
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).


Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests

Global Challenges: What hope for the environment?

Le scepticisme de la Russie vis-à-vis du changement climatique expliqué par son histoire scientifique

Let’s Think Beyond Kyoto, Paris and Social Movements: The Legal Responsibility of Industries for Climate Change

Does Carbon Capture & Storage Mitigate Carbon Premium? Evidence from Patents

Keep Environment High up on the Agenda!

European Union Climate Action

Environmental Protection in Antarctica; Temptations and Accountability

Highlights from the 2023 World Economic Forum

The Future of Food Security

The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance
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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.