News
20th February 2023

Highlights from the 2023 World Economic Forum

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
Research
Research project in progress

SINERGIA: Innovation, Diffusion and Green Growth

Francois Cohen and Joëlle Noailly
Events
9 November, 2017

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Auditorium Jacques Freymond, Geneva
Executive Education
Events
14 February, 2019

Lead Environmental Change!

Valérie d'Hoedt Meyer and Executive Education
News
1st December 2021

Green Dealings Project Kick-off

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Marc Hufty
213
Publications
Journal article, 28 December, 2018

International law and feeding the world in times of climate change

Anne Saab
13
Events
12 March, 2020

Negotiating environmental protection in trade agreements: a regime shift or a tactical linkage?

Maison de la Paix
Centre for International Environmental Studies
News
11th February 2021

Can liberal democracy outlive climate change?

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy and Shalini Randeria
713
News
6th August 2020

The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance

Centre for International Environmental Studies, Dario Piselli, Defne Gonenc and Yixian Sun
13
News
31st May 2023

Climate Policy and the Economy: Evidence from Europe’s Carbon Pricing Initiatives

Centre for Finance and Development
Teaching
Academic courses

International Environmental Law and Policy

Jorge Vinuales
213
News
4th March 2021

The diffusion of modern crop varieties during the Green Revolution

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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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.

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Target 13.1

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

Target 13.2

Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

Target 13.3

Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

Target 13.a

Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible

Target 13.b

Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities