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

3 May 2022

On the Spotlight: Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanisms and Climate Transition

By Alejandra Guraieb The latest IPCC Report highlights a crucial obstacle to global climate transition: investor-state dispute settlement. “Despite improvements […]
9 December 2021

Chair’s International Conference 2021

International Conference 2021: How to organize trade-offs to conserve biodiversity and advance development equity? Overview Scientific knowledge is clear as […]
7 December 2021

AOSIS in Glasgow: COP participation in a pandemic

By Carola Klöck COP26, the 26th UN climate summit, took place in Glasgow from 31 October to 13 November 2021, […]
24 November 2021

What was it really like at COP26?

By Lola Vallejo COP26 is only the 5th COP I attend, which makes me a rookie by Steven Guilbeault’s standards (who […]
23 November 2021

Volunteering at COP26 in Glasgow

By Joanna O’Flynn Two days volunteering in the Green Zone at COP26 in Glasgow, pointing people towards the array of […]
23 November 2021

Public climate finance at COP26: still baby steps where a substantial leap is needed

By Ellen Ledger, MA student, PSIA and Carola Klöck, Assistant professor, CERI Climate finance was at the heart of COP26. […]
15 October 2021

Chairholder’s Remarks at the Concluding Session of IDDRI’s 20th Anniversary Conference on Planetary Governance

Concluding remarks on the occasion of IDDRI’s 20th Anniversary Conference on Planetary Governance By Professor Shiv Someshwar Friends, Thank you for […]
13 October 2021

Chairholder’s Remarks at IDDRI’s 20th Anniversary Conference on Planetary Governance

Remarks on the occasion of IDDRI’s 20th Anniversary Conference on Planetary Governance October 12, 2021 By Professor Shiv Someshwar Friends, […]
8 October 2021

Call for Papers: Scaling up Food Systems Solutions for Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

A challenge program for young scholars and practitioners Scaling up Food Systems Solutions for Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: […]
28 May 2021

Independent Task Force on Creative Climate Action

Global climate transition by 2050 to net zero greenhouse gas emissions will be successful only when countries in the global […]