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UNEP Blue Finance
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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Principles for blue economy financing. Connects projects with financial institutions. |
Alternative & Innovative Finance |
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UNEP COBSEA (East Asian Seas)
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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Marine Litter Südostasien. |
Original Top 100 |
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UNEP – Marine Litter & Plastic Pollution
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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Clean Seas Campaign, Plastics Treaty Verhandlungen. |
Original Top 100 |
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UNEP-IETC – Waste Management
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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International Environmental Technology Centre. Waste management in developing countries. Technical assistance, pilot projects. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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UNIDO Chemicals & Waste – Plastic Reboot
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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GEF-implementer. $180M+ under GEF-8 for chemicals & waste. "Plastic Reboot" in South Africa. Circular solutions for plastic packaging in food & beverage. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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World Bank Ghana – Solid Waste
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Greater Accra Clean, Resilient and Inclusive Development (GARID). Plastic waste collection in Accra. |
National/Regional Government |
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World Bank Indonesia – Municipal Waste
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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IBRD loans + grants for waste management improvement. PROBLUE Trust Fund operations in Indonesia. |
National/Regional Government |
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World Bank Plastic Waste Reduction-Linked Bond
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
🕷️ Scrape |
Innovative: bond returns linked to plastic credit issuance from collection/recycling projects in Ghana and Indonesia. Your org's model could qualify for similar instruments. |
Family Offices & Impact Investors |
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World Bank Tanzania
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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Urban development. Waste management component in Dar es Salaam. |
National/Regional Government |
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World Bank Vietnam – Pollution Management
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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Plastic pollution hotspots project. PROBLUE Trust Fund. Technical assistance. |
National/Regional Government |
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World Bank – Problue Trust Fund
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UN & Multilateral |
International Organisations |
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Blue Economy, Marine Pollution. Technische Assistenz. |
Original Top 100 |
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Basel Convention – Plastic Waste Partnership
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UN & Multilateral |
Plastic-Specific Programmes |
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Regulates transboundary movement of plastic waste. Partnership working groups on collection, recycling, prevention. Small grants. |
Plastic Initiatives & Networks |
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Aalborg University – Circular Economy Centre
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Universities & Research |
Danish Universities |
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Strong circular economy research group. Waste management, industrial ecology. Horizon Europe Cluster 6 partner. |
Universities & Research |
1
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Aarhus University – Bioscience / Environmental Science
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Universities & Research |
Danish Universities |
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Marine ecology, environmental monitoring. Arctic/Greenland research connection. |
Universities & Research |
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Copenhagen Business School (CBS) – Sustainability
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Universities & Research |
Danish Universities |
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Circular business models, sustainable value chains. Could partner on CSA (Coordination & Support Action) proposals. |
Universities & Research |
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Copenhagen University – GLOBE Institute
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Universities & Research |
Danish Universities |
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Marine biology, environmental genomics. Microplastics research. |
Universities & Research |
1
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DTU – Aqua (National Institute of Aquatic Resources)
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Universities & Research |
Danish Universities |
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Marine environment research. Marine litter monitoring. Could co-apply for Mission Ocean calls. |
Universities & Research |
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DTU – Technical University of Denmark (Environment)
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Universities & Research |
Danish Universities |
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Leading Danish circular economy research. DTU Sustain, DTU Environment. Plastic waste, recycling technology, life cycle assessment. Natural Horizon Europe partner. |
Universities & Research |
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Roskilde University – ENSPAC
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Universities & Research |
Danish Universities |
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Environment, space & society. Participatory research, community-based approaches. Good fit for citizen science components. |
Universities & Research |
1
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SDU – University of Southern Denmark (Green Tech)
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Universities & Research |
Danish Universities |
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Green technology centre. Plastics recycling research. Life Science & Engineering. |
Universities & Research |
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COST Actions (European Cooperation in S&T)
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Universities & Research |
Global South Universities |
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Networking grants. Join existing COST Actions on circular economy or marine litter. Free to participate, covers travel/meetings. Low effort, high networking value. |
Universities & Research |
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Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF)
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Universities & Research |
Global South Universities |
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Danish national research council. Environment/sustainability calls. Requires Danish PI (university partner). |
Universities & Research |
1
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CSIC (Spain) – Marine Sciences
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Spanish national research council. Mediterranean marine litter research. |
Universities & Research |
1
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Chalmers (Sweden) – Circular Economy
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Strong recycling technology research. Plastics recycling. Interreg Baltic projects. |
Universities & Research |
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Fraunhofer ICT (Germany) – Circular Plastics
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Applied recycling research. Chemical recycling. Industry partnerships. |
Universities & Research |
1
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Ghent University (BE) – Blue Growth
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Marine sciences, blue bioeconomy. Interreg North Sea partner. |
Universities & Research |
1
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Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Greenlandic research. Arctic marine environment. Strategic for NPA projects. |
Universities & Research |
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IFREMER (France) – Marine Research
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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French marine research institute. Major Mission Ocean partner. Marine pollution expertise. |
Universities & Research |
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IIT Bombay / IIT Madras (India)
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Indian Institutes of Technology. Plastic recycling research, waste management. EU-India bilateral cooperation. |
Universities & Research |
1
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ITB – Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia)
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Indonesian engineering university. Waste management, marine technology. |
Universities & Research |
1
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Ilisimatusarfik – University of Greenland
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Only university in Greenland. Small but strategic for Interreg NPA proposals. Arctic waste management. |
Universities & Research |
1
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KTH Royal Institute (Sweden)
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Environmental engineering, water treatment, waste. Interreg partner. |
Universities & Research |
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NTNU (Norway) – Industrial Ecology
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Leading circular economy research in Nordics. Strong on LCA, material flow analysis. Norad-funded projects. |
Universities & Research |
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SINTEF (Norway) – Ocean / Circular Economy
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Applied research institute. Marine technology, waste management, circular economy. €500M+ revenue. Major Horizon Europe participant. |
Universities & Research |
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TERI – The Energy & Resources Institute (India)
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Indian think tank/research. Waste management, circular economy. Major implementing partner for bilateral programmes. |
Universities & Research |
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TU Delft (NL) – Circular Engineering
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Circular product design, recycling technology. Strong engineering focus. |
Universities & Research |
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University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Marine science. Indian Ocean plastic pollution. |
Universities & Research |
1
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University of Ghana – Marine Sciences
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
— |
Marine and fisheries sciences. Plastic pollution in Gulf of Guinea. |
Universities & Research |
1
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University of Helsinki – HELSUS
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Sustainability science. Baltic Sea research. Interreg Baltic partner. |
Universities & Research |
1
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University of Iceland – Marine Research
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Arctic/North Atlantic. Potential partner for Interreg NPA (Greenland connection). |
Universities & Research |
1
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University of Nairobi (Kenya)
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
— |
Environmental studies. Waste management in Kenyan context. |
Universities & Research |
1
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University of Plymouth (UK) – Marine Litter
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
— |
International Marine Litter Research Unit. Leading UK marine litter research. |
Universities & Research |
1
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VITO (Belgium) – Circular Economy
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Flemish research institute. Waste management, circular economy. Horizon Europe partner. |
Universities & Research |
1
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VNU – Vietnam National University
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Environmental science. Plastic pollution research in Vietnamese waters. |
Universities & Research |
1
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Wageningen University (NL) – Environmental Sciences
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Universities & Research |
Nordic Universities |
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Top-ranked environmental research. Marine litter, circular economy, developing country partnerships. Major Horizon participant. |
Universities & Research |
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