The most important message of World Lakes Day is that action must be taken today for the sake of tomorrow, Ágnes Forsthoffer, the speaker of parliament, told a conference held in Balatonfüred, in western Hungary, on Tuesday. Jessika Roswall, the European Commission’s commissioner for environment, water resilience and a competitive circular economy, also attended the […]
The Hungarian government has approved a sustainable water management action plan in accordance with the water management reform measures of the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) the environment ministry said on the government website on Wednesday. In order to implement the Action Plan, the government calls upon the Minister of the Living Environment to […]
Researchers at the Budapest University of Economics (BGE) have developed a scientifically based ecological footprint calculator for businesses. The application supports sustainability decisions with an easy-to-understand metric and shows user companies in which areas they can achieve the greatest impact and where their environmental impact is most significant, the university says on its website. With […]
Hungary’s standing timber volume increased by nearly 4 million cubic meters in 2025: According to information from the Forest Management Department of the Ministry for the Living Environment, the stock rose from 419,055,552 cubic meters to 423,012,239 cubic meters, as reported in the summary published on the fataj.hu website. Based on last year’s data, the […]
A full-chain carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the biorefinery of Hungary's Pannonia Bio is proceeding on schedule. In the framework of the European Union-funded Danube Removals project, launched in the spring of 2024, more than 500,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 a year will be collected and injected into a permanent geological storage site. […]
If we help the trees, the trees will help us: that is the basic idea behind this program. Green plants are essential for the livability of cities: their shade mitigates the heat, improves air quality, and provides a refreshing atmosphere. However, due to a lack of rainfall and drought, the survival of newly planted urban […]
Work to convert built-on areas of Budapest's City Park into green spaces could begin next spring at the earliest, Dávid Vitézy, the transport and investment minister, said in a social media post on Friday. He noted that removing the foundations and rubble of demolished buildings was a major project requiring adequate preparation time. One of […]
Samsung SDI Hungary is implementing a comprehensive environmental action plan in Göd, north of Budapest, that focuses on noise control, air quality and strengthening local community engagement. According to the company’s announcement on Monday, it will hold quarterly community forums in the future and will publish real-time data from noise and air quality monitoring systems […]
The statutory objectives of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) include, directly and indirectly, the support of environmental sustainability, the central bank said in a statement on the occasion of World Environment Day. The effects of climate change can spread through various transmission channels into the economic and financial system, affect inflation, foreign exchange reserve […]
The E.ON Hungária Group is upgrading its sites with environmental goals in mind, continuing the biodiversity action plan launched in 2023. The company, which operates the power grid in Transdanubia, Pest County, and Budapest, is increasing biodiversity at its 90 company-owned sites – including facilities, power plants, solar parks, and substations – to create a […]
A variety of events were held across the country on Wednesday, April 22, to mark Earth Day, including an international professional conference, a cleanup, a living plant installation and a book launch. Earth Day, an environmental action day — originally a grassroots initiative — began in the United States in 1970, when, at the initiative […]
Better air, more shade, a more pleasant school environment. In the spirit of a commitment to a sustainable future, a joint tree-planting program was implemented in cooperation between Provident Financial Ltd., the ReGreenX project and the municipality of Szeged, a city in SE Hungary. The courtyard of the Bonifert Domonkos Elementary School was enriched with […]
Sustainability could be the key concept for the next quarter-century, according to E.ON's forward-looking research. Hungarians ranked green solutions first among technological developments for the future and predict the dominance of renewable energy sources. For many, financial security is the most important factor for happiness, but graduates rank strong communities and human relationships higher. What […]
Since its launch in 2023, E.ON's Earth Champions competition has reached one in ten Hungarian kindergartens and schools: for the third time, awards have been presented to the communities that have been most successful in shaping environmental awareness, according to a press release issued by the E.ON Group. A generation can grow up whose fundamental […]
CATL intends to implement more environmentally friendly and energy-efficient solutions at its Debrecen plant in Eastern Hungary. To this end, the company has submitted an application to the Hajdú-Bihar County Government Office to amend its environmental permit. The company says that thanks to its latest technological developments, it will use less water and energy. The […]
