
At the Graduate Institute multiple professors, researchers and students work on SDG 6. We offer an Executive Certificate and Master on Environmental Governance and Policy Making, in addition to academic courses. We also hold various events and have published multiple academic and policy-oriented articles on this topic. The Centre for International Environmental Studies serves as a hub of activity on this topic.


Responsible Mining – encouraging continuous improvement

Action Days for the SDGs – Environment and the Future of Partnerships

Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems

La Journée mondiale de l’eau : vers des actions concrètes ?

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

Drip Irrigation and Agroecological Farming in Burkina Faso

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

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

Lead Environmental Change!

Network embeddedness and the rate of water cooperation and conflict

Europe’s Role in Strengthening Polio Resilience : Linking health systems and health security
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“Water and sanitation are at the very core of sustainable development, critical to the survival of people and the planet. Goal 6 not only addresses the issues relating to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, but also the quality and sustainability of water resources worldwide” as put by the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Read more about Goal 6