
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).


“Accounting for Nature” Project Kick-off

The diffusion of modern crop varieties during the Green Revolution

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

CIES Newsletter | Autumn 2022

Climate Change, Social Movements and Peasant Agroecology

Greening International Trade: Pathways Forward

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

Australia’s New Climate Policy

Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?

International Law and Consumption-Driven Environmental Harm

Accounting for Nature: Agriculture and Mitigation in the Era of Global Climate Change – New SNF grant for Prof. Shaila Seshia Galvin
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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.