Our deep appreciation and gratitude is extended to the following institutions, organizations, and governments which have supported START:

Current: (2008-09)

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
Department for International Development (DFID – UK)
ETC Foundation of the Netherlands
European Commission – EuropeAid Co-operation Office (AIDCO)
European Science Foundation (ESF)
German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
International Council for Science (ICSU)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), CANADA
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, USA
National Science Council of Taiwan
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (UKDEFRA)
United States Climate Change Science Program (13 agencies)

• Agency for International Development
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Department of Defense
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
• Department of State
• Department of Transportation
• Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Science Foundation
• Smithsonian Institution
• United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration

World Bank
World Meteorological Organization

Previous:
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
Auburn University, USA
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
David and Lucille Packard Foundation, USA
Japan Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP-AIMES project)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO)
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) JAPAN
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Obayashi Corporation, JAPAN
Rockefeller Foundation, USA
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
United States Agency for International Development
United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
United Nations Development Programme/Global Environment Facility (UNDP/GEF)
United Nations Environment Programme/Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF)
World Bank

World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

Collateral and In-Kind Support
Chinese Academy of Sciences, the People’s Republic of CHINA
Chinese Ministry of the Science and Technology
East-West Center, USA
Chulalongkorn University, THAILAND
Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA
Japan Ministry of the Environment
Kenya Academy of Sciences/University of Nairobi, KENYA
National Research Council, THAILAND
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Physical Laboratory, INDIA
University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFICA
University of Ghana
University of the South Pacific, FIJI