
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).


Negotiating environmental protection in trade agreements: a regime shift or a tactical linkage?

Taking up the task of democratic oversight for climate (in)action

Climate World Game – Ahead of COP26

Environmental Protection in Antarctica; Temptations and Accountability

Resource extraction, climate change and the right to live well

A warning from indigenous peoples

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation

UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions: Climate Change and Trade

The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties
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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.