Yesterday. The pursuit of environmental sustainability at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF (formerly known as the Research Group in Environmental Management (GiGa) at ESCI-UPF) continues a more than a decade of endeavor to allow a substantial improvement in methodologies supporting life cycle applications to climate change mitigation. Today. The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF is an international centre of excellence in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and a leading source of innovative research on LCA and its application on mitigating climate change. It was founded in December 2010 by agreement between the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), being ESCI-UPF (Barcelona, Spain) the host institution. According to the objectives of the agreement with UNESCO, the Chair aims at promoting scientific research, cooperation, education and communication on sustainable development of products and services at national and international level for the benefit of the environment and society. Thus, facilitating partnerships between internationally renowned Researchers, Professors and Lecturers of universities and other institutions in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa, among others. Tomorrow. The Chair’s long-term missions to meet tomorrow's challenges include promoting scientific research, cooperation, education and communication on sustainable development of products and services at national and international level for the benefit of the environment and society. Contact. UNESCO Chair ESCI-UPF Administration Department (+34) 93 295 4710 [email protected]