International Research Institute for Climate and Society
WebsitePalisades, NY

Founding Year: 1996

Staff: 57

Budget:

John Furlow (Director)

An organization that strives to “enhance society’s capability to understand, anticipate and manage the impacts of climate in order to improve human welfare and the environment, especially in developing countries.” It fulfills this through “strategic and applied research, education, capacity building, and by providing forecasts and information products”.

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International Research Institute for Climate and Society contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals


  Organization Type

Research|University

  Geographic Foci

Global South/Developing World

 Subjects

Awareness|Climate Change|Education/Training

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