
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.


Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute

Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment

Nature-Positive Economy Q&A

Goal-setting in an era of mass extinction: a planetary boundary for biosphere integrity in international biodiversity law?

Environmental History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene

International Law and Consumption-Driven Environmental Harm

CIES Publications News | June 2022

The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties

The Sustainable Development Goals and International Environmental Law: Normative Value and Challenges for Implementation

Nature’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda

Turkey’s largest environmental legal case
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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.