Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED)

Analyzing how decisions affect the consumption of natural resources

At the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), academics from the ETH departments GESS, Environmental Sciences, and Agricultural and Food Sciences collaborate closely. The institute with its interdisciplinary approach analyzes how individual and collective decisions influence the consumption of natural resources and how these decisions affect the emergence and resolution of environmental problems.

Example: Conflicts arising from environmental climate change

Specifically, the IED’s projects deal, for instance, with remuneration for environmental services, decisionmaking structures in agriculture, conflicts arising from environmental climate change, or the question of how energy efficiency affects the purchasing decisions of consumers.

Further information: www.ied.ethz.ch