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The COP15 host country, Government of Denmark
COP15 refers to the 15th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-18 December 2009. COPs have been held annually since the UNFCCC entered into force in 1994. At COP15 this year, the parties are due to conclude negotiations on the future of the Kyoto Protocol.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida is an authority under the jurisdiction of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida has three main functions. Firstly, to suggest strategies and policies for Swedish development cooperation at the request of the government, secondly to implement strategies and manage contributions, and thirdly to participate in Sweden’s advocacy work and dialogue with other countries and international organisations.
WWF's Mission Statement: To stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by:
- conserving the world's biological diversity
- ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable
- promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
MTV was launched as a music video channel in 1981 and is the world's leading media network for popular and youth culture. MTV's global climate change campaign, SWITCH, partners with Internews on the Element series. This programming is deployed across the array of MTV's TV and digital platforms to inspire viewers to engage in global issues.
The World Bank was established in 1944 as one of the Bretton Woods Institutions. Its main challenge is to reduce global poverty. In doing so, the World Bank addresses global challenges "in ways that advance an inclusive and sustainable globalization - that overcome poverty, enhance growth with care for the environment, and create individual opportunity and hope." One of the key strategic themes that drive their efforts is delivering knowledge and learning services.
The Italian Ministry of Environment and the Protection of Territory and Sea
Italy's Ministry of Environment is actively engaged in environmental education and sustainable development. It focuses particularly on the promotion of public awareness, aiming to encourage consciousness of environmental matters and behaviour. Stefania Prestigiacomo is Italy's Minister of Environment.
The V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation was founded in 1991 and has laid emphasis on environmental grant making ever since. This includes funds to strengthen environmental research and education, and to advance the involvement of an informed public in environmental decision making. They seek to accentuate cooperation across disciplines and among people and institutions in all of their grants.
The Edgerton Family Foundation
The Edgerton Family Foundation mostly funds imaginative programs in a variety of fields. The late Harold "Doc" Edgerton was a prominent MIT professor, inventor of the strobe light, and took iconic photographs using strobe (such as the milk drop coronet, and the bullet through the apple). He was also a founder of EG&G, Inc, a science-based company. He and his wife Esther established the foundation. Throughout their lives the Edgertons founded many projects, including the Edgerton Research Vessel and the Edgerton Explorit Center.
TckTckTck is an unprecedented global alliance of non-government organizations, trade unions, faith groups and people like you-all calling for an ambitious, fair and binding climate change agreement.
The Global Canopy Programme is an alliance of 37 scientific institutions in 19 countries, which lead the world in forest canopy research, education and conservation. Our work programmes all aim to define and explore the range and economic value of forest ecosystem services and to share our findings with decision-makers in Government and finance. Time is not on our side as the conversion of ancient forests proceeds apace worldwide. Policy and positive incentive mechanisms based on sound science must urgently be developed to preserve these vital 'eco-utilities' for humanity.
Flip Video Spotlight is a program of Pure Digital Technologies that was started in 2007. It enables qualified non-profit and non-governmental organizations to affordably use Flip Video camcorders as a mechanism to emphasize the need for their services, to communicate better with their donors, and to broadcast their accomplishments worldwide.
International Media Support (IMS) is a non-profit organisation working with media in countries affected by armed conflict, human insecurity and political transition. In more than 30 countries worldwide, IMS helps to strengthen professional practices and ensure that media and media workers can operate under challenging circumstances.
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
The GFMD is a membership network of media development organisations established to create a platform for media development practitioners to interact with each other as well as with donors, governments, policy makers. The GFMD's main mandate is to promote recognition of the importance of free, independent, pluralistic and viable media to human and economic development. It promotes common standards among media assistance organisations and is creating a real community of media development practitioners. The GFMD process started at the first ever international meeting of media development groups in Amman in 2005; it was launched as a membership network at the GFMD World Conference in Athens in December 2008 and currently has some 120 organisations from 80 countries in membership.
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) advances human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. CIFOR is one of 15 centres within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). CIFOR's headquarters are in Bogor Indonesia. For more information, please visit http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/
The UN Foundation serves as an advocate for the UN and a platform for connecting people, ideas, and capital to help the UN solve global problems. The UNF builds partnerships, grows constituencies, mobilizes resources and advocates policy changes to suppor the UN's workd for individual and global progress. Its work focuses on select global problems - in reducing child mortality, improving disaster relief, protecting diverse cultures and environments, empowering women and girls, creating a clean energy future and slowing hte rate of global climate change and improving US-UN relations.
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