Participating Organisations

Organisation working with women and youth, based out of Jharkhand.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, also known as AIIMS Delhi, is a public medical research university and hospital in New Delhi, India. The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG) is an environmental NGO founded in 1979 by a group of professionals, artists, nature enthusiasts and entrepreneurs in Mumbai who were concerned about the impact of industrial and residential development on the environment and on local populations.

Bose Institute is a public research institute of India and also one of its oldest. The Institute was established in 1917 by Acharya Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, the father of modern scientific research in the Indian subcontinent. Bose was its Director for the first twenty years till his demise.

The Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) is one of India's leading think tanks, with a mission to enrich policymaking with innovative approaches using science and technology for a sustainable, secure and inclusive society.

The Centre for Policy Research is an Indian think tank focusing on public policy. Established in 1973 and located in New Delhi, it is one of the national social science research institutes recognised by the Indian Council of Social Science Research.

An independent research organisation focused on revealing the trends, causes, and health impacts, as well as the solutions to air pollution.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. CSE researches into, lobbies for and communicates the urgency of development that is both sustainable and equitable.

Centre for Sustainable Development, CFSD, a non-profit organisation, was started in the year 2004, with a vision to facilitate participatory and sustainable development processes that would make human settlements equitable living environments.

Chintan environmental research and action group reduces waste and consumption, manages solid and electronic waste and advocates around materials, waste and consumption. It uses waste as a tool to fight poverty, child labour gender based violence and exclusion and climate change, while creating green livelihoods.

With industrialisation and urbanisation after independence, the Socio-cultural identity of the people of Chotanagpur Plateau was being eroded fast. To check this cultural erosion and protect the human rights the people of this region felt the need of formation of a socio–cultural organisation and this need gave birth to C.S.S. in 1968.

Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) is a non-profit, non-political and professional organisation that works towards protecting citizens' rights in consumer and environmental issues and promoting good governance processes including transparency, accountability and participatory decision-making.

Network of concerned citizens and civil society based out of Durgapur, West Bengal working on air quality with a focus on health.

Network of concerned citizens and civil society based in Jharkhand- mainly in Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad- working on air quality with a focus on creating awareness around the issue.

Network of concerned citizens and civil society based in Punjab- mainly in Ludhiana and Amritsar - working on air quality with a focus on creating awareness around the issue.

Climate Trends is a research-based consulting and capacity building initiative that aims to bring greater focus on issues of environment, climate change and sustainable development.

The Conservation Action Trust is a registered non-profit organisation formed to protect the environment, particularly forests and wildlife.

The Council on Energy, Environment and Water, commonly known as CEEW, is a Not-For profit Think Tank and policy institution based in New Delhi, India. CEEW was formed to provide independent research-based insights to policymakers for building a sustainable India.

EcoSikh connects Sikh values, beliefs, and institutions to the most important environmental issues facing our world.

Environmental Defense Fund or EDF is a United States-based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health, and advocates using sound science, economics and law to find environmental solutions that work.

An impact-driven start up committed to transform the lives of individuals and communities for an equitable and inclusive world.

Green planet society is a non profit NGO which works for saving environment (forest,wild life) in Chandrapur, Maharashtra

Greenpeace India is the Indian branch of the global environmental group Greenpeace, a non-profit NGO, with a presence in 55 countries.

Hasiru Dala, which means Green Force, is a social impact organisation that works with waste pickers and other waste workers to ensure a life with dignity.

Health Effects Institute (HEI)is a nonprofit corporation chartered in 1980 as an independent research organisation to provide high-quality, impartial, and relevant science on the health effects of air pollution.

The International Council on Clean Transportation is an independent nonprofit organisation, providing technical and scientific analysis to environmental regulators.

LIFE is a national level public interest environmental law group which applies a unique combination of law, science and advocacy to protect biodiversity hotspots, flora and fauna, clean up air and water and protect vulnerable communities while ensuring that India adopts and implements a low carbon path of development and strengthening climate resilience.

