Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy (3CSEP)

Our vision is a world in which global efforts to combat climate change and to provide energy services for human well-being foster, rather than compromise, sustainable development.

3CSEP is an interdisciplinary research and educational center whose mission is to foster solutions to climate change and sustainable energy challenges. The activities at 3CSEP focus around two broad areas: championing solutions to climate change, including but not limited to, identifying and assessing low- and no-cost remedies that are compatible with sustainable development agendas and crafting policy portfolios promoting such options; and promoting sustainable energy solutions and policies that advance development and public policy agendas.

Research and education at 3CSEP focuses on global and regional problems. The Center is committed to an interdisciplinary approach as well as integrating knowledge and methods from the natural, technical, social sciences, and humanities. Projects often target the interface between technology, society, policy and politics. Most research activities are guided by the pursuit of finding answers to fundamental questions related to climate change and sustainable energy.

3CSEP contributes to the governance of international decision-making processes related to climate change and sustainable energy, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and several other international initiatives. Several projects directly advise national and trans-national governments (EU, UN) and provide guidance for international organizations and networks. The Center also advises national strategy- and policy-making bodies in Hungary.

One of 3CSEP’s major aims is to train Master’s and doctoral students in conducting research in the fields of climate change and sustainable energy. Please click here to learn about 3CSEP in more detail.

Events

Recent news

Fuel poverty in Hungary: research report released

Submitted by BubenheimerF on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:59
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Fuel poverty is an important issue for Hungary from several perspectives – it is estimated that this problem causes approximately 1500-2500 deaths in Hungary – but the topic was not widely researched in the past. On the initiative of the Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy (3CSEP) of Central European University (CEU), and the Hungarian NGO Védegylet (Protect the Future), in cooperation with the Environmental Justice Working Group of Védegylet (Védegylet Környezeti Igazságosság Munkacsoport) some noteworthy research results have now been released.

Energy-efficient retrofit of Hungary's biggest residential building completed

Submitted by BubenheimerF on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 16:18
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How can the energy efficiency of big panel buildings be improved and what are the economic, financial and social implications of such major retrofits? - These questions are at the core of the EU-funded Staccato research project, to which CEU's Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy (3CSEP) is contributing alongside several partner institutions from different European countries.

3CSEP at Copenhagen summit

Submitted by BubenheimerF on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 23:19
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Amidst political decision-makers and leading scientist from around the world, 3CSEP director Diana Ürge-Vorsatz and two junior researchers are present at the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen. On December 11, 2009, Prof. Ürge-Vorsatz contributed to "Construction Counts for Climate", a COP15 side event on low carbon policies for buildings and construction - a sector offering huge potential for carbon mitigation, given that almost 40 percent of all energy is consumed in buildings.