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What is CU Environment Centre

The Charles University Environment centre, was founded as a part of Charles University in 1992. It conducts environmental research and provides environmental expertise and information for students, university staff and for the general public. The centre collaborates with parliamentary bodies, state administration, non-government organizations and many academic and research institutions both locally and abroad. CUEC consists of the three units: sustainable development indicators, environmental economics, and education and information for sustainable development.

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The INHERIT Five-Country Survey Report examines the attitudes, preferences and behaviours of inhabitants from the Czech Republic, Latvia, Portugal, Spain, and the UK related to food consumption, physical activity and energy efficient housing. It is based on nationally representative questionnaires conducted in 2018 that had a total of 10,288 respondents. The survey examines the effects that incentive structures and the provision of information have on the willingness of individuals to change their lifestyles to be healthier and more sustainable. For key findings, see the full report 

Newsletter of PEOPLE project is hot off the press and brings interesting insights on PEOPLE-centered learning cycles in sustainable industry, and more:

  • Meet sociologist Jan Urban from COŽP UK, who shares his thoughts on how social sciences can help to reduce climate change, or anthropologist Sarah Pink.
  • Check out how PEOPLE project was co-creating the future during the PEOPLE camp in Amsterdam, and find out which challenging energy & sustainability industry case studies our teams of social sciences and humanities students will be working on this year. 
  • And get a glimpse into the bright future of the symposium Why the world needs anthropologists symposium by EASA Applied Anthropology Network.

You can view and download the newsletter at this link.

Our recent publications

Steve Harris,  Jan WeinzettelAndrea BiganoAlbin Källmén "Low carbon cities in 2050? GHG emissions of European cities using production-based and consumption-based emission accounting methods" Journal of Cleaner ProductionVolume 248, 1 March 2020, 119206, available on-line here 

Kiuila, O., Markandya, A., Ščasny, M. (2019), Taxing Air Pollutants and Carbon Individually or Jointly: Results from a CGE Model Enriched by an Emission Abatement Sector. Economic System Research, 31:1, 21-43. Permanent link

Alberini, A., Khymych, O., Ščasný, M. (2019), Response to Extreme Energy Price Changes: Evidence from Ukraine. The Energy Journal, Vol. 40, No. 1: 189-212. Permanent link.

Kyselá, E., Ščasný, M., Zvěřinová, I. (2019), Analysing attitudes to climate change mitigation policies. Climate Policy, 19:7, 878-892 Permanent link.

Alberini, A., Ščasný, M. (2018), The Benefits of Avoiding Cancer (or Dying from Cancer): Evidence from a Four-country Study. Journal of Health Economics 57: 249-262 Permanent link.

Alberini, A., Ščasný, M., Bigano, A. (2018), Policy- v. Individual Heterogeneity in the Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation: Evidence from a Stated-Preference Survey. Energy Policy 121: 565-575. Permanent link.

van der Vliet, N., Staatsen, B., Kruize, H., Morris, G., Costongs, C., Bell, R., Marques, S., Taylor, T., Quiroga, S., Martinez, P., Máca, V., Ščasný, M., Zvěřinová, I., Tozija, F., Gjorgjev, D., Arild Espnes, G., Schuit, J. (2018), The INHERIT model: a tool to jointly improve health, environmental sustainability and health equity through behavior and lifestyle change. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 1435; Permanent link

Mach, R., Weinzettel, J., Ščasný, M. (2018), Environmental impact of household consumption: Hybrid input-output analysis linked to household consumption data. Ecological Economics 149, 62-73.; Permanent link

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