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"PartiMap" will actively involve citizens in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the EU cohesion policy through an online tool adapted to the local Hungarian context. The tool will enable geo-based collection of ideas, opinions, needs and feedback that can be used in all phases of programming. The promoters of the project will cooperate with local municipalities and stakeholders for EU funded projects connected to sustainable urban mobility and renewal of urban spaces.
Törökör is situated in Zugló, one of the 23 districts of Budapest (Hungary). In this neighbourhood, there are several mobility challenges affecting all residents including vulnerable people with physical impairments.
Two bus storages with solar panels installed on their roof structure were handed over in the Kelenföld Division of the Budapest Transport Privately Held Corporation (BKV) last Friday. While far from being a sensation, the event proved yet another step in the implementation of BKV's climate and energy strategy towards achieving a greener, more liveable Budapest.
Green island with a twofold purpose
The location of the project is not only practical, but also symbolic, as Kelenföld is home to BKV’s zero-emission, purely electric buses. With the latest energy-conscious investment of Budapest’s main public transport operator, the company’s bus garage in Kelenföld has become a “green island” that not only provides electric buses to the travelling public, but also generates some of their electricity needs from renewable energy sources by replacing fossil fuels.
Long-term renovation strategies are a requirement of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) for all member states. Developed at national level, LTRS goes hand-in-hand with local building renovation initiatives, and both are essential to accelerating the transition towards reaching energy efficiency and climate targets.
These factsheets, prepared by BPIE and national Green Building Councils for the H2020 project Build Upon2, identify which levels of governance must cooperate during the design and implementation of long-term renovation strategies across 8 countries: Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, and the UK. Each factsheet also highlights the status quo of the process, as well as successes and challenges that are faced at local or national level.
Cities worldwide are rising to the common challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, growing inequality and intolerance, and rising housing costs. They increasingly do so in collaboration with one another, pooling resources and exchanging ideas on what works. They rise above partisanship, focusing on ways to provide solutions to their residents.
Our cities