May 23, 2014
CEU has been granted accreditation by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) with observer status to the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and its subsidiary bodies. Accreditation is the main entry point for major groups and stakeholders into policy dialogue at UNEP and provides an additional avenue for participation in UNEP's policy development work in line with the expert work undertaken up to now by CEU's Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy (ENVS).
May 23, 2014
CEU's Energy Policy Research Group hosted a high-level roundtable debate on gas supply security in Central Europe as the crisis in Ukraine escalates and potential supply disruption from Russia appears ever more likely this summer. The May 20 “United in Diversification? Implications of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict on Central and Eastern Europe’s Gas Supply” event included government and industry experts and addressed the critical geopolitical issues as well as practical, day-to-day supply strategies.
May 9, 2014
Berkeley Professor Kirk Smith visited CEU to deliver a lecture on “Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Health: Co-benefits and Cross-benefits" on May 5. Smith emphasized that the steps we take have long-term effects.


