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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Publications
Journal article, January 2016

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Ilona Kickbusch
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News
31st January 2023

Environmental Policy and the Low-Carbon Transition

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Publications
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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Events
23 November, 2020

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

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Research
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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News
1st March 2021

CIES Annual Report 2020

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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News
18th December 2023

A Reflection on COP28 and the Transition Away from Fossil-Fuels

Joëlle Noailly and Centre for International Environmental Studies
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News
16th August 2022

Text as data in Environmental Economics and Policy

Joëlle Noailly and Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Publications
Book chapter, 10 February, 2020

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

Liliana B. Andonova
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Publications
Working paper, February 2017

UNFCCC Nationally Determined Contributions: Climate Change and Trade

Dario Piselli
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Research
Research project

Multinational Firms and the Diffusion of Clean Technologies (GREENSPILL)

Joëlle Noailly and Centre for International Environmental Studies
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News
8th April 2024

From Research to Policy: The Influence of Our Work on the 2024 Economic Report of the President

Joëlle Noailly and 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