
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.


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

Carbon pricing – The role of fiscal policies

Crowdfunding Cleantech startups – CIES Policy Brief 11

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

International Political Economy

Energy and sustainability policies in the GCC

The Green Transition in Developing Countries

Financing Investment in clean technologies

The Sustainable City Promoter

Investments in Environmental Projects, a podcast with Laura Nowzohour (Research in Progress, Ep. 2)

Political Economy of International Energy
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View moreGoal 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