Our Mission

To respond to the combined challenges of security, poverty and environmental degradation to ensure a sustatinable and secure future More >>>  

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"I'd say the chances are about 50-50 that humanity will be extinct or nearly extinct within 50 years. Weapons of mass destruction, disease, I mean this global warming is scaring the living daylights out of me.”

Ted Turner
Green Cross International Honorary Board Member

Mikhail Gorbachev on the importance of water

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Green Cross International Founding President Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the importance of water to human life, agriculture and the planet.




 

Smart Water for Green Schools expanding in Ghana, Bolivia

swgs-girl-1The Green Cross Smart Water for Green Schools campaign is expanding in Ghana and Bolivia, and we are working to spread this project to other countries, in doing so providing more safe drinking water and sanition to communities in need. Read our updated background document.
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Sir David King: Climate change, Rio+20 and protecting humanity

david-king-1New video with leading scientist and Climate Change Task Force member Sir David King discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the world in face of global warming and population growth and the importance of the Rio+20 conference in June 2012.
 

Awards

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Green Star Awards

Green Cross International has teamed with the UN Environment Programme and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to create the Green Star Awards, which recognize those who have made remarkable efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to environmental emergencies around the world.

Publication

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Water in Argentina

Green Cross Argentina has released its new study detailing how the water crisis is playing out in the South American country.

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Gorbachev op-ed

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A Farewell to Nuclear Arms

Mikhail Gorbachev marks the 25th anniversary of his Reykjavik nuclear summit with Ronald Reagan with a wide-ranging op-ed on the achievements and challenges for making the world nuclear-free. Op-ed in...

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Our Partners

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  • House of Water and EnvironmentHouse of Water and Environment
    The House of Water and Environment (HWE) is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO established in 2004. The goal of HWE is to promote practical research into the current and future state of water resources and the environment in Palestine and across the region. In achieving such goals, the HWE works to ensure that the Palestinians receive a just allocation of water and sanitation services, to help develop negotiations skills for addressing the Palestinian water rights, and encourages participatory approaches in the socio-economic dimension of its activities in order to help improve living standards and poverty alleviation.