Environmental and Energy Studies

New project on political feasibility of decarbonisation

December 20, 2018
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ENGAGE (Exploring National and Global Actions to reduce Greenhouse gas Emissions) project has just been awarded a major H2020 grant from the European Commission.

The project aims to develop a new generation of global climate-energy scenarios which avoid temperature overshoots and negative emissions and are selected for socio-political feasibility.

CEU's Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy is leading research on defining and evaluating political feasibility of climate-energy scenarios at the national and international level.

The governance and upscaling of nature-based solutions in cities. Insights from the GREEN SURGE and NATURVATION projects

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Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Nador u. 15
Room: 
N15 104
Date: 
November 16, 2018 - 9:30am to 11:30am

Alexander van der Jagt
Postdoctoral Researcher, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)

The sustainable economy: From the citizen to the community

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Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Nador u. 15
Room: 
N15 103 Tiered
Date: 
November 16, 2018 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

László Borbély
State Counsellor and Head
Department of Sustainable Development 
Office of the Prime Minister, Romania
Professor of Economics
Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj

Introduction: Dr. László Pintér, Professor and Head of Department,
Department of Environmental
Sciences and Policy and Senior Fellow, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Civil society's role in addressing energy poverty in Catalonia (via Skype)

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Type: 
Seminar
Building: 
Nador u. 15
Room: 
Quantum 101
Date: 
November 15, 2018 - 3:30pm to 5:10pm

Maria Campuzano
Spokesperson of 'Alliance against energy poverty' Spain

Urban Arena for Sustainable and Equitable Solutions (URBANA)

Duration: 
January, 2019 to March, 2022
Funding: 
EU Horizon 2020

IMPRESSIONS

Duration: 
November, 2013 to October, 2018
Funding: 
EU FP7 - Collaborative Project

NATURVATION: NATure based Urban innoVATION

Duration: 
December, 2016 to May, 2021
Funding: 
EU Horizon 2020

Anna Sándor (ESP 2015) and Prof. Brandon Anthony team up to publish article on unique case of human-wildlife conflict

July 29, 2018

Anna Sándor (ESP 2015 alumna) and Prof. Brandon P. Anthony have published an article entitled Mapping the conflict of raptor conservation and recreational shooting in the Batumi Bottleneck, Republic of Georgia in the Journal of Threatened Taxa on the escalating conflict surrounding raptor shooting that occurs every autumn in the Batumi Bottleneck in Georgia.

Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy awarded major EU research grant to promote urban sustainability and inclusivity

July 17, 2018

Project Title: Urban Arena for Sustainable and Equitable Solutions (URBANA)  

Summary:  UrbanA will support city-makers – including researchers, policymakers and practitioners – in transforming European cities into inclusive and sustainable urban and peri-urban environments to promote shared economic wealth creation, green amenities, and environmentally-centered interventions, together with urban equity and inclusion.

MESPOM’09 & CEU EnvSci PhD’15 Alumna Diane Matar, and Associate Professor Brandon Anthony publish an article in PARKS: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation

July 6, 2018

EnvSci PhD’15 and MESPOM’09 Alum Diane A. Matar, and Associate Professor Brandon P.