International Environmental Law: Organizations
Identifying NGOs, IGOs and Other Organizations
United Nations
- Global Issues on the UN AgendaIncluding:
Atomic Energy
Climate Change
Oceans and the Law of the Sea
Water
European Union
- EU by TopicSee summary of EU activity, links to relevant bodies, laws and documents:
• Agriculture
• Climate Action
• Energy
• Environment
• Food Safety
• Maritime affairs and fisheries
• Trade
• and other topics - Summaries of EU Legislationby topic:
• Energy
• Development
• Environment & Climate Change
• External Trade
• Maritime Affairs & Fisheries
• and others
More Organizations
- IUCN, International Union for Conservation of NatureIUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organisation, with almost 1,300 government and NGO Members and more than 15,000 volunteer experts in 185 countries. IUCN holds official UN observer status in the United Nations General Assembly and has expertise in conservation issues.
Specialized Databases
- ECOLEXThe ECOLEX database includes information on treaties, international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical guidance documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature. Users have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information about each document, as well as to the full text of most of the information provided.
Operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP. - Law & Environment Ontology (LEO)LEO aims to provide an agreed to semantic standard for any institution or organization that collects and manages data, information and knowledge in the field of Environmental Law and Governance.
- Business & Human Rights Resource CentreTracks the human rights policy and performance of over 6000 companies in over 180 countries, making information publicly available.
SEARCH or BROWSE ISSUES (e.g. Climate Justice, Natural Resources and more).