On November 14, 2008 a new partnership was established between FEEM and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini for the creation of the International Centre for Climate Governance (ICCG), which focuses its research activities on the design of climate policy and related governing institutions.

The International Center for Climate Governance is a joint initiative of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, which aims at assessing the long-term impacts of climate change on world socio-economic systems and at designing policy solutions to minimise these impacts. In particular, the ICCG focuses on international negotiations on climate policy and the definition of models of governance for climate change control.

Located on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, in front of Saint Mark’s Square in Venice, the ICCG gathers researchers in economics and political sciences who explore the interdependencies between the economic, social, cultural, religious and political aspects of climate governance.

Fully interdisciplinary and open to the interaction and cooperation between different worlds and cultures, the ICCG favours dialogues and negotiations to achieve equitable and effective decisions on climate policy.

The ICCG promotes initiatives at the sectoral, regional, national, and international level designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and to facilitate the adaptation of economic and environmental systems, particularly in developing countries, to the changing climate patterns.

Cooperation has already started with the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, Princeton University, the Harvard Environmental Economic Programme and other major international organisations and research institutions.

Visit the International Center for Climate Governance website