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.
Environmental History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene
Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022
Geneva Energy Conversations – Putting the genie back: Two degrees will be harder than we think
Welcome Event with CIES and EC
Effectiveness of Partnerships for Advancing the SDG: Behavioural Pathways and Impacts
The Territory
Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing
Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections
Turkey’s largest environmental legal case
Nature’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda
Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics
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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.