On April 4, 2024 the Project Committee of The Balaton Group announced its decision to support a joint proposal by Prof. Pintér and Prof. Linjun Xie at the University of Notthingham - Ningbo to the Balaton Group Endeavour Program, designed to support ground-breaking collaborative research of members.
In a "Your Questions Answered" segment, BBC World News featured Diana Urge-Vorsatz, Professor in CEU's Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, discussing the news that for the first time on record, global warming has exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius over a 12-month period. She is Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).