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.
Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics
Environmental governance and human-nature interactions: A network perspective
What’s happening on the environment at the WTO? Recent developments and WTO Member initiatives in the lead up to MC 12
The Right to a Sound Environment
2030 DFS | Could Better Data Contribute To Making Peace With Nature?
Responsible Mining – encouraging continuous improvement
The power of location for environmental monitoring and decision making
Operationalizing the Notion of Ecosystem Approach in International Law in the Age of Planetary Boundaries
People in motion, forests in transition: Trends in migration, urbanization, and remittances and their effects on tropical forests
Environmental History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
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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.