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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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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26th July 2022

Crowdfunding Cleantech startups – CIES Policy Brief 11

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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19th November 2018

Innovating for the Future of Energy

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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17 November, 2015

Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems

Maison de la paix, Geneva
Valérie d'Hoedt Meyer
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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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Report, 22 September, 2021

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

Claire Ransom
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5th October 2021

New SNIS Project for Prof Marc Hufty, “Green Dealings – Negotiating Lithium Between South America and Europe for Batteries that Fuel a Just Energy Transition”

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Marc Hufty
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24th September 2021

Welcome Event with CIES and EC

Centre for International Environmental Studies
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5th May 2022

Podcast on “Financing Investments in Clean Technologies”

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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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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Journal article, 2017

Consumer Myopia, Imperfect Competition and the Energy Efficiency Gap: Evidence from the UK Refrigerator Market

Francois Cohen
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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