About us

The European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition is a research body hosted at Sciences Po Paris.

Our mission is to study implementation pathways for sustainable policies and the climate transition in Europe and globally, and to support the European Green Deal’s ambitious objectives. To this end, we are committed to establishing a broad network of actors who will contribute to research, education, and discussions on important topics such as just transition, climate mitigation and adaptation, energy transition, and green finance.

Latest news

6 September 2023

Nature-based Solutions for climate adaptation in the European Union. Part II: Analysing Governance and Financing barriers

This is the second part of our working paper on Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in the EU. AbstractThe first […]
22 August 2023

Contrasting green impact evaluations: Multilateral Development Banks and civil society approaches

Working paper by Dóra Piroska and Vlad Surdea-Hernea. August 2023. European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition. About the […]
30 June 2023

Closing session of the Green Finance Challenge with HSBC & Fresque du climat, Wednesday 28 June

On Wednesday 28 June, students that had participated in the Green Finance Challenge with HSBC, organised by the Chair during […]
15 June 2023

‘Sufficiency Summit’ Video recordings, 4 May Hybrid between Science Po Paris and the University of South Australia

The first international sufficiency conference or ‘Sufficiency Summit’ took place on 4 May 2023. It featured three sessions on ‘Human […]
15 June 2023

Volunteering matching event Invitation 19 June: ‘Building Bridges for Climate Action’

Join UNESCO Green Citizens & Generation Climate Europe in ‘Building Bridges for Climate Action’! UNESCO Green Citizens and Generation Climate […]
23 May 2023

Nature-based Solutions for climate adaptation in the European Union. Part I: Mapping EU and National Initiatives

This is the first of a two-part working paper on Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in the EU. Nature-based solutions […]
10 May 2023

Summer/Fall 2023 – INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Point of Contact: Adjunct Professor, Mr Chris Hegadorn (Christopher.Hegadorn@sciencespo.fr) Areas: food security, agri-voltaics, sustainable development, renewable energy One or more […]
24 April 2023

Chair’s Conference ‘Sufficiency Summit’ – 4 May Hybrid 9am-12pm CET

The Sufficiency Summit is an initiative launched by Dr Yamina Saheb and Prof. David Ness in response to the IPCC call […]
20 April 2023

Summary and video of the conference ‘Tackling the twin energy and climate crises’ with Fatih Birol – April 5

On Wednesday April 5, Dr. Faith Birol Executive Director of the International Energy Agency spoke about the twin energy and […]
19 April 2023

Blog contribution: How islands can contribute to a better understanding of adaptation finance allocation

Author: Clara Bartram Gurresø There is a wide consensus within climate justice that the most vulnerable must receive support for […]