The Foresight Committee, the Institute's central body, is comprised of seven internationally renowned experts who contribute an external view from a variety of professional angles and who define the overall direction for discussions.
The Institute also relies on an extensive network of researchers and experts around the globe.
Its activities are based on three instruments:
- The Foresight Research Program
With its academic partners, the Institute develops a research program addressing the main environmental trends. Examples of recent studies are: "Indoor air pollution in India" with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); "Comparing the carbon inventories of European cities" with the College of Europe (Belgium) and the Wuppertal Institute (Germany). A new research program has been launched in 2010 on "The future of carbon financing schemes for sustainable transport: Mumbai paves the way" with the Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI, France), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI, India) The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL, UK) and Veolia Transport. The new project has been presented during a Side Event at the UNFCCC Climate Conference in Cancun. - International conferences
Through its Environmental Foresight Conference program, the Institute is committed to contributing to debate and discussion each time about a different topic and in a different geographic region. After three editions abroad (India, Canada and China), the Institutes proposed its 6th Conference in Paris on June 27-28, 2011 jointly with the Agence Française de Développement. This event gathered 600 participants and 70 speakers on the theme "Reconciling poverty eradication and quality of the environment: what are the innovative solutions?". - Publications
In order to achieve its aim of capitalizing on and sharing experience and knowledge, the Institute publishes two original scientific journals: S.A.P.I.EN.S (interdisciplinary surveys and perspectives about environment-related topics) and FACTS Reports (field action science).
