
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 Hazards of Mainstreaming: Climate change adaptation politics in three dimensions”

Public Lecture by Mr Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General “Climate: Reclaiming Our Common Future”

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

Climate crisis: A new decade of consequences

Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests

Synthetic Biology

‘Does successful emissions reduction lie in the hands of non-state rather than state actors? ‘

Global governance on marine plastics pollution: The process towards a new legally binding agreement

2 Degrees of Human Nature: A Search for Climate Leadership

Harnessing cross-border resources to confront climate change

Welcome Event with CIES and EC
Climate 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.