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.
People in motion, forests in transition: Trends in migration, urbanization, and remittances and their effects on tropical forests
Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing
Investigating the Trade-Offs and Synergies in Integrating Biodiversity Goals across the UN Systems
Responsible Mining – encouraging continuous improvement
Nature’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda
Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute
Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics
Youth and multilateral summits in the triple planetary crisis
A Social-Ecological Framework for Assessing Effective and Just Conservation of Intact Areas Under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Welcome Event with CIES and EC
Zooming in on Agreement-Making: Tracing the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Negotiations with the MARIPOLDATAbase
Discover more SDGs
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.