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.

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Latest news

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 […]

10 May 2023

Summer/Fall 2023 – INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Point of Contact: Adjunct Professor, Mr Chris Hegadorn (Christopher.Hegadorn@sciencespo.fr) Areas: food security, agri-voltaics, sustainable development, renewable energy One or more […]

24 April 2023

Chair’s Conference ‘Sufficiency Summit’ – 4 May Hybrid 9am-12pm CET

The Sufficiency Summit is an initiative launched by Dr Yamina Saheb and Prof. David Ness in response to the IPCC call […]

20 April 2023

Summary and video of the conference ‘Tackling the twin energy and climate crises’ with Fatih Birol – April 5

On Wednesday April 5, Dr. Faith Birol Executive Director of the International Energy Agency spoke about the twin energy and […]

19 April 2023

Blog contribution: How islands can contribute to a better understanding of adaptation finance allocation

Author: Clara Bartram Gurresø There is a wide consensus within climate justice that the most vulnerable must receive support for […]

5 April 2023

Blog contribution: ‘Time to Stop our Global Financial and Food Systems from Impoverishing the World’s Smallholder Food Producers’

Co-Authors:– Chris Hegadorn is Adjunct Professor of Food Politics at Sciences Po University Paris and former Executive Secretary of the […]

3 April 2023

Participate in the ‘GRANDE JOURNEE ENERGIE DU SAMEDI 15 AVRIL AU LYCEE HENRI IV – 14H00 à 19H00’

(Description only available in French due to the event taking place entirely in that language.) Les Alumni du MBA Sciences […]

28 March 2023

Tackling the twin energy and climate crises – Conference with Fatih Birol, 5 April at Sciences Po

The conference will take place on 5 April 5.30-7pm at Auditorium J. Chapsal, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume 75007 Paris Programme: Dr […]