06 Nov 2026
SDG7: Affordable and clean energy
Access to affordable and clean energy has improved in the last decades, yet 940 million people are still without electricity. Achieving this objective requires bold action to increase access to energy, specifically to renewable energy, to improve energy efficiency, and to promote research to clean energy.
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Organizations
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Catalytic Finance Foundation
Catalytic Finance Foundation
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
International Institute for Sustainable Development
IISD
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
Espoo Convention and the Protocol on SEA
Experts
Dario Liguti
Dario Liguti is the Director of the Energy, Housing & Land Management Division at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Evelina Trutnevyte
Evelina Trutnevyte is an associate professor and head of the Renewable Energy Systems group at the University of Geneva and IPCC AR7 Working Group III coordinating lead author of Chapter 3 "Projected futures in the context of sustainable development and climate change".
Francesca Mingrone
Francesca Mingrone is a Geneva-based senior attorney for the Climate & Energy Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
Lien Vandamme
Lien Vandamme is a Senior Campaigner for Climate & Energy Program at the Center for International Environmental Law's (CIEL) office in Geneva.
Noelia Garcia Nebra
Noelia Garcia Nebra is Head of sustainability at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Philip Gass
Philip Gass is the Director, Energy Program, Just Transitions and Canada at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Sébastien Duyck
Sébastien Duyck is a Senior Attorney in the Climate & Energy Program at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and the Campaign Manager for the Human Rights and Climate Change of the Climate & Energy Program.
Tatiana Molcean
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), effective at the end of August 2023.Events
Local
Séminaire énergie-environnement 2026-2027 | SIG, bras industriel de la transition énergétique.
12 Nov 2026 | 17:15 – 18:45
UNIGE Carl-Vogt | Room CV1
UNIGE
Conference
31st Session of the Committee on Environmental Policy | Recent Developments and Achievements Under Each of the MEA
26 Nov 2026 | 15:00 – 18:00
Palais des Nations | Room V
UNECE
Learning
Course in Geneva
CAS Stratégie et management des énergies – Pour une économie durable et décarbonée
01 Jan – 31 Dec 2027
Geneva
UNIGE
Course in Geneva
Enjeux et conditions cadres du management de l’énergie
15 – 30 Jan 2027
Geneva
City of Geneva
Publications
Report
The Imperative of Defossilizing Our Economies
2025
Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council