
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).


Welcome Event with CIES and EC

Geneva Energy Conversations – Putting the genie back: Two degrees will be harder than we think

Tipping or Turning Point? Towards a Nature-Positive Society by 2030

Investigating the Trade-Offs and Synergies in Integrating Biodiversity Goals across the UN Systems

International law and feeding the world in times of climate change

Accounting for Nature: Agriculture and Mitigation in the Era of Global Climate Change – New SNF grant for Prof. Shaila Seshia Galvin

Briefing for the UN Secretary General and his Senior Management Group

“Our Plastic Future: Can the Oceans Survive”

Tax Law for Sustainable Development

UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions: Climate Change and Trade

The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change Action
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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.