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.
The Role of Litigation in Norm Transformation: A Study of Human Right Approaches to Environment
Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing
Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022
Planetary Boundaries and Regime Interaction in International Law
The Right to a Sound Environment
Peasant Mobilization, Peasant Responses to Climate Change
International Environmental Law and Policy
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
Effectiveness of Partnerships for Advancing the SDG: Behavioural Pathways and Impacts
African Conservation Futures
Environmental Governance – Influence Policies!
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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.