
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.


2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute

Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022

Environmental governance and human-nature interactions: A network perspective

Darkness at Noon: Deforestation in the New Authoritarian Era

Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests

Zooming in on Agreement-Making: Tracing the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Negotiations with the MARIPOLDATAbase

The Role of Litigation in Norm Transformation: A Study of Human Right Approaches to Environment

Turkey’s largest environmental legal case

Geneva Energy Conversations – Putting the genie back: Two degrees will be harder than we think

Operationalizing the Notion of Ecosystem Approach in International Law in the Age of Planetary Boundaries
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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.