |
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| Water Advocates | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Sustainable development plans Freshwater resources Urban environment Health and environment Education and awareness raising Information Gender Poverty and environment Advocacy Other Sanitation Governance |
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| www.fundacionglobalaire.org | Mexico |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Urban environment Information |
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| World Water Council | France |
Professional organizations |
Freshwater resources Advocacy |
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| WIDOWS WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUP | Kenya |
Women |
Poverty and environment Food security and environment |
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| World Corps Kenya | Kenya |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Data collection, analysis and monitoring Poverty and environment Information Sustainable development plans Climate change Renewable energy Agriculture Indigenous issues Desertification, drought and land degredation |
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| World Future Council | Global |
Other |
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Governance Economics National environment law Agriculture Sustainable development plans Institutional strengthening Forests Advocacy Education and awareness raising Other Human rights Trade and environment Climate change Food security and environment Poverty and environment Urban environment Renewable energy |
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| World Phosphate Institute | Global |
Business and Industry |
Advocacy Chemicals Waste management Food security and environment Agriculture Sustainable consumption and production patterns Environmentally sound technologies |
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| Women Development program | Bangladesh |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Advocacy Climate change |
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