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 November 2022

Report on Climate Action shared with G20 Summit Leaders

The Independent Task Force on Creative Climate Action shared its report with G20 Summit leaders, meeting in Bali on 15-16 […]

18 October 2022

Strategic energy and climate policy planning: Lessons learned from
European energy efficiency policies

By Marina Economidou, Marc Ringel, Michaela Valentova, Luca Castellazzi, PaoloZancanella, Paolo Zangheri, Tiago Serrenho, Daniele Paci, Paolo Bertoldi Energy Policy […]

18 October 2022

CERI Seminar on Environment and International Relations

Since 2013, the Center for International Studies (CERI) hosts a research group onenvironmental and climate-related issues. The “Environment and international […]

29 September 2022

European Sustainable Energy Week: Clean energy for Europe’s climate transition

By Marc Ringel With almost 80% of European greenhouse gas emissions being related to energy production and use [1], the […]

14 September 2022

Séminaire Politiques climatiques et énergétiques du “Plan Vert” européen

Jeudi 15 Septembre 2022 , 17:00 – 18:30 L’ambition du “Plan Vert” européen de décarboniser l’UE d’ici 2050 et de réduire les […]

13 September 2022

Interview with Marc Ringel, the new holder of the European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition at Sciences Po

Interview with Marc Ringel, the new holder of the European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition at Sciences Po, […]

12 September 2022

Introducing a new series : Mind mapping the European Green Deal

The European Green Deal is the European Union’s flagship strategy to turn Europe into the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. […]

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, […]