
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).


Greening International Trade: Pathways Forward

A warning from indigenous peoples

Burdens of the past, burdens of the future? US climate policy in the world in a time of transition

Geneva SDG Community Coffee – Young People driving Climate Action

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

2 Degrees of Human Nature: A Search for Climate Leadership

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

Book Launch for Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing across Time

Beyond Conflict: Alternative Social Responses to Climate Change

The Role of Litigation in Norm Transformation: A Study of Human Right Approaches to Environment

Climate Crisis – Out of Balance: Confronting Equity and Sustainability
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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.