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).
Climate Change Emergency: The required shift to renewable energy and improvement of engergy efficiency
The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance
A 1000 days of SDGs – Looking ahead
Special issue the comparative politics of transnational climate governance
‘Why the Brazilian Amazon burns?’ – Susanna Hecht
Catalytic Cooperation
The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties
‘Does successful emissions reduction lie in the hands of non-state rather than state actors? ‘
International law and feeding the world in times of climate change
Katja Doose’s article on the scepticism of Russian Climate Science
New faculty member at CIES: Prof. Bill Adams, Claudio Segré Chair of Conservation and Development
Discover more SDGs
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.