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Contents below:

     · Guides & directories

       · IOs & initiatives outside the UN system

Subpages:

     · United Nations (UN)

       · International financial institutions (IFIs)

         · Government-nongovernment organizations, partnerships & networks

Also see for regional organizations:

     · World, polar & ocean geography

       · Eastern Hemisphere

         · Western Hemisphere  

Guides & directories

Wikipedia

     · List of intergovernmental organizations

     · List of intergovernmental environmental organizations

     · List of supranational environmental agencies

International organizations & initiatives outside the UN system

International Energy Agency (IEA)

International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Climate Change

Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP)

What is an IO/IGO?

"An IGO is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states, or of other intergovernmental organizations. IGOs are established by treaty or other agreement that acts as a charter creating the group. Examples include the United Nations, the World Bank, or the European Union."*

How is an IO/IGO created?

"The term intergovernmental organization (IGO) refers to an entity created by treaty, involving two or more nations, to work in good faith, on issues of common interest."*