
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

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

Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

Geneva Energy Conversations – Putting the genie back: Two degrees will be harder than we think

CIES Publications News | September 2022

2030 DFS | Could Better Data Contribute To Making Peace With Nature?

Environmental Protection in Antarctica; Temptations and Accountability

2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment

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