Environmental and Energy Studies

Zoltan Illes, Hungary’s state secretary of environmental protection, nature conservation and water management, has recently been made an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) at a ceremony which took place at the Hungarian Embassy in London on September 6. As well as having a successful parliamentary career, Dr. Illes is an associate professor of the CEU Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, and adjunct professor at the Godollo University of Agricultural Sciences.

Department faculty Alexios Antypas and Brandon Anthony interview cocoa farmer concerning park-people relations, crop-raiding elephants, and chili fencing adjacent to Kakum National Park, Ghana (31 May 2011)

The interview can be viewed on YouTube here

Jessica Jewell's research on nuclear energy is quoted in this week's New Scientist. Her research, conducted as a Masters' thesis in the MESPOM program at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, focuses on launching (or continuing to deploy) nuclear power in various nations.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will prepare a follow up publication to “The Emissions Gap Report.” Publication of the report preceded the climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico in 2010. The first report assessed the collective pledges of countries to keep global temperature below a 2 degree Celsius rise. In the new edition of the report, Professor Diana Urge-Vorsatz will be a co-author on the chapter focused on climate change mitigation options.

3CSEP has been active presenting and publishing research this year. We would like to summarize some of our special projects in this short bulletin. Our most recent presentations and reports are listed below. Enjoy!

This year's class of 23 Environmental Monitoring students were ushered into the spring season by the sounds of frog choruses and other wildlife during the course's field component along the Töreki wetland complex adjacent to Lake Balaton. With assistance from Paul Ashley (Parks Canada), Dr.

The Canadian Arctic is undergoing profound changes, affecting the fragile ecosystems, rhythm of life and the Inuit who depend on the land and sea for their traditional lifestyle. The Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, and the Center for Environment and Security (CENSE) organized a public lecture by Paul Ashley, Ecosystem Scientist, Parks Canada Sirmilik and Auyuittuq National Parks. Ashley delivered a lecture at CEU on 30 March entitled “Monitoring Climate Change in Canadian Arctic National Parks,” on the effects of global warming on the Canadian Arctic. Brandon P.