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Our vision: Better living for all—sustainably

Our mission: To champion innovation, enabling societies to live sustainably

Contact us

  • IISD's head office
    161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    R3B 0Y4

    · Phone: +1 204 958-7700
    · Fax: +1 204 958-7710
    · E-mail
    · IISDnet
    · Linkages

  • Ottawa office

    Please note our new office address, effective October 5, 2009:

    75 Albert Street, Suite 903
    Ottawa, Ontario Canada
    K1P 5E7

    · Phone: +1 613 238-2296
    · Fax: +1 613 238-8515

  • IISD Reporting Services
    300 East 56th Street #11A
    New York, NY 10022 USA

    · Phone: +1 646 536-7556
    · Fax: +1 646 219-0955
    · E-mail

  • Geneva office
    International Environment House 2
    9 chemin de Balexert
    1219 Châtelaine
    Geneva Switzerland

    · Phone +41 22 917-8683
    · Fax +41 22 917-8054
    · E-mail

About IISD

Innovative. Energetic. Effective.

Alert

  • Web Site Notification
    It has come to our attention that an organization claiming to be the Economic Research & Sustainable Development Network (ERSDN) is using IISD's Web design and editorial content, with modest modification and without permission, to promote conferences in Toronto and New York in November 2009. IISD has no affiliation with ERSDN.


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The world is challenged by a changing climate, biodiversity loss, abject poverty and environmental degradation. What can make a difference? Good ideas. Creativity. Passion. Innovation. The achievement of change.

IISD is in the business of promoting change towards sustainable development. As a policy research institute dedicated to effective communication of our findings, we engage decision-makers in government, business, NGOs and other sectors in the development and implementation of policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and to social well-being.

In the pursuit of sustainable development, we promote open and effective international negotiation processes. And we believe fervently in the importance of building our own institutional capacity while helping our partner organizations in the developing world to excel.

Established in 1990, IISD is a Canadian-based not-for-profit organization with a diverse team of more than 150 people located in more than 30 countries. Through our dynamic portfolio of projects, we partner with more than 200 organizations throughout the world. To learn more about our history, please visit the IISD Timeline.

Please click on the "Our Knowledge" button above to learn more about our project work and programs, which are guided by our strategic institutional directions. And please visit our IISD Linkages site to follow our coverage of international negotiations on environment and development.

IISD is registered as a charitable organization in Canada and has 501(c)(3) status in the United States. IISD receives core operating support from the Government of Canada, provided through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Environment Canada; and from the Province of Manitoba. The Institute receives project funding from numerous governments inside and outside Canada, United Nations agencies, foundations, the private sector and individual donors.