A number of professors, researchers and students work on SDG 7 at the Graduate Institute. We offer academic courses, and an Executive Certificate and Master on Environmental Governance and Policy Making. 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 affordable and clean energy.

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Teaching
Executive education

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

Executive Education
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24th June 2021

NRP73 “Financing Investments in Clean Technologies” Third Partners Meeting

Nina Kiderlin and Centre for International Environmental Studies
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15th September 2022

CIES Publications News | September 2022

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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26th July 2022

Crowdfunding Cleantech startups – CIES Policy Brief 11

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Events
7 October, 2022

Managing Global Temperature Overshoot: the role of solar radiation modification

Maison de la Paix
Anne Saab
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21st December 2021

Clean Energy & the Hybridization of Global Governance

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Liliana B. Andonova
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1st March 2021

CIES Annual Report 2020

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Events
21 March, 2019

Electrifying Nigeria: the Household-Level Impact of Access to Electricity on Consumption, Education and Employment

Maison de la Paix
Centre for International Environmental Studies
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14th January 2019

How Can Energy-Pricing Reforms Be Socially Sustainable?

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration and Tom Moerenhout
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18th April 2022

“Financing Investments in Clean Technologies” NRP73 Research Retreat

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Joëlle Noailly
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Publications
Journal article, January 2016

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Ilona Kickbusch
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Research
Research project in progress

Financing investments in clean technologies

Joëlle Noailly and Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Goal 7 aims at increasing energy efficiency and the share of renewable energy, while also underlining that “energy is crucial for achieving almost all of the Sustainable Development Goals, from its role in the eradication of poverty through advancements in health, education, water supply and industrialization, to combating climate change” as put by the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Read more about Goal 7

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Target 7.1

By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services

Target 7.2

By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix

Target 7.3

By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency

Target 7.a

By 2030, enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology

Target 7.b

By 2030, expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States, and land-locked developing countries, in accordance with their respective programmes of support