Following up discussions at the 2008 workshop “The Art of Dealing Wisely with the Planet Earth”, IoS established the (then called) International Expert Group on the Preservation of the Functionality of the Earth System in as part of its activities.
Aufbauend auf die Diskussion des Workshops "The Art of Dealing Wisely with the Planet Earth" (2008) im Jahr darauf, gründete das Institut die International Expert Group on the Preservation of the Functionality of the Earth System als Teil seiner Aktivitäten.