European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition

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 EU's ambitious objectives, such as the European Green Deal and Clean Industrial Deal.

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.

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Latest news

28 September 2023

Conference: Dialogue with Joshua Volz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy of the United States & PSIA Students

On Tuesday 3 October, Joshua Volz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy of the United States was invited […]

19 September 2023

Blog contribution: Why care about the governance structure for implementing renewable hydrogen in Germany – and elsewhere?

About the author: Felix Schulz is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at TU Darmstadt since 2020. He has a […]

12 September 2023

CERI Seminar Series on Environment and International Relations – Calendar for 2023-2024

PROGRAMME Séminaire Environnement et Relations Internationales Calendrier de séances 2023-2024 Centre des Recherches Internationales (CERI), Sciences Po Paris le séminaire […]

12 September 2023

CERI Seminar: Innovative Sources of Climate Finance with Benito Müller (Oxford University)

This event is the first session of the ‘Séminaire Environnement et Relations Internationales’ organised by the Centre for International Studies […]

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 […]