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.
Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022
Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems
New CIES Visiting Fellow Valeria Mendez Working on Indicators for a Fair Conservation of Wilderness Areas under the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Peasant Mobilization, Peasant Responses to Climate Change
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
CIES Publications News | September 2022
Endangered Earth
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties
People in motion, forests in transition: Trends in migration, urbanization, and remittances and their effects on tropical forests
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
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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.