Likewise the increasing emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases considered to be the primary cause of global warming, are threatening the very life supporting structure in the world. Addressing those and other various global environmental problems would need not only the change in the life-style of people in the developed countries but also global approach in checking the growth of greenhouse gasses concentration in the atmosphere and reduction in the production of wastes as well as their recycling. Addressing those challenges during the coming decades will require bold and innovative approaches. Conventional approaches have neither been able to attend developmental progress in the developing countries even to match with their population growth rates nor to check the excessive use of natural resources the developed countries. Multi-disciplinary approaches on the national, regional and global basis are called for to tackle the developmental and the environmental issues in an integrated manner.

The Institute for Development and Innovation (IDI) has been formed with such an objective of helping the development and promotion of new and innovative approaches for addressing those challenges.