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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Academic courses

Research Seminar on the International Law of Energy

Jorge Vinuales
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Events
23 November, 2020

How Solar Energy Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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30th June 2020

‘Does successful emissions reduction lie in the hands of non-state rather than state actors? ‘

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Liliana B. Andonova
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Journal article

Book review: A Liberal Actor in a Realist World. The European Union Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy

Defne Gonenc
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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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28th June 2022

CIES Publications News | June 2022

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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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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Executive education

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

Executive Education
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2 May, 2019

The future of coal passes through Kosovo

Maison de la Paix
Centre for International Environmental Studies
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News
25th October 2023

The Complex Case of Critical Minerals

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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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