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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.

Andreas Goldthau, Associate Professor at the Department of Public Policy and Jan Martin Witte, Associate Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin published a book entitled “OPEC: Between Power and Impotence” (German title: “Die OPEC: Macht und Ohnmacht des Öl-Kartells”).

The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) is a major international initiative to help decision makers address the challenges of providing energy services for sustainable development, whilst ameliorating existing and emerging threats associated with: security of supply; access to modern forms of energy for development and poverty alleviation; local, regional and global environmental impacts; and securing sufficient investment.

The global market for oil and gas resources is rapidly changing. Three major trends - the rise of new consumers, the increasing influence of state players, and concerns about climate change - are combining to challenge existing regulatory structures, many of which have been in place for a half-century. "Global Energy Governance" analyzes the energy market from an institutionalist perspective and offers practical policy recommendations to deal with these new challenges.

Professor Diana Urge-Vorsatz of the CEU Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy chairs a session at the Copenhagen Climate Congress.