Partners
Istituto Oikos Onlus
Istituto Oikos Onlus works with communities to protect soil, water, forests, and wildlife while promoting wellbeing and social inclusion in Italy and abroad. Their four core focus areas are water supply systems, biodiversity, sustainable communities, and climate and energy adaptation and mitigation strategies. Since 1996, Istituto Oikos Onlus has worked on over 300 projects in Italy, Europe, and areas in the southern hemisphere to promote sustainable development. Some of their current projects focus on ecotourism and scientific research internationally in places such as Tanzania, Mozambique, and Myanmar.
***Categories: Communities, Climate, Renewable Energy, Conservation, Equity
National Organizations
Associazione Italiana Economisti Dell'Energia (AIEE)
The Italian Association of Energy Economists (AIEE) is an independent, non-profit organization that unites people who study, promote, and debate clean energy solutions. The organization assists professionals in the energy field by targeting issues within Italian energy policies and advising national and international organizations. AIEE promotes professional networking among energy economists from different countries by organizing seminars and conferences in Italy and abroad. By actively contributing to the progress of the global energy debate, the AIEE has organized over 200 national and international conferences on various energy issues. They also promote training activities and spread awareness on issues and potential solutions in the economic-energy sector. The organization conducts studies, in-depth analyses, and short, medium, and long-term scenarios that form the basis for development strategies, investment evaluations, and commercial energy decisions at global and regional levels.
***Categories: Renewable Energy, Governance, Education, Research
Centro per un Appropriato Sviluppo Tecnologico (CAST)
CAST (Centro per un Appropriato Sviluppo Tecnologico) is an NGO that promotes education for sustainable development and global citizenship that is compatible with the resource and environmental limits of the planet. CAST is also committed to promoting awareness and participation amongst local development dynamics. Their primary focus is renewable energy and ensuring that water, energy, and food are accessible to communities in need. While their main office is in Italy, CAST has also carried out projects in other regions such as Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The organization prioritizes capacity building to ensure people and communities know how they can improve their choices, lifestyles, and consumption patterns. CAST has supplied photovoltaic solar energy and hydroelectric power plants to rural locations around the world. The organization has also trained over 3,000 farmers and fishermen on sustainable agriculture and fishing techniques.
***Categories: Clean Water, Renewable Energy, Climate, Education, Agriculture
Ecoistituto Alto Adige
Ecoistituto Alto Adige is an NGO that develops projects and concepts in areas of environmental education, mobility, climate protection, eco tourism, sustainable lifestyles and a sustainable economy for public and private clients. They are responsible for several projects at a national and international level and provide the public as well as private institutions with professional advice regarding sustainability. They cover a variety of fields, ranging from mobility, climate and energy, to organization of awareness-raising measures. Some of their projects toward climate energy involve education, hosting events, and maintaining their ComuneClima program that assists municipalities with implementing energy and environmental systems in their communities.
***Categories: Sustainable Economies, Clean Energy, Climate Change
Fondazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile
The Sustainable Development Foundation’s main objective is promoting a green economy. They serve as a national and international reference on climate and energy issues and work to stimulate and support the transition of all economic sectors to combat climate change. The foundation analyzes various energy and climate scenarios to support positive environmental policies and to highlight the role that companies have in Italy’s decarbonization process. To achieve their goals, they use methods such as creating and disseminating publications, conducting new studies and research, spreading information through discussions and meetings, and involving institutions and stakeholders. Their focus areas in ecological transition include climate neutrality and transition energy, circular and regenerative economy, green cities and sustainable mobility, and natural capital.
***Categories: Climate, Renewable Energy, Research, Governance, Business
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, promotion of climate change issue awareness in society, and the monitoring and aligning of political choices regarding climate change in Italy. They are a non-profit association created to tackle the climate crisis and ensure a sustainable future for Italy. The Italian Climate Network is working to ensure that climate change becomes a priority in the public debate and occupies a central role in the national political agenda. They are engaged on a daily basis in education, dissemination and advocacy activities. This aims to combine scientific rigor and the ability to address different audiences and collaborate with other associations, local groups, companies and public authorities, both at an Italian and international level.
***Categories: Sustainable Economies, Climate Change, Environmental Education, Public Participation
Kyoto Club
The Kyoto Club is an Italian non-profit organization that opposes climate change with new energy sources. This organization aims to reach EU greenhouse gas reduction targets set by the Kyoto Protocol in addition to the reductions set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. To reach its goals in supporting green, circular economy patterns, Kyoto Club promotes awareness campaigns, spreads information, and trains others to foster energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, waste reduction and recycling, and sustainable agriculture and mobility. Kyoto Club also makes policy proposals to Italian, EU, and UNFCCC decision-makers to try to make institutional decisions more climate friendly.
***Categories: Renewable Energy, Climate, Governance, Business
Legambiente
Legambiente is the most widespread environmental organization in Italy, with its headquarters in Rome, 20 regional branches and more than 115,000 members. They are open to both individuals and companies, and work with them to use scientific environmentalism to form policies and advocate change for local, national and international stakeholders and institutions. They are also part of the Climate Action Network and prioritize climate change in their agenda. Some of their goals include striving for a green, circular economy, engaging communities to be leading actors of change, and improving quality of life for all.
***Categories: Sustainable Economies, Companies, Climate Change, Network Organization
Terra!
Terra! is an environmental association established in 2008 that has been engaged at local, national and international levels in projects and campaigns surrounding the environment and ecological agriculture. Terra! works in a network with associations, committees and civil society organizations to defend natural resources and promote a development model, that ties together the ecological and social, based on respect for ecosystems. They have launched campaigns such as urban agriculture support projects, community training programs, and youth education projects. Their vision is of a society in which the people of a community take action to enhance and defend the resources of their lands, claiming their use for collective purposes and returning its social value back to the environment. This would be a key element of development, to create, together, a universal and adaptable model, applicable on different scales, aimed at the recovery and protection of the land: a sustainable future.
***Categories: Agriculture, Communities, Network Organization, Public Participation, Environmental Education
Transport & Environment
Transport & Environment (T&E) is a politically independent non-profit organization that uses science-based evidence, effective communication, and advocacy to encourage the transition to sustainable energy and transportation sources. The organization is also Europe’s leading clean transport campaign group. In addition to their Italian office which was established in 2017, T&E has national offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, and the UK. T&E’s Italian office aims to accelerate the transition to zero-emissions solutions by addressing and communicating sustainable alternatives to some of the most critical problems faced in the Italian transport system. Throughout their work in changing and influencing laws regarding energy and transportation, T&E has shown their support for transparency and democracy in decision-making at all levels of society.
***Categories: Renewable Energy, Climate, Governance, Education
World Farmers' Organisation
The World Farmers Organisation (WFO) was founded in 2011 with the goal of establishing practices to advance farmers’ livelihoods while combating the world’s crisis. Several international developments, from the global agriculture conversation to nutrition and sustainability, will continue to affect farmers’ wellbeing. The WFO brings together farmers’ organizations and agricultural cooperatives from all over the world to represent their best interests and advocate on their behalf. The WFO abides by the Farmers Route Declaration, which takes a farmers driven approach by promoting farmers’ role in the global political realm to build a more sustainable future for all.
***Categories: Sustainable Farming, Agriculture
National Organizations
