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
Turkey’s largest environmental legal case
Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
Effectiveness of Partnerships for Advancing the SDG: Behavioural Pathways and Impacts
CIES Publications News | September 2022
Endangered Earth
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests
Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems
CIES Publications News | June 2022
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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.