Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Climate Change
Energy
Environment
Financing for Development
Science and Technology
Sustainable Development
Financing for Development:
Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Social Development:
Poverty
Social policy
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Information for decision-making and participation
Waste (hazardous)
Waste (solid)
Waste Management
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Belarus
Ecuador
Indonesia
Belgium
Cambodia
United States of America
Argentina
Chile
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Canada
Colombia
Mexico
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
China
Uruguay
Spain
Peru
Republic of Korea
Germany
Netherlands
Senegal
Lebanon
Poland
Philippines
Egypt
Ireland
Costa Rica
India
Brazil
Denmark
France
El Salvador
Bangladesh
South Africa
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2011 |
| Organizational structure: |
GAIA is an international alliance that works both against incinerators and for safe, sustainable and just alternatives.
Our name reflects this dual purpose:
The Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance: Mobilizing grassroots action against the spread of incinerators and other polluting, end-of-pipe waste technologies.
The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives: Building the movement for environmental justice, local green economies, and creative zero waste solutions.
Our members work together in a variety of ways. We share information online and in regional meetings, conduct coordinated campaigns toward common goals, strategize together by participating in international trainings and skillshares, and provide a community of support for each other.
Our strategies are varied and adaptable. We provide technical assistance and strategic campaign advice to members, as well as opportunities for exchange, information resources, and other tools for mobilization in support of positive action in communities around the world. We also encourage advocacy efforts to stop the expansion of the incinerator industry, and support collective action and education campaigns through focused mini-grants and publications.
GAIA's alliance also promotes the development of regional/thematic strategies and globally-coordinated campaigns around issues of cross-border concern. GAIA's Zero Waste for Zero Warming campaign, for example, is advancing safe and effective solutions to the global waste, energy and climate crisis. |
| Number and type of members: |
GAIA continuously works for a just, toxic-free world without incineration with the help of more than 690 grassroots organizations and individuals in over 93 countries.
For individuals and activists engaged in the issue, there are at least two clearly demarcated fronts on which our members get involved
- Continuing to close incinerators, landfills, and other end-of-pipe technologies AND
- promoting Environmentally-safe solutions such as the implementation of Zero Waste. |
| Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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