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).
A warning from indigenous peoples
Climat: les jeunes manifestants peuvent-ils encore peser sur les négociations pendant les COP?
Structural conditions for novelty: the introduction of new environmental clauses to the trade regime complex
Transnational Climate Regimes in Rainforest States
Multilateralism, the climate crisis, and democracy
Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing
Green and Digital Futures: Enabling Youth For ‘Just Transitions’
Global Governance of Plastic Pollution: Transforming the Global Plastics Economy
Synthetic Biology
Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute
Climate Science and Policy
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.