International

UK
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
3 Endsleigh Street, London, England, WC1H 0DD
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7388-2117, Fax: +44 (0)20 7388-2826

IIED , an international policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development.
They work globally through a wide range of long-standing relationships with partners across the developing world. Some of these relationships go back since our beginning in 1971. Our partnerships generate close working relations with many key development actors from smallholder farmers and big city slum-dwellers to national governments and regional NGOs, global institutions and international processes. This well established practice of working in partnership is what we believe makes us fundamentally different from other research institutes.
IIED acts as a catalyst, broker and facilitator and helps vulnerable groups find their voice and ensure their interests are heard in decision-making. Environmental sustainability is a core concern but not at the expense of people’s livelihoods.

UK

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Switchboard: +44 (0)20 7636 8636,
Fax: +44 (0)20 7436 5389

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is Britain's national school of public health and a leading postgraduate institution in Europe for public health and tropical medicine. Part of the University of London, the London School is an internationally recognized centre of excellence in public health, international health and tropical medicine with a remarkable depth and breadth of expertise. It is one of the highest-rated research institutions in the UK.
Its environment is a rich multicultural one: every year over 800 students come to the School from 120 countries. Staff are drawn from 37 nationalities.
Since coming here as Director in 2001, I have been impressed by the energy and commitment of the School and its staff. We collaborate in research with over 115 countries throughout the world, utilizing our critical mass of multidisciplinary expertise which includes clinicians, epidemiologists, statisticians, social scientists, molecular biologists and immunologists.
The School's focus on the health of populations as a framework for our research and teaching will continue to bring us new opportunities in the UK, in Europe and abroad.

UK

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK. 
Tel +44(0)1904 432897, ax +44(0)1904 432898

SEI is an independent, international research institute specializing in sustainable development and environment issues. It works at local, national, regional and global policy levels. The SEI research programmes aim to clarify the requirements, strategies and policies for a transition to sustainability. These goals are linked to the principles advocated in Agenda 21 and the Conventions such as Climate Change, Ozone Layer Protection and Biological Diversity. SEI along with its predecessor, the Beijer Institute, have been engaged in major environment and development issues for a quarter of a century. It seeks to be a leader in the creation of a new field of sustainability science aimed at understanding the fundamental character of interaction between nature and society, and to contribute to the capacities of different societies to build transitions to more sustainable futures. The mission of this institute is to support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world by providing integrative knowledge that bridges science and policy in the field of environment and development.

Germany

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Phone +49-331-288-2500, Fax +49-331-288-2600
Email pik@pik-potsdam.de

PIK founded in 1992 and now has a staff of about 150 people. The historic buildings of the Institute as well as the high-performance computer are located on Potsdam’s Telegraphenberg campus.
At PIK researchers in the natural and social sciences work together to study global change and its impacts on ecological, economic and social systems. They examine the Earth system's capacity for withstanding human interventions and devise strategies for a sustainable development of humankind and nature.
PIK research projects are interdisciplinary and undertaken by scientists from the following five departments: Integrated Systems Analysis, Climate System, Natural Systems, Social Systems and Data & Computation.
Through data analysis, computer simulations and models, PIK provides decision makers with sound information and tools for sustainable development. In addition to publishing results in scientific journals the Institute gives advice to national and regional authorities and, increasingly, to global organisations such as the World Bank.