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).
Climate, Justice and Education
Climate Policy and the Economy: Evidence from Europe’s Carbon Pricing Initiatives
Soft vs hard governance for labour and environmental commitments in trade agreements: comparing the US and EU approaches
Multilateralism, the climate crisis, and democracy
Sea-level rise: Displacement, Migration and Human Rights
Mobility, Migration and Climate Change
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
Conceptualizing the Arctic: A Zone of Peace or a Zone of Conflict?
Geneva SDG Community Coffee: Towards COP27 – Climate Action & the SDGs
Green finance and climate policy
Imagined Landscapes: Forestscapes as Spaces for [Re]negotiating Value in an Era of Climate Change
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.