Author: Staff

Introduction The Metropolitan Local Government in Budapest develops an independent municipal environmental protection program related to the urban environment, its protection and factors endangering the environment in order to protect human health and preserve and sustainably use natural resources and values.One of the main tasks of the Metropolitan Local Government (furthermore local government) defined by law is to regularly assess the environmental condition of Budapest, and then to inform the population about it annually.In addition to the professionally controlled information of the population, the change directions and tendencies serve as a basis for Budapest’s environmental program for the next period.…

Open-es, an open business platform for collaboration, sustainable development and energy transition, is born. Announced in December 2020, it has been online since the end of March 2021 and represents a community of more than a thousand companies committed to the sustainability of the entire industrial ecosystem. The platform was launched by Eni, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Google Cloud as a tool to connect companies, people and organisations in a collaborative ecosystem, which concretely supports development and growth on the dimensions of sustainability. It was presented as a simple, flexible solution, suitable for all realities, based on collaboration, integrability…

On 8 June, the European Commission presented a draft EU budget for 2022 that includes a share of funds earmarked for tackling climate change. For this strategic priority, the aim is to spend 30% of the long-term budget (adopted in 2020) and the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument. This amounts to €167.8 billion for next year, plus grants estimated at €143.5 billion under NextGenerationEU. European Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn said: “Today we are proposing unprecedented levels of financial support to help Europe recover from the economic and health crises. We will help the people, businesses and regions most affected by the pandemic.…