In order to meet the requirements of LIFE-CLIMCOOP – Cooperation of cities and local companies for climate change adaptation project, supported by the LIFE program of the European Union and co-financed by the Ministry of Technology and Innovation, we again handed over IBCs to local inhabintants applying for it on 24th May, 2022. We announced …
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The effects of climate change are becoming more and more noticeable in Hungary, as seen from the fact that the warmest year has been declared eight times since the turn of the millennium, and extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, or sudden rainfall are becoming more common. You can read more about this in …
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Whether we live in a big city or a small rural village, it is undeniable that our daily lives are influenced and regulated by the social- and economic systems, and the environmental impacts around us. Changes in these, even small ones, can significantly impact our families, work, and lives in general. It is recommended to …
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Whether we live in a big city or a small rural village, it is undeniable that our daily lives are influenced and regulated by the social- and economic systems, and the environmental impacts around us. Changes in these, even small ones, can significantly impact our families, work, and lives in general. Due to climate change, …
Nowadays, more and more scientific articles can be read online about global climate change. Climate change is possibly the most significant challange of the 21th century. Reading these articles, one can think that the current changes are independent of us and we cannot influence these processes.However, these changes are quite complex and diverse processes affecting …
One of the goals of our questionnaire was to assess the knowledge of citizens about climate change, and the actions that civilians are taking to address the problems caused by a changing climate. The detailed evaluation of the more than 600 responses to our questionnaire is still ongoing, but some results are already clear from …
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On September 22, 2020, the Municipality of Kazincbarcika and BorsodChem Zrt. formed the Climate Platform by delegating its members. n Hungary, there is little cooperation between the city administration and industrial enterprises other than economic relations. This lack of cooperation is particularly apparent regarding adaptation to climate change. The Climate Platform, formed as the main …
On Tuesday, 25 August 2020 a press conference was held on the occasion of the grand opening of the second Hungarian-coordinated LIFE-CLIMCOOP project under the LIFE Climate Policy sub-program, which started at the beginning of September 2020. The conference was organized and attended by the University of Miskolc and its partners – BorsodChem Zrt., the …
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