
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.


Operationalizing the Notion of Ecosystem Approach in International Law in the Age of Planetary Boundaries

International Environmental Law and Policy

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

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

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

What’s happening on the environment at the WTO? Recent developments and WTO Member initiatives in the lead up to MC 12

Conservation and Sustainable Development

Youth and multilateral summits in the triple planetary crisis

Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems

Planetary Boundaries and Regime Interaction in International Law

Endangered Earth
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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.