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, green finance, climate mitigation and adaptation, energy transition, and climate finance.

Learn more about the Chair's mission

Latest news

5 March 2024

Call for Submissions to the Premier Issue of the Sciences Po Energy Review

Founding Statement The Sciences Po Energy Review is a publication to advance dialogue about energy. Motivated by the pressing global […]

6 February 2024

European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition: Starting a second 3-year mandate

We are delighted to announce that the European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition will proceed into its second […]

6 February 2024

Sciences Po Alumni conference: «Pouvons-nous à la fois atteindre la sécurité alimentaire et assumer la transition agro climatique ? » (FR)

(Text only in French) 📌📆 mercredi 28 février 2024 à 19h00. Paris 75007. Le groupe Environnement et Développement durable de Sciences […]

2 February 2024

New podcast episode with Chair founder Dr Shiv Someshwar on cities and climate action

How do urbanization and rural development impact communities differently? How can we make public policy and enlightened self-interest advance climate […]

18 December 2023

COP28 & the future of fossil fuels: A historic agreement and hopes ahead.

By Valeria de los Casares, Research Assistant for the European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition Introduction – Expectations […]

29 November 2023

Conference: Climate transition in a fractured world: COP28 outcomes and the EU’s path. 13 December

Join us in this event co-organised with the European Investment Bank (EIB): On the last day of COP28, our three […]

22 November 2023

Workshop: Designing an outline for a new climate mitigation modelling framework.

This workshop aims at debunking what does not work with existing dominant modeling framework and to develop an outline for […]

3 November 2023

The Future of European Energy Efficiency Policies – Analysis of selected aspects

Energy efficiency is a key pillar of the European Green Deal. While energy efficiency policies are necessary to deliver on […]

3 November 2023

Climate Transitions: A Conference for a New Generation of Climate-Conscious Global Leaders

Sciences Po, the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia and the University of Guelph have been working over […]

18 October 2023

Take part in this semester’s student essay challenge on just transition policy!

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new edition of the Chair’s student challenge, this time for the […]