The Environment and Energy program at CIGI focuses on governance issues related to climate change, sustainable economics, alternative energy, and agriculture and food security.

A CIGI Senior Fellow and award-winning journalist, Paul Blustein has written extensively about international economics, trade and financial crises.

Barry Carin is a senior fellow at CIGI and adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, and has previously served in a number of senior positions in the Canadian Government.

Thomas Homer-Dixon is the CIGI chair of global systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and a professor at the University of Waterloo.

A CIGI senior fellow and associate professor at the University of Waterloo, Bessma Momani's research and commentary focuses on economics and foreign policy in the Middle East.

Fen Hampson is a distinguished fellow and director of the global security program at CIGI. Formerly, he served as director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

David B. Dewitt joined CIGI as vice president of programs in July 2011, and oversees the strategy and implementation of all the organization's work programs and research-related activities.

Manmohan Agarwal is a CIGI Senior Fellow, and was previously the Dean of the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

CIGI conducts an active program of research, policy analysis, conferences and workshops on G20 challenges and issues, cutting across several research program themes.

CIGI’s Global Security program focuses on a range of issues in peace and conflict, including nuclear-energy governance and security sector reform.

Pierre Siklos is a CIGI senior fellow and director of the Viessmann European Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Having previously served on the IMF executive board, Domenico Lombardi now leads CIGI's Global Economy program as a renowned expert on summitry, global governance, and monetary system reform.

Paul Heinbecker is a CIGI distinguished fellow and a former Canadian ambassador to Germany and the United Nations.

A former Canadian deputy cabinet minister, NATO ambassador and G7/G8 Sherpa, Gordon Smith is a distinguished fellow and leading expert on the evolution of the G20 and global summitry.

CIGI's Global Development program emphasizes the importance of systemic coherence and shared responsibility for overcoming global challenges to equitable growth and sustainable development.