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

16 February 2023

Summary and video of the conference ‘Perspectives on Just Transition’ February 8

On Wednesday February 8, the European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition organised the conference “Perspectives on Just Transition”. […]

13 February 2023

Take part in the Chair’s Green Finance Challenge with HSBC!

Take part in the Chair’s Spring semester student competition. Open to all current students of the Paris School of International […]

12 February 2023

“The Chair is happy to announce its participation in the GreenDeal-NET network as an associate member”

The European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition at Sciences Po is happy to announce it has become an […]

8 February 2023

Chair’s Conference: ‘Perspectives on Just Transition’ 8 February at Sciences Po

The conference will take place on the 8 February 5-7pm at Amphitheater Jacques Chapsal, 27 Rue Saint Guillaume. Programme : […]

8 February 2023

Summary of the Workshop: “Policy Instruments for the energy efficiency sector: Enabling mechanisms for a “FIT for 55”

The Chair organised jointly with LIEPP’s Environmental Policies Research Group, Cambridge University and the European Investment Bank a stakeholder workshop […]

2 February 2023

The Chair is now collaborating with UNESCO Green Citizens!

The Chair is pleased to announce that it is collaborating with UNESCO Green Citizens. UNESCO Green Citizens (UGC) is a […]

24 January 2023

Fall 2022 Essay competition winners go to Luxembourg

Can environmental, social and governance investing (ESG) contribute to financing sustainable development? This is the question Sciences Po students had […]

7 December 2022

EU work programme: What’s on for sustainable development and climate transition?

By Marc Ringel As part of its better regulation requirements, the European Commission regularly publishes and updates its work programme, […]

23 November 2022

Workshop: Policy Instruments for the energy
efficiency sector: enabling mechanisms for the EU‘s
“FIT for 55”

The Chair organises jointly with LIEPP’s Environmental Policies Research Group, Cambridge University and the European Investment Bank a stakeholder workshop […]

21 November 2022

Big Ocean States at COP27

By Carola Klöck Small island states – or rather, Big Ocean States (BOS) – are among those most affected by […]