The Focused Research Group in International Environmental Cooperation was established  in 1995 at the University of California, Irvine to link researchers and techniques from the social and natural sciences in interdisciplinary efforts to address international environmental problems. The FRG in International Environmental Cooperation has received support from the National Science Foundation, the School of Social Ecology the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, The Winston Foundation for World Peace, and The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

Since its inception, the FRG in International Environmental Cooperation has held several conferences, facilitated reading groups, sponsored campus-wide luncheon discussions focusing on international environmental issues, helped add new faculty to UCI, recruited and supported graduate students, developed new courses in international environmental policy and management and conducted original research through five principle research foci. Explore our website to learn more about our Activities and Research.