by Tibor Schaffhauser | Apr 26, 2025 | Appearances
Climate change and escalating geopolitical tensions increasingly threaten the security of energy supply. The European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) has released a new report outlining these risks and potential responses. In Hungary and Slovakia, the main...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Feb 27, 2025 | Appearances
The European Commission has presented the long-awaited Clean Industrial Deal, which aims to reduce European energy prices while enhancing competitiveness. Our rapid analysis below summarizes to what extent the Agreement supports the greening of industry and how much...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Jan 15, 2025 | Appearances
At the end of the year, Hungary concluded its term as the rotating EU Presidency, passing the role to Poland in January. On this occasion, we provide a brief evaluation of Hungary’s climate policy goals and achievements during its presidency and take a look at the...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Nov 25, 2024 | Article
The latest annual UN climate conference recently concluded in Baku, where developing countries sought new financial resources, while developed nations aimed to secure strengthened emissions reduction measures. However, except for the Gulf countries, all parties left...
by Koczóh Levente András | Oct 21, 2024 | Studies
Hungary’s Third Climate Neutrality Progress Report attempts to objectively present various emission trends during 2022, compared to the year 2021 covered in the second report, and to 2020 covered in the first report, thereby informing decision-makers and, in a broader...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Jun 28, 2024 | Appearances
As of early July, Hungary has taken over the rotating presidency of the European Union from Belgium. We will examine the green priorities set by our country and the challenges it may face during the upcoming presidency. In a previous article, we reviewed the program...
by Koczóh Levente András | May 22, 2024 | Climate policy modeling
The Green Policy Center, under the umbrella of the MIRROR project, aims to help Hungary prepare for the process of reviewing its National Energy and Climate Plan – lasting till June 2024 – with modelling-based proposals. Below is a list of key messages and...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Jan 10, 2024 | Appearances
With the beginning of January, Spain handed over the rotating presidency of the European Union to Belgium. It is now time to assess the main achievements of the previous presidency, examine the priorities set by Belgium, and look ahead to the expected challenges of...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Dec 29, 2023 | Appearances
As 2023 is ending, it is time to look back at our achievements of the year. In 2023 we were also working hard to address climate change and other urgent green policy issues in a balanced, honest and non-partisan manner, based on scientifically sound information. We...
by Huszár András | Dec 19, 2023 | Appearances
The 28th Climate Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has concluded in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We will now discuss our opinion on whether the results of the climate conference can truly be...
