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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).
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The hazards of mainstreaming climate change adaptation politics in three dimensions
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Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
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Endangered Earth
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Sea-level rise: Displacement, Migration and Human Rights
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UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions: Climate Change and Trade
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CIES Annual Report 2020
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CIES Newsletter | Autumn 2022
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Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections
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Global governance on marine plastics pollution: The process towards a new legally binding agreement
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Global Challenges: What hope for the environment?
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A Social-Ecological Framework for Assessing Effective and Just Conservation of Intact Areas Under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Discover more SDGs
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.