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Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

The Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University is an international center of excellence in environmental and sustainability research and teaching with a focus on interdisciplinary and critical scholarship in energy transitions and climate change; environmental and resource governance; environmental justice, politics and humanities; resource management and pollution control; and sustainable management of socio-ecological systems. 

Apr
Humans and Machines, Image created by Midjourney, Inc.

The Quest for Perfectibility - Humans and Machines lecture series by Robert Skidelsky

Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor, Warwick University
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | Auditorium
Feb
Lorant Czaran

Earth observation data for monitoring the global agendas

Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA)
Jan
Ed Parsons

Google: Artificial Intelligence and Navigation

Ed Parsons (Google, UK)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | D-001 Tiered
Nov
Sahara

GeoHub session: Satellite imagery for environmental monitoring

Gulnaz Iskakova (FAO), Carolina Starr (FAO), Elizaveta Khazieva (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Viktor Lagutov (CEU)
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51
Nov
South Sudan

GeoHub session: World Food Programme - GIS support to the field

Ashraf Abushady, Viktor Lagutov
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51
May
TDE Hertie

Securitising the Green Deal? The Challenges of Aligning EU Climate and Security Policy

Mar
Jerneja Penca

Enhancing governance for synergies between climate and biodiversity measures: Is the EU’s principle of 'do no harm' conducive to sustainability transition?

Jerneja Penca, László Pintér
Vienna Campus | Quellenstrasse 51 | Auditorium
Feb
volcanic eruption in the Galápagos Islands

Public Lecture: Risk Governance - A United Nations Perspective

David Stevens
Budapest Site | Nador u. 13
Oct
CIVICA TDE 4

Climate Change and the EU: From Evidence to Action

Off-campus | 27 Rue Saint-Guillaume, 75007 Paris, France
Nov
Dr Istvan Komoroczi

Digitalisation and Sustainability

Dr Istvan Komoroczi, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Mar
CEU

Sendai in Action: Implementing Disaster Risk Reduction Activities, a Donor's Perspective

John Patterson (Regional Advisor at USAID - Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance)
Budapest Site | Nador u. 9, Monument Building | 201
Mar
solar panels

Transforming the financial sector to align with climate goals

Budapest Site | Nador u. 15 | 203
Feb
CEU

Earth Observations in Support of Disaster Risk Reduction

Douglas Cripe (Group on Earth Observations Secretariat)
Budapest Site | Nador u. 15 | 103
Feb
DM presentation at CEU

Aid work in Practice - Structure, challenges and Information Management

Ivana Vuco. USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), Daunia Pavone. Independent Consultant
Budapest Site | Nador u. 9, Monument Building | 201
Feb
CEU

Resilience and Sustainability: UNDP Approach

Armen Grigoryan
Budapest Site | Nador u. 15 | 103
Nov
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Global Food Security Challenges:  Opportunities and Threats

William H. Meyers
Budapest Site | Nador u. 15 | 104
Oct
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Water - the Beginning and the End

Budapest Site | Nador u. 15 | 101 Quantum
Sep

And Beauty for All

John de Graaf
Budapest Site | Nador u. 15
Apr
Aleh Cherp

Will Powering Past Coal Alliance Help the Climate?

Aleh Cherp
Budapest Site | Nador u. 15
Mar

Research in the Era of Transitions: University of Mandalay

Budapest Site | Nador u. 15
Mar
CEU building

What is International Humanitarian Assistance and Why Definitions Matter?

Ivana Vuco
Budapest Site | Nador u. 9, Monument Building
Mar
CEU

GEO in support of Disaster Resilience

Douglas Cripe
Budapest Site | Nador u. 13
Mar
Google

Google: The Tyranny of Ambient Location - Ephemeral Maps

Ed Parsons
Budapest Site | Nador u. 15
Feb
UNDP

UNDP: DRR and Climate Change - Contribution to SDGs

Armen Grigoryan
Budapest Site | Nador u. 15
Dec
With support co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

Transforming Energy Demand to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C

Charlie Wilson
Budapest Site | Nador u. 9, Monument Building