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.
Battery supply chains from South America to Europe and beyond: Issues of governance, sustainability and justice
Youth and multilateral summits in the triple planetary crisis
Coalitions’ formation: Interest groups’ success in the EU energy policy-making process
Environmental and Energy Law
The future of coal passes through Kosovo
Renewable energy in Africa
Carbon pricing – The role of fiscal policies
Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections
Promoting Sustainable Investment and Green Trade : the Swiss perspective
Research Seminar on the International Law of Energy
Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals
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