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
9 December, 2019

Energy Transition Disruptions – Dive Into New Models

Maison de la paix
Executive Education and Valérie d'Hoedt Meyer
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News
9th November 2022

CIES Newsletter | Autumn 2022

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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News
12th January 2024

Imelda Wins the 2023 International Geneva Award

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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News
31st January 2023

Environmental Policy and the Low-Carbon Transition

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Events
31 March, 2022

Energy Transitions in Latin America from a Historical Perspective

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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23rd October 2023

Green extractivism and global supply chains

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Filipe Calvao
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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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Research
Research project in progress

Financing investments in clean technologies

Joëlle Noailly and Centre for International Environmental Studies
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24th August 2021

Heard the news? Environmental Policy and Clean Investment

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Joëlle Noailly
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6th December 2023

Carbon pricing – The role of fiscal policies

Centre for Finance and Development
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Teaching
Academic courses

International Political Economy

Sungmin Rho
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Publications
Journal article, January 2016

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Ilona Kickbusch
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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