
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).


World Environment Day: Learning from COVID-19

“Our Plastic Future: Can the Oceans Survive”

“The Hazards of Mainstreaming: Climate change adaptation politics in three dimensions”

Action Days for the SDGs – Environment and the Future of Partnerships

World Climate Game with Prof Joëlle Noailly

The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change Action

Protected Areas, Indigenous Communities, Deforestation and the Role of Institutions: Evidence for the Lowlands of Bolivia

Tipping or Turning Point? Towards a Nature Positive Society by 2030

Tax Law for Sustainable Development

A Legal Analysis of Carbon Leakage Policies

The Search for Climate Leadership in a Time of Climate Crisis
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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.