Global Environment and Trade Study Global Environment and Trade Study The Global Environment & Trade Study (GETS) was a non-profit research institute established in 1994 to study the complex linkages between international trade and environmental sustainability. GETS supported numerous research projects on the legal, economic, and ecological aspects of trade and environment. GETS was centered at Yale University. GETS also studied the expanding role of civil society in global governance. In 2004, the GETS Board decided that a sufficient amount had been accomplished over the decade, and that it was time to terminate the project. GETS had four major accomplishments: The founders of GETS were:
International Consortium of Universities for the Study of Biodiversity and the Environment research on problems and issues relevant to the environment and biodiversity. The group is designed to strengthen the existing international linkages and further it by promoting educational and intellectual exchanges as well as collaboration among scholars and students. International Consortium of Universities for the Study of Biodiversity and the Environment The International Consortium of Universities for the Study of Biodiversity and the Environment or iCUBE aims to connect a group of public research universities to form a consortium to address the problems and issues related to biodiversity and the environment, for both research and educational purposes. iCUBE is composed of