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).
Public Lecture by Mr Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General “Climate: Reclaiming Our Common Future”
Heard the news? Environmental Policy and Clean Investment
Endangered Earth
Narratives of Hunger in International Law: Feeding the World in Times of Climate Change
The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change Action
Accounting for Nature: Agriculture and Mitigation in the Era of Global Climate Change – New SNF grant for Prof. Shaila Seshia Galvin
Climate Policy and the Economy: Evidence from Europe’s Carbon Pricing Initiatives
Geneva SDG Community Coffee: Towards COP27 – Climate Action & the SDGs
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
Action Days for the SDGs – Environment and the Future of Partnerships
Synthetic Biology
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.