
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.


Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Environmental Governance – Influence Policies!

Darkness at Noon: Deforestation in the New Authoritarian Era

2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022

2030 DFS│Could Better Data Contribute to Making Peace With Nature?

CIES Publications News | June 2022

The Sardar Sarovar Dam: Drowning out citizens but who benefits?

Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing

Investigating the Trade-Offs and Synergies in Integrating Biodiversity Goals across the UN Systems

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