by Tibor Schaffhauser | Nov 13, 2022 | Article
Just before midnight on Saturday evening, the technical negotiations of the UN COP27 climate conference currently taking place in Egypt have ended, giving the opportunity to the ministers arriving in the second week to reach political agreements. Although we have seen...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Nov 3, 2022 | Article
This week, the 27th annual climate conference of the United Nations the COP27 begins under the presidency of Egypt. The “African COP”, as the developing countries refer to the conference, faces serious challenges: it must simultaneously increase the...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Oct 11, 2022 | Events
FinnAgora, the Green Policy Center and ConnectingFinland are organising a high-level seminar on Municipalities and Climate Change on Thursday 3 November at 14:00-17:00 hrs. The event aims to look at best practices from Finland and Hungary, and to discuss the...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Sep 27, 2022 | Article
The Green Policy Center is launching a new project in order to promote the gradual climate-neutralization of the portfolios of Hungarian banks, both by introducing banks to climate-neutral banking options on the supply side, and by increasing social awareness on the...
by Koczóh Levente András | Aug 2, 2022 | Climate policy modeling
The MIRROR project aims to develop evidence-based and impact-assessed policy proposals in the field of climate policy in the Member States, and to present them to government decision-makers and the society. The project currently involves 13 EU Member States. As of 1...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Jun 23, 2022 | Article
Although the recent UN Bonn Climate Change Conference was to be held at a technical level, the negotiating parties were unable to circumvent the major political issues of emissions reduction, financing, and loss and damage. Thus, although serious discussions have...
by Green Policy Center | Apr 1, 2022 | Events
The CEE Sustainable Finance Summit will be back between 16-20 May this year with a hybrid conference! After last year’s success, when we saw 74 speakers and over 1000 registrations, with experts from various sectors engaging in 5 days of online discussions,...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Apr 1, 2022 | Article
The Russo-Ukrainian war has created a political opportunity for Ukraine to gain admission to the European Union through an accelerated procedure, in contrast to the decades old practice of the past. Apart from the political, economic and security aspects of this...
by Green Policy Center | Jan 24, 2022 | Appearances
Although it has been around for decades, climate goals gave a new momentum for hydrogen technology that enjoys renewed and rapidly growing attention worldwide. Due to its versatility, hydrogen has been described by many as the Holy Grail of decarbonisation. Harnessing...
by Tibor Schaffhauser | Dec 22, 2021 | Podcasts
The 2021 German elections has shown that being conservative means conserving the values of our planet, so people still want to vote for conservative parties while taking a stand on climate protection, said Wiebke Winter, board member of the German Christian Democratic...
