
The Graduate Institute serves as a hub for research and activity on climate change and action. We offer an Executive Certificate and Master on Environmental Governance, and various PhD and MA academic courses. We also hold events and have produced academic and policy publications on this topic. The Centre for International Environmental Studies serves as a research centre on climate action. Our researchers also consult with organisations in the policy world, including the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).


The Point of No Return: Is There Still Time for COP27 to Make a Difference?

New SNIS Project for Prof Marc Hufty, “Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium Between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition”

Sea-level rise: Displacement, Migration and Human Rights

Joëlle Noailly ‘In Conversation With’ Climate Experts

Geneva SDG Community Coffee – Young People driving Climate Action

Natural and anthropogenic climate change understanding in the Soviet Union, 1960s-1980s

Resource extraction, climate change and the right to live well

How Development Structures Depoliticise Climate Change Adaptation in the Global South

Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022

A warning from indigenous peoples

The Domestic Politics of Transnational Climate Change Governance
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View moreClimate change presents the single biggest threat to development, and its widespread, unprecedented impacts disproportionately burden the poorest and most vulnerable. The UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform stresses that “urgent action to combat climate change and minimize its disruptions is integral to the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals”. Read more about Goal 13.