Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development

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.