The Worldwatch Institute is a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. Worldwatch was named as one of the top ten sustainable development research organizations by Globescan Survey of Sustainability Experts.
The Worldwatch Institute helps to inform policymakers and the public about the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems. Research conducted by the Institute is integrative or interdisciplinary in nature and global in scope.[1]
Worldwatch Institute develops and disseminates data, analysis, and strategies to create an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs and confronts the 21st century challenges of climate change, resource degradation, population growth, and poverty.
Worldwatch’s priority programs include:
Building a Low-Carbon Energy System that dramatically reduces the use of fossil fuels and lowers greenhouse gas emissions.
Creating a Healthy Future for Agriculture that provides a healthy, nutritious diet for all while sustaining the land, water, and biological resources on which life depends. Current projects include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded, Nourishing the Planet, a comparative analysis of environmentally sustainable agriculture innovations to alleviate poverty and hunger.
Developing a Sustainable Global Economy that meets human needs, promotes
prosperity, and is in harmony with nature.
Worldwatch also monitors human health, population, water resources, biodiversity, governance, and environmental security.[2]
Worldwatch Institute publications have been published in more than three dozen languages by its global partners in 40 countries.[5] Worldwatch publications include:
Erik Assadourian, Christopher Bright, Zoe Chafe, Ambika Chawla, Amanda Chiu, Robert Engelman, Hilary French, Gary Gardner, Brian Halweil, Yingling Lui, Mia MacDonald, Eric Martinot, Alice McKeown, Danielle Nierenberg, Sandra Postel, Michael Renner, Payal Sampat, Janet Sawin, Molly O'meara Sheehan, and Victor Vovk.
