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Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development

Washington, DC
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www.igsd.org

    • About Us

    IGSD’s mission is to build resilience by accelerating fast climate mitigation actions to slow near-term warming and self-reinforcing climate feedbacks, avoid catastrophic climate and societal tipping points and limit global temperature to 1.5°C—or at least keep this temperature guardrail in sight.

    The Institute advances:

    • Understanding of governance through research and education
    • Effective implementation of policies through capacity building, advice and advocacy
    • Cooperation through networking; and
    • Enhanced public awareness through media including film, television, and other outlets.

    IGSD has a broad range of projects in a variety of regions. Its network includes practitioners and scholars from a variety of developed and developing countries --including lawyers, political scientists, economists, scientists, and others--representing a diversity of geographic regions, and a wide range of cultural, legal, and political traditions. IGSD collaborates with leading national and international and academic organizations.

    IGSD’s mission is to build resilience by accelerating fast climate mitigation actions to slow near-term warming and self-reinforcing climate feedbacks, avoid catastrophic climate and societal tipping points and limit global temperature to 1.5°C—or at least keep this temperature guardrail in sight.

    The Institute advances:

    • Understanding of governance through research and education
    • Effective implementation of policies through capacity building, advice and advocacy
    • Cooperation through networking; and
    • Enhanced public awareness through media including film, television, and other outlets.

    IGSD has a broad range of projects in a variety of regions. Its network includes practitioners and scholars from a variety of developed and developing countries --including lawyers, political scientists, economists, scientists, and others--representing a diversity of geographic regions, and a wide range of cultural, legal, and political traditions. IGSD…

    Read more about this organization

    Issue Areas Include

    • Climate Change
    • Environment & Sustainability
    • Policy

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