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.
Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests
Operationalizing the Notion of Ecosystem Approach in International Law in the Age of Planetary Boundaries
Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment
Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing
The Sustainable Development Goals and International Environmental Law: Normative Value and Challenges for Implementation
Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics
New CIES Visiting Fellow Valeria Mendez Working on Indicators for a Fair Conservation of Wilderness Areas under the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
‘EU Biodiversity Law and Its Health Impacts’ in Stefania Negri (ed) Environmental Health in International and EU Law
The Role of Litigation in Norm Transformation: A Study of Human Right Approaches to Environment
Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute
Peasant Mobilization, Peasant Responses to Climate Change
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View moreGoal 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.