
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).


Joëlle Noailly appointed as co-director of the Environmental and Resource Economics journal

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

“Accounting for Nature” Project Kick-off

Climate Change Emergency: The required shift to renewable energy and improvement of engergy efficiency

Briefing for the UN Secretary General and his Senior Management Group

Becoming Organic: Nature and Agriculture in the Indian Himalaya

Anne Saab works on law, fear, hunger and climate change

Conservation and Sustainable Development

Narratives of Hunger in International Law

Resource Extraction, Climate Change and the Right to Live Well

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