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The Players & NGOs

Who is shaping environmental action? Browse our comprehensive directory of climate NGOs, leading scientists, activists, and industry stakeholders.

Activists in orange vests stand in front of a double-decker bus, holding banners that read "JUST STOP OIL" during a protest.
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CLIMATE CHANGE - Meet The Key Players & NGOs

Understanding who drives climate action and who hinders it is essential to comprehending global environmental efforts.

This carefully compiled selection offers a helpful directory of the key organisations and forces shaping our planet's future. It offers valuable insight into both the grassroots groups pushing for systemic change and the institutions responsible for policy successes and failures.

The resource covers a broad spectrum of influential actors across society. You can explore global climate NGOs working locally and internationally to protect the environment, alongside high-profile youth-led activist movements like Fridays for Future, Just Stop Oil, and Extinction Rebellion, as well as other grassroots campaigns demanding urgent political change.

It also highlights scientific experts and research institutes that provide rigorous environmental data, while examining the destructive roles of major fossil fuel companies and how political stakeholders respond to the unfolding climate emergency.

Utilising well-researched information gives you valuable guidance on navigating these complex global environmental challenges.

Whether you are looking to advocate, research, or simply stay informed, this tool saves you valuable time while connecting you directly with reliable facts, key NGOs, leading scientists, and critical political contexts.

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Fridays For Future

After protesting outside the Swedish parliament for three weeks over climate inaction, Greta Thunberg initiated Friday school strikes. The #FridaysForFuture movement grew globally, mobilising 1.6 million protesters in over 2,000 cities across 125+ countries to pressure governments into taking urgent, science-based action against global warming and ecological breakdown.

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Extinction Rebellion protesters gather in Hyde Park, London. They carry large colourful flags with the sandtimer XR symbol on.
Flickr | Gerry Popplestone

Extinction Rebellion (XR)

Extinction Rebellion is a UK-born non-violent movement using civil disobedience to influence environmental politics and stop climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and ecological collapse. Despite facing strong opposition, including protest bans, activists held two weeks of street demonstrations urging urgent government action against the existential threat of climate and ecological crisis.

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Activists in orange vests stand in front of a double-decker bus, holding banners that read "JUST STOP OIL" during a protest.
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Just Stop Oil

Just Stop Oil was a controversial UK civil resistance group demanding the government stop licensing new oil and gas projects. Following a severe crackdown featuring heavy fines and jail time for activists, the group ended its disruptive campaign in 2025 after the UK moved to ban new North Sea oil and gas exploration licensing, and thus they achieved their goal.

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