
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).


Conservation and Sustainable Development

‘Why the Brazilian Amazon burns?’ – Susanna Hecht

Climates and History: What the Past Can Tell Us about the Present and the Future

Climate World Game – Ahead of COP26

Climate World Game – Ahead of COP26

Soft vs hard governance for labour and environmental commitments in trade agreements: comparing the US and EU approaches

The Future of Food Security

Global governance on marine plastics pollution: The process towards a new legally binding agreement

How the COVID-19 could also impact negatively the climate

Healthcare and Climate Change: Victim or perpetrator?

Futures of Green Democracy
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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.