The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is a market catalyst for clean energy in developing countries and emerging markets. In this role, it acts as a funder, information provider and connector for up-scaling clean energy business models. REEEP has supported more than 180 clean energy projects in 58 countries and together with REN21 operates www.reegle.info, the leading clean energy information portal. Its 198 country energy profiles draw information from Linked Open Data sources and package it all together in user-friendly, easily-digestible dossiers.
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The organization functions as a unique partnership to reduce poverty and supplement development.
The World Bank Group has set two goals for the world to achieve by 2030:
World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
In the 21st century, health is a shared responsibility, involving equitable access to essential care and collective defence against transnational threats.
Established in 1948, IRF is a membership-based organisation, representing leading corporate and institutional players drawn from the road infrastructure sector worldwide. Its mission is to promote the development of roads and road networks that enable access and sustainable mobility for all. Its approach is centred on three key strategic components:
1. Knowledge transfer & information sharing;
2. Connecting people, businesses and organisations;
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and its predecessors have helped countries around the world meet their economic, social and environmental challenges for more than 50 years.
DESA’s mission – to promote development for all – reflects a fundamental concern for equity and equality in countries large and small, developed and developing.
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international network for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry.
We cover all modes of public transport: metro, bus, light rail, regional and suburban rail, and waterborne transport.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an autonomous organisation which works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 28 member countries and beyond.
Founded in response to the 1973/4 oil crisis, the IEA’s initial role was to help countries co-ordinate a collective response to major disruptions in oil supply through the release of emergency oil stocks to the markets.
WWF is one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. It is an independent foundation registered under Swiss law. WWF is a global organization acting locally through a network of over 90 offices in over 40 countries around the world. On-the-ground conservation projects managed by these offices are active in more than 100 countries. The central secretariat for the network (called WWF International) is located in Gland, Switzerland.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.