Executive Certificate, Environmental Governance

Gain critical insights into the current and future dynamics of environmental governance, from the 2015 SDGs and Cop21 to horizons for 2030
Develop a broad knowledge over four main domains of environmental governance (energy, climate change, food security, and water governance) and their interactions
Take the lead in the formulation of proactive responses to environmental challenges

Executives and mid-career leaders from all sectors and professional backgrounds (non-governmental and international organisations, private sector companies, public administrations and private foundations) who wish to build their capacity to understand and tackle environmental challenges.

Successful participants will receive an Executive Certificate (Certificate of Advanced Studies) in Environmental Governance from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (15 ECTS). Can be combined with other programmes leading to an Executive Master.

THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE, GENEVA: A WELL-ESTABLISHED REPUTATION

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is an acclaimed institution of research and postgraduate education dedicated to the study of world affairs, with a particular emphasis on the cross-cutting fields of international relations and development issues. The Institute is a longstanding member of the prestigious Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). Through our core activities, we aim to promote international cooperation and make a contribution to the progress of developing societies. More broadly, we endeavour to develop creative thinking on the major challenges of our time, foster global responsibility and advance respect for diversity.

Executive Education incorporates the Institute’s thematic research on important global issues in its programmes for working professionals, and provides a multi-stakeholder platform for forward-looking analysis and professional development.

A WORLD-CLASS LOCATION

Geneva is home to many of the world’s prominent international organisations, hundreds of non-governmental organisations as well as numerous headquarters of leading multinational companies, making it an ideal place to study, teach and research global issues. Villa Barton, the Institute’s primary Executive Education centre, is located in the United Nations district of the city, in a scenic park on the shores of Lake Geneva, next to the World Trade Organization.