
At the Graduate Institute several professors, researchers and students work on SDG 15. The activities range from the Executive Certificate and Master on Environmental Governance and Policy-making, to publications on the effects of migration and urbanization on tropical forests, to research projects on human rights approaches to the environment.


Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems

Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?

The Sustainable Development Goals and International Environmental Law: Normative Value and Challenges for Implementation

Youth and multilateral summits in the triple planetary crisis

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

2030 DFS | Could Better Data Contribute To Making Peace With Nature?

Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022

On the Global Pact for the Environment

‘EU Biodiversity Law and Its Health Impacts’ in Stefania Negri (ed) Environmental Health in International and EU Law

Darkness at Noon: Deforestation in the New Authoritarian Era
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Goal 15 underlines that “preserving diverse forms of life on land requires targeted efforts to protect, restore and promote the conservation and sustainable use of terrestrial and other ecosystems. Goal 15 focuses specifically on managing forests sustainably, restoring degraded lands and successfully combating desertification, reducing degraded natural habitats and ending biodiversity loss” as put by the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Read more about Goal 15.