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.
Investments in Environmental Projects, a podcast with Laura Nowzohour (Research in Progress, Ep. 2)
Climate Change Emergency: The required shift to renewable energy and improvement of engergy efficiency
Transferring technologies : the polycentric governance of clean energy technology
Financing Investment in clean technologies
CIES Publications News | June 2022
International Political Economy
New SNIS Project for Prof Marc Hufty, “Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium Between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition”
Action Days for the SDGs – Environment and the Future of Partnerships
Can International Carbon Markets be Made Compatible with Human Rights?
Youth and multilateral summits in the triple planetary crisis
The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance
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