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).
Heard the news? Environmental Policy and Clean Investment
Joëlle Noailly appointed as co-director of the Environmental and Resource Economics journal
Becoming Organic: Nature and Agriculture in the Indian Himalaya
Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation
‘Does successful emissions reduction lie in the hands of non-state rather than state actors? ‘
Multilateralism, the climate crisis, and democracy
What’s happening on the environment at the WTO? Recent developments and WTO Member initiatives in the lead up to MC 12
Geneva SDG Community Coffee: Towards COP27 – Climate Action & the SDGs
Accounting for Nature: Agriculture and Mitigation in the Era of Global Climate Change – New SNF grant for Prof. Shaila Seshia Galvin
A Social-Ecological Framework for Assessing Effective and Just Conservation of Intact Areas Under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
New SNIS Project for Prof Marc Hufty, “Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium Between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition”
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.