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).
Global Challenges: What hope for the environment?
Taking up the task of democratic oversight for climate (in)action
Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute
Climat: les jeunes manifestants peuvent-ils encore peser sur les négociations pendant les COP?
Transnational Climate Regimes in Rainforest States
Sea-level rise: Displacement, Migration and Human Rights
The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance
Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems
Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests
Resource Extraction, Climate Change and the Right to Live Well
The politics of responsible agricultural investments
Discover more SDGs
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.