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 Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment
New CIES Visiting Fellow Valeria Mendez Working on Indicators for a Fair Conservation of Wilderness Areas under the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
The Right to a Sound Environment
Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals
CIES Publications News | September 2022
‘EU Biodiversity Law and Its Health Impacts’ in Stefania Negri (ed) Environmental Health in International and EU Law
Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems
Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests
Conservation and Sustainable Development
Environmental History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene
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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.