
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.


Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022

What’s happening on the environment at the WTO? Recent developments and WTO Member initiatives in the lead up to MC 12

Peasant Mobilization, Peasant Responses to Climate Change

Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute

Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation

Joëlle Noailly appointed as co-director of the Environmental and Resource Economics journal

2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

A Social-Ecological Framework for Assessing Effective and Just Conservation of Intact Areas Under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems

The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
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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.