Institute for Earth System Preservation

[1] IESP's definition of the Earth system is the sum of the planet's physical, chemical, biotic, and societal processes.

[4] Since then, IESP has been associated with the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) of the Technical University Munich (TUM) in Garching.

IESP is a registered nonprofit association and a collaborating institute of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA).

An elected executive board legally represents IESP; its general assembly functions as the decision-making body.

The IESP executive board is formed by Martin Steger, Jörg E. Drewes, Michael von Hauff, Wolfram Mauser, Klaus Mainzer (ex officio), and founding chairman Peter A. Poacher.