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).
Endangered Earth
Structural conditions for novelty: the introduction of new environmental clauses to the trade regime complex
The diffusion of modern crop varieties during the Green Revolution
A Reflection on COP28 and the Transition Away from Fossil-Fuels
Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest
The Point of No Return: Is There Still Time for COP27 to Make a Difference?
Green and Digital Futures: Enabling Youth For ‘Just Transitions’
Democracy and Climate
Climate Policy and the Economy: Evidence from Europe’s Carbon Pricing Initiatives
The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change Action
Global Challenges: What hope for the environment?
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.