
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).


Operationalizing the Notion of Ecosystem Approach in International Law in the Age of Planetary Boundaries

Becoming Organic: Nature and Agriculture in the Indian Himalaya

Global Governance of Plastic Pollution: Transforming the Global Plastics Economy

Climate change research during the late Cold War

New Environmental Policy Index for the US

‘Does successful emissions reduction lie in the hands of non-state rather than state actors? ‘

Can liberal democracy outlive climate change?

Leveraging the Power-Wielder: De Jure Accountability of International Organizations

International law and feeding the world in times of climate change

Conflict Sensitivity in Climate Financing: Risks and Opportunities Across the Adaptation Planning Cycle

The politics of responsible agricultural investments
Discover more SDGs
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.