Bellona

Founded in 1986, Bellona is a non-governmental organisation based in Oslo, Norway working on environment & climate, water & sanitation, nature & wildlife conservation.

Bellona is an international, science-based non-profit organisation headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 1986 as an action and protest group, it has developed into a technology- and solution-oriented organisation with offices in Oslo, Brussels, Berlin and Vilnius. It works on climate, pollution, nuclear waste, and ecosystem protection, and acts as a bridge between industry and decision-makers by proposing policy measures that accelerate the deployment of low-impact technologies. Its work includes carbon capture and storage advocacy, nuclear legacy clean-up in Russia, and the Sahara Forest Project. Bellona has held a pavilion at UN climate negotiations since 1992 and holds accreditation and observer status in several international bodies. Through Bellona Holding AS it has run commercial ventures in green industry, including stakes in Ocean Forest AS and BEBA AS, which is linked to battery development. The organisation employs more than 70 engineers, scientists, economists, and journalists.