Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) idakhazikitsidwa mu Marichi 1998 mothandizidwa ndi boma la Japan komanso mothandizidwa ndi Kanagawa Prefecture yozikidwa pa “Charter for Establishment of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies”. Cholinga cha Institute ndi kukwaniritsa lingaliro latsopano lachitukuko ndikuchita chitukuko chatsopano cha ndondomeko ndi kafukufuku wamakono wokhudzana ndi chilengedwe, kuwonetsera zotsatira za kafukufuku wa ndale kuti akwaniritse chitukuko chokhazikika ku Asia-Pacific komanso padziko lonse lapansi. IGES idasintha kupita ku Public Interest Incorporated Foundation mu Epulo 2012.
Malinga ndi Charter for the Establishment of the IGES, bungweli lithana ndi zovuta zazikulu zomwe zimakumana ndi anthu, zomwe zilipo chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa chilengedwe chapadziko lonse lapansi, komanso kulongosolanso makhalidwe abwino ndi machitidwe a magulu athu omwe achititsa kuti dziko lonse lapansi likhalepo. zovuta zachilengedwe, kuti apange njira zatsopano zogwirira ntchito ndi malingaliro atsopano a chitukuko. Malingana ndi mfundo za malingaliro atsopanowa, machitidwe atsopano a chikhalidwe ndi zachuma adzamangidwa, kuti nyengo yatsopano ya chilengedwe cha dziko lonse iyambe. IGES ikuzindikiranso kuti kukwaniritsidwa kwa chitukuko chokhazikika m'dera la Asia-Pacific ndi nkhani yofunika kwambiri kwa anthu apadziko lonse, chifukwa derali lili ndi anthu oposa theka la anthu padziko lapansi ndipo likukula mofulumira. Motero derali limagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri poteteza chilengedwe padziko lonse lapansi.
Pozindikira mfundo zofunikazi, IGES idzalimbikitsa mgwirizano wofufuza ndi mabungwe apadziko lonse, maboma, maboma ang'onoang'ono, mabungwe ofufuza, mabungwe amalonda, mabungwe omwe siaboma (NGO) ndi nzika. Komanso pochita kafukufuku, Institute igawana zotsatira zake za kafukufuku ndikuchitanso misonkhano yapadziko lonse ndi zokambirana zamaphunziro.