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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Events
13 September, 2022

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

Executive Education
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Publications
Book chapter, 2012

The Role of Nuclear Energy in GCC Economic Development

Giacomo Luciani
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News
21st December 2021

Clean Energy & the Hybridization of Global Governance

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Liliana B. Andonova
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10th October 2019

Climate Change Emergency: The required shift to renewable energy and improvement of engergy efficiency

Executive Education
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Multimedia, 15 May, 2019

The Sustainable City Promoter

Alice Lunardon
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News
6th October 2022

Policy Brief: Which pathways to respond to the energy crisis?

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
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31st January 2023

Environmental Policy and the Low-Carbon Transition

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Research project

Access to Clean Energy for the Green Economy in Developing Countries

Liliana B. Andonova, Joëlle Noailly and Centre for International Environmental Studies
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6th August 2020

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

Centre for International Environmental Studies, Dario Piselli, Defne Gonenc and Yixian Sun
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News
16th June 2020

Mid-term results on the National Research Programme (NRP) 73

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Joëlle Noailly
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Publications
Journal article, 2014

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

Giacomo Luciani
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Events
28 November, 2023

The Green Transition in Developing Countries

Maison de la Paix - Hybrid
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