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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17th July 2020

The position paper on the revision of the energy law

Joëlle Noailly
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19 November, 2014

Geneva Energy Conversations – Putting the genie back: Two degrees will be harder than we think

Maison de la paix, Geneva
Valérie d'Hoedt Meyer
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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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13 September, 2022

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

Executive Education
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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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27th May 2024

Energy Transition and Global Tax Reform: Boosting Africa(s) on the Rise?

Gilles Carbonnier
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6th October 2022

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

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
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6th December 2023

Carbon pricing – The role of fiscal policies

Centre for Finance and Development
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27 May, 2021

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

Anne Saab and Executive Education
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21 November, 2017

Action Days for the SDGs – Environment and the Future of Partnerships

Auditorium Jacques Freymond, Geneva
Executive Education
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19th November 2018

Innovating for the Future of Energy

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Academic courses

Political Economy of International Energy

Giacomo Luciani
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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