
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

Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems

Responsible Mining – encouraging continuous improvement

Nature’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda

2030 DFS│Could Better Data Contribute to Making Peace With Nature?

Effectiveness of Partnerships for Advancing the SDG: Behavioural Pathways and Impacts

Subsidies for Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Rural Cameroon

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

The Sardar Sarovar Dam: Drowning out citizens but who benefits?
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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.