Lung Care Foundation (LCF) was established in 2015 as a not-for-profit organisation, dedicated for the cause of promoting “Lung Health” in India. By preventing lung diseases through Education, Research and providing state of the art clinical care accessible to all.

The National Institute of Urban Affairs is an institute for research, training and information dissemination in urban development and management in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1976 as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act.

NRDC is an international organisation which works to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. They combine the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.

Open Philanthropy is a research and grantmaking foundation that makes grants based on the doctrine of effective altruism.

Parisar is an NGO working in the field of environmental awareness, education and action since its formation in the early 1980s. Its area of interest spreads across a wide range of subjects from nature conservation to sustainable development, in fact everything that affects our ability to live on the earth- the air, the water, the quality of land- all that which contributes to our healthy planet and in turn healthy life.

PLUC #LetMeBreathe is India's largest pollution storytelling community. With hundreds of creators telling stories on pollution, climate change and liveability.

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public private initiative that has collaboratively evolved through consultations with multiple constituencies including Indian and international academia, state and central governments, multi & bi-lateral agencies and civil society groups. PHFI is a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health.

Purpose moves people to remake the world. Building and supporting movements to advance the fight for an open, just, and habitable world.

Poovulagin Nanbargal (Friends of the Earth) is an environmental organisation based in Tamil Nadu, India. It spearheaded a legal battle against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. Poovulagin Nanbargal started in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in the late 1980s.

Restless Development India has been working with partners from Government to businesses to support young people and their communities for over 30 years. We currently have a focus on securing brighter futures for young women and girls.

Sattva Consulting is a mission-driven organisation focused on impact. It researches and advises, implements and monitors programmes, designs and delivers scalable solutions for sustainable impact.

Sensing Local is an ‘Urban Living Lab’ based in Bengaluru; a site for city observation, learning and innovation with a specific focus on improving the state of environment and public health.

Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation seeks to facilitate India’s transition to a sustainable energy future by aiding the design and implementation of policies in the following areas: clean power, energy efficiency, sustainable urban transport, climate change mitigation and clean energy finance.

Ensure delivery of public service programs to the last mile. Swaniti works with several state governments, Hon’ble Members of Parliament, and multilateral organisations to strengthen the policy-making processes and institutionalise better strategies for the implementation of schemes.

SwitchON Foundation, registered as the Environment Conservation Society, has grown as a dynamic, award-winning not-for-profit, working across four major verticals – Clean Energy, Climate Smart Agriculture, Skilling and Just Transition & Environment and Climate Change.

CSIR-NEERI strives to provide innovative and effective solutions for environmentally sustainable development and to help Government, industry and the society, especially the 800 million underprivileged people of India.

The India Climate Collaborative (ICC) is based out of Mumbai and. ICC is first-of-its-kind collaborative platform aimed at scaling-up philanthropies’ efforts to combat climate change in India. The ICC recognises the opportunity for India to engage on climate change deeply while prioritising vulnerable communities, who are often ignored in the climate discussion.

UrbanEmissions.Info shares knowledge on air pollution, conducts science based air quality analysis, advocacy and awareness raising on air quality management and also building partnerships among local, national, and international air-heads.

Organisation working on agricultural issues, based out of Jharkhand

Respirer Living Sciences is driven by the vision to improve citizens' quality of life through data democratisation and participatory urbanism.

Vital Strategies is reimagining public health, working for a world where everyone, everywhere is protected by equitable and effective public health systems.

Waatavaran, a Mumbai-based NGO works hyper-locally to slow down climate change and its impact on vulnerable communities. They believe in nurturing the symbiotic relationship that co-exists between humans and nature to create a climate just habitable environment for everyone.

The World Resources Institute is a global research non-profit organisation established in 1982. WRI's activities are focused on seven areas: food, forests, water, energy, cities, climate and ocean.

A youth-led climate movement educating and mobilising youth to make climate justice a priority for people and politics across India with a vision to build a sustainable, equitable, and resilient future for all.