
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.


The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance

Coalitions’ formation: Interest groups’ success in the EU energy policy-making process

Political Economy of Energy Reform: The Clean Energy-Fossil Fuel Balance in the Gulf States

The future of coal passes through Kosovo

SINERGIA: Innovation, Diffusion and Green Growth

Access to Clean Energy for the Green Economy in Developing Countries

Economic Development of Resource-Rich Countries

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

The impacts of the energy transition on growth and income distribution

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

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