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).
Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
The Future of Food Security
Investigating the Trade-Offs and Synergies in Integrating Biodiversity Goals across the UN Systems
Tax Law for Sustainable Development
‘Does successful emissions reduction lie in the hands of non-state rather than state actors? ‘
Students Take Action during 2019 UN Youth Climate Summit in New York
Joëlle Noailly appointed as co-director of the Environmental and Resource Economics journal
Environmental Protection in Antarctica; Temptations and Accountability
Highlights from the 2023 World Economic Forum
Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?
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.