Foreign Minister: Environmental Challenges Should Remain Focus Point Despite Pandemic The challenges posed by climate change should not be neglected despite the hardships the coronavirus pandemic has brought on economy... 2021.04.29.
President Áder: Effects of Climate Change Hit Carpathian Basin Early and Hard Effects of climate change have emerged earlier and in a harsher form in the Carpathian Basin than in several other... 2021.04.12.
Innovation Min Palkovics Denies Report of Planned Climate Target Veto Hungary aims for a fair deal on European climate targets but the government wants to keep public utility fees low,... 2020.12.09.
Budapest Airport Sustainability Scheme Gets International Award The Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) has granted its ACI Eco-Innovation Award to Budapest Airport, recognising a sustainability scheme... 2020.11.18.
Coronavirus – Gov’t Launches HUF 7 Billion Support Scheme for Green Economy Capacity Upgrades Finance Minister Mihály Varga on Monday announced a tender for 7.3 billion forints (EUR 21m) in European Union and state... 2020.08.03.
Solar Energy Use Doubles in 2019 Sustainable energy sources are on the rise in Hungary, with consumption of solar energy doubling in 2019, pro-government daily Magyar... 2020.07.15.
Opposition: Fidesz ‘Neutered’ Climate Emergency Proposal The opposition parties on Thursday said ruling Fidesz had "hijacked and neutered" an opposition proposal on addressing the climate emergency.... 2020.05.14.
LMP marks Earth Day: ‘We can’t continue from where we left off before the pandemic’ Capital-driven globalisation will push the Earth into an abyss, the co-leader of opposition LMP said on Wednesday, marking Earth Day.... 2020.04.22.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Ruminations on the Post-coronavirus Age A left-wing and a pro-government commentator ponder the future after the coronavirus. They both believe that environmental considerations and local... 2020.04.15.
Sziget Festival Fetches Second Green Award Hungary’s most popular summer festival, Sziget Festival, which recently received the international Greener Festival Award from the European Festivals Association, just received double the... 2020.03.06.
Survey: Vast Majority of Hungarians Calling for Stricter Environmental Rules Fully 89 percent of Hungarian participants in a survey by the European Commission said that environmental regulations should be made... 2020.03.04.
Fidesz is Going Green In his recent state of the nation address, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán made a surprising statement on climate change,... 2020.02.21.
Sziget Festival Fetches Greener Festival Award Budapest's Sziget Festival has received the international Greener Festival Award. The European Festivals Association said the objectives and the programmes... 2020.01.21.
Párbeszéd Submits Proposals to Boost Solar, Wind Energy Use The opposition Párbeszéd party is submitting proposals to support the use of solar and wind energy in Hungary, the party's... 2020.01.10.
President Áder: ‘It Is Not Nature That Must Be Overcome, but Our Own Nature’ Healthy human life depends on the health and completeness of nature, President of the Republic János Áder said in his... 2020.01.01.
Hungarian Press Roundup: The Environmental Implications of Christmas Both a left-wing and a conservative commentator find Western consumption patterns unsustainable. They also find broadly hyped market-friendly suggestions unlikely... 2019.12.27.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Environmentalism in Politics Commentators across the political spectrum ponder whether and if so how green ideas are redrawing the political landscape. Hungarian press... 2019.12.17.
President Áder at UN Climate Summit: ‘Cheapest Energy That Which We Don’t Use’ Addressing the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on Monday, Hungarian President János Áder outlined Hungary's achievements and... 2019.09.24.
Opposition Submits to President’s Office Draft Decree on Climate Protection Representatives of opposition parties went to the president's office in Budapest on Friday to submit a draft decree urging climate... 2019.09.23.
Opposition Calls For Joint Action on Climate Protection after Ruling Parties Boycott The opposition parties criticised the ruling alliance for not having any representatives at a special session of parliament dedicated to... 2019.09.18.
LMP Calls for Ministry of Climate Affairs The green opposition LMP will submit a resolution proposing a ministry of climate protection and sustainability to be set up,... 2019.09.12.
