Today’s unprecedented international integration and mobility are making the world much smaller and easier to reach out to, but also expanding and aggravating many regional problems and creating new global concerns. Learn more about the social, political, health, environmental, and economic issues that affect us all.
GENERAL RESOURCES
- Millennium Development Goals
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- Conservation International
- Friends of the Earth
- International Institute for Environment and Development
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
DEMOCRACY, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
- The Carter Center Democracy Program
- The International Institute for Democracy and Electorial Assistance
- National Endowment for Democracy
- The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)
GLOBAL HEALTH
- World Health Organization
- Global Health Council
- The Office of Global Health
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
HUMAN RIGHTS
- Universal Rights
- Amnesty International
- The Carter Center Human Rights Program
- Human Rights Education Library
- Human Rights Watch
- United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR)
MICROFINANCE AND POVERTY RELIEF
PEACE, GLOBAL SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
- ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Global Security Institute
- Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
SUSTAINABILITY
- Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform
- The Earth Charter Initiative
- Sustainable Communities Online
- Global Reporting Initiative