
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).


The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties

Synthetic Biology

Katja Doose’s article on the scepticism of Russian Climate Science

Resource extraction, climate change and the right to live well

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

2030 DFS│Could Better Data Contribute to Making Peace With Nature?

Investigating the Trade-Offs and Synergies in Integrating Biodiversity Goals across the UN Systems

CIES Annual Report 2020

Does Carbon Capture & Storage Mitigate Carbon Premium? Evidence from Patents

Environmental Governance – Influence Policies!

International Law and Consumption-Driven Environmental Harm
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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.