
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?

New SNIS Project for Prof Marc Hufty, “Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium Between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition”

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute

Can International Carbon Markets be Made Compatible with Human Rights?

Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems

The Domestic Politics of Transnational Climate Change Governance

Becoming Organic: Nature and Agriculture in the Indian Himalaya

Leveraging the Power-Wielder: De Jure Accountability of International Organizations

Students Take Action during 2019 UN Youth Climate Summit in New York

Environmental Governance – Lead the change!
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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.