Who we are?

Centre for Transport and Energy is a non-profit non-governmental organisation founded in 1998 which focuses on the environmental impacts of transportation and energy production, especially those on the Earth's climate. We see our goal in building and reinforcing a wide platform of groups and individuals who are interested in working towards sustainable transport and energy future.

Our team

Barbora Urbanová
Director of Centre for Transport and Energy
barbora.urbanova@cde-org.cz

At CDE, Barbora focuses on European climate and energy policy. She is a board member of Climate Action Network Europe, and over the past ten years she has also worked for the CEE Bankwatch Network, Glopolis and the Climate Coalition. During her professional career, she worked on projects focusing on the EU ETS system, energy transformation, EU funds and climate change communication.

Heda Čepelová
climate policy expert
heda.cepelova@cde-org.cz

Heda is primarily interested in good public governance in the field of climate protection. She has a degree in sociology with a focus on public policy and has experience in communications, public sector and European legislation. She participated in the drafting of the Czech version of the Climate Law and is finishing her law studies. She has been with CDE since 2024.

Štěpán Vizi
climate policy expert
stepan.vizi@cde-org.cz

Štěpán works on climate and energy policy issues at the European and national levels. He regularly comments on topics related to green transformation and climate policy in the media. Previously, he worked for People in Need and is the co-author and creator of the Czech-German climate podcast Karbon.

Zuzana Vondrová
just transition expert
zuzana.vondrova@cde-org.cz

Zuzana has been focusing on the social aspect of the energy transition since 2018. She also advocates for responsible and efficient use of public climate finance. She is a board member of the Green Circle association. She previously worked as an expert consultant in the field of the environment at MITIS, s.r.o.

Veronika Murzynová
energy transformation expert
veronika.murzynova@cde-org.cz

Veronika specializes in the issues of reducing methane emissions, phasing out the use of fossil gas, and decarbonizing district heating. Her educational background is in the field of applied physics. She has experience with research work in the European Parliament focused on the Green Deal and legislation in energy and climate.

Zuzana Gruberová
media coordinator
zuzana.gruberova@cde-org.cz

In CDE, Zuzana is in charge of external communication, press releases, website content and cooperation with the media. She previously worked for People in Need as a media coordinator focused on human rights. She cooperates with documentary film festival One World in Prague and Brussels and occasionally contributes to Czech and foreign media.

Alžběta Jurčová
digital communication coordinator
alzbeta.jurcova@cde-org.cz

Alžběta is responsible for social media management and works with the media coordinator and project coordinators to create and implement digital communication strategies. She graduated from Charles University in political science and sociology. She joined CDE after working as a media researcher at Czech Radio, where she was involved in the production of many programmes. She has a long-standing interest in environmental issues.

Jana Pospíšilová Maussen
project manager
jana.pospisilova@cde-org.cz

Jana is involved in monitoring EU funds, including whether and how the partnership principle is applied in their use. As part of the CEE Bankwatch Network, she is working towards decarbonisation and increased transparency of credit agencies, and is also coordinating a project that explores people's perceptions of clean energy at the municipal level through a social experiment. She is a Harvard graduate and an experienced economist.

Lucie Tomášková
financial manager
lucie.tomaskova@cde-org.cz

Lucie is responsible for the financial management at CDE, which includes the preparation and oversight of the organization's overall budget, as well as the preparation and control of project and grant budgets. She prepares financial reports and provides support for accounting and financial matters to other colleagues. With 25 years of experience in finance in the private sector, she has worked as a senior accountant and financial controller, specializing in 'cleaning and setting up the books.' Lucie has also been involved in several IS implementations.

Adéla Adámková
finance coordinator
adela.adamkova@cde-org.cz

Adéla is involved in financial coordination of projects at CDE. She participates in the preparation of financial reports and in the monitoring of grant projects. In the past years she has worked in finance, accounting and audit in the field of European funds.

Lucie Müllerová
finance coordinator
lucie.mullerova@cde-org.cz

Lucie is involved in financial coordination of projects at CDE. She participates in the preparation of financial reports and in the control of project budgets and the use of grants. She has many years of experience in financial management in the non-profit sector.

Dobroslava Sehnalová
volunteer

Dobroslava examines the activities of export credit agencies. She has extensive experience in finance and banking. After finishing her banking career, she has been volunteering in various fields.

Barbora Valešová
coordinator of Climate Coalition
barbora.valesova@klimatickakoalice.cz

Barbora is in charge of coordinating the network of environmental organizations called Climate Coalition. She focuses on connecting actors in the climate movement. She previously concentrated on environmental education and has experience lecturing educational and experiential programs. She also founded the Summer School of Environmental Thinking.

Tereza Fenclová Mašková
communications coordinator of Climate Coalition
tereza.maskova@klimatickakoalice.cz

Tereza is in charge of communications for the Climate Coalition. Her educational background is in the field of journalism, film production and contemporary history. During her professional career she worked in the non-profit sector, education and culture. Previously at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, she did research on the Iron Curtain and later she worked in a team that developed inquiry-based history learning, where she was also in charge of PR. More than ten years ago, she founded an association called Živé město, which tries to bring cultural and community life to Prague 6.

Our main activities

  • Influencing transport, energy and climate policies and legislation
  • Education and awareness-raising about climate change and its impacts
  • Organising information exchange among NGOs and international co-operation and networking
  • Promoting energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy
  • Increasing transparency of export credit agencies
  • Preparation of expert studies


Centre for Transport and Energy is a member of networks of Czech environmental NGOs Green Circle and one of the founding members of the platform of Czech environmental and development NGOs Climate Coalition. Our activity is not confined to the borders of the Czech Republic, we also participate actively in international networks: CEE Bankwatch Network (a network of environmental NGOs monitoring the activities of international financial institutions in the CEE region), Climate Action Network Europe and European Federation for Transport and Environment.

Managing board

Romana Kaclíková, předsedkyně správní rady

Lucie Černá, členka správní rady

Jiří Jeřábek, člen správní rady

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