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).
Sea-level rise: Displacement, Migration and Human Rights
Book review: Henry Shue, Climate Justice: Vulnerability and Protection
Conceptualizing the Arctic: A Zone of Peace or a Zone of Conflict?
New SNIS Project for Prof Marc Hufty, “Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium Between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition”
“Our Plastic Future: Can the Oceans Survive”
Leveraging the Power-Wielder: De Jure Accountability of International Organizations
World Environment Day: Learning from COVID-19
Geneva SDG Community Coffee – Young People driving Climate Action
Anne Saab works on law, fear, hunger and climate change
Letting External Norms in: How Do Courts Behave When Reviewing Environmental Norms?
International Law and Consumption-Driven Environmental Harm
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.