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).
Climate change research during the late Cold War
Strategic Climate Litigation: an effective governance tool to address climate change?
The Future of Food Security
Letting External Norms in: How Do Courts Behave When Reviewing Environmental Norms?
Keep Environment High up on the Agenda!
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
CIES Publications News | June 2022
World Environment Day: Learning from COVID-19
Climate Policy and the Economy: Evidence from Europe’s Carbon Pricing Initiatives
What’s happening on the environment at the WTO? Recent developments and WTO Member initiatives in the lead up to MC 12
Biodiversité: entre science et politique
Discover more SDGs
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.