Social and Environmental Justice: Websites

Environment and Natural Resources - Government of Canada - Weather, climate change, agriculture, wildlife, energy, natural resources, pollution, environmental protection and fishing.

Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks - Government of Ontario - Leading to healthier communities and economic prosperity through protecting Ontario’s air, land and water.

State of the Environment in Ontario 2023 - Special report from the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario.

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment - We unite health professionals and science to confront interconnected environmental and health injustices.

Canadian Environmental Law Association - Founded in 1970, CELA is one of the oldest advocates for environmental protection in the country. With funding from Legal Aid Ontario, CELA provides free legal services relating to environmental justice in Ontario, including representing low-income and vulnerable or disadvantaged communities in litigation. CELA also works on environmental legal education and reform initiatives.

Conservation Ontario - Conservation Ontario is a non-profit association that represents Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities.

Ecojustice - Ecojustice is Canada’s largest environmental law charity. We use the power of the law to: Defend nature, combat the climate crisis, fight for a healthy environment for all, from coast to coast to coast.

First Peoples Law Blog - Latest analysis of Indigenous rights, from the First Peoples Law team.

Environmental Defence - We work with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities. We envision a future where everyone in Canada can live and thrive in a healthy environment—protected for generations to come.

Human Nature Projects Canada - A federally-incorporated not-for-profit organization addressing environmental issues and taking action against it.

Indigenous Climate Action - ICA is an Indigenous-led organization guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors and land defenders from communities and regions across the country. We believe that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and knowledge systems are critical to developing solutions to the climate crisis and achieving climate justice. 

International Development Research Centre - IDRC was established by an Act of Canada’s Parliament in 1970 with a mandate “to initiate, encourage, support, and conduct research into the problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific, technical, and other knowledge to the economic and social advancement of those regions.”

Ontario Nature - Ontario Nature is a charity that has been protecting wild species and wild spaces through education, conservation and public engagement since 1931.

Ontario Resource Centre for Climate Adaptation - ORCCA is here to help Great Lakes communities and other Ontario users better understand, cope, manage, and adjust to changing climatic conditions.

Quebec-Labrador Foundation - With its roots in the Atlantic Region of North America, QLF engages environmental leaders worldwide to advance community-based and larger-scale conservation and stewardship of natural resources and cultural heritage.

Commission for Environmental Cooperation - In 1994, Canada, Mexico and the United States began collaborating in protecting North America’s environment through the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC).

Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice - ANEEJ is a non-government organization whose goal is to amplify the voice of the weak, the less privileged and the marginalized groups in the society including women, youths, and People Living With Disabilities in order to increase their participation in the democratic decision-making process.

Center for International Environmental Law - Since 1989, CIEL has used the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society.

Communities for a Better Environment - Founded in 1978, CBE is one of the preeminent environmental justice organizations in the nation. The mission of CBE is to build people power in California’s communities of color and low-income communities to achieve environmental health and justice by preventing and reducing pollution and building green, healthy and sustainable communities and environments. 

ECOLEX - ECOLEX is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Environment and Society Portal - The Environment & Society Portal is a gateway to open access resources on the human-environment relationship.

Environmental Defense Fund - EDF delivers game-changing solutions that have a real impact for people around the globe. Our vision: A vital Earth. For everyone.

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide - ELAW helps communities speak out for clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet. We are a global alliance of attorneys, scientists, and other advocates collaborating across borders to build a sustainable, just future.

European Environmental Bureau - The EEB is the largest network of environmental citizens’ organisations in Europe. It currently consists of over 190 member organisations in 41 countries, including a growing number of networks, and representing some 30 million individual members and supporters.

Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Institute for European Environmental Policy - Working with stakeholders across EU institutions, international bodies, academia, civil society and industry, our team of economists, scientists and lawyers produce evidence-based research and policy insight.

International Federation of Environmental Health - The Federation works to disseminate knowledge concerning environmental health and promote co-operation between countries where environmental health issues are transboundary. It promotes the interchange of people working in this sector and the exchange of Member's publications of a scientific and technical nature.

International Institute for Environment and Development - IIED works at the intersection of social and environmental justice.

International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. By harnessing the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,400 Member organisations and the input of some 17,000 experts, IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.

Rachel Carson Center - Publications - Open Access journal publications from the RCC.

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme - SPREP is the regional organisation established by the Governments and Administrations of the Pacific charged with protecting and managing the environment and natural resources of the Pacific.

South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme - South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) is an inter-governmental organization, established in 1982 by the governments of South Asia to promote and support protection, management and enhancement of the environment in the region. SACEP member countries are Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Women’s Environment & Development Organization - A global women’s advocacy organization for a just world that promotes and protects human rights, gender equality, and the integrity of the environment.

United Nations Environment Programme - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations’ leading global authority on the environment, driving transformational change on the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature, land and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste.

UN Climate Change - The latest news, updates on action, and documents from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat.

United Nations Conferences on the Environment and Sustainable Development - Links to records from all past UNCESD.

UN The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - The IPCC is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.

UNHRC - Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Healthy Environment - The Human Rights Council established the mandate for the Independent Expert on human rights and the environment in 2012.

UN OHCHR - Sustainable Development Through Human Rights - We advise on achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, with activities ranging from best practice gathering and assessment of legal frameworks to capacity-building and institutional reform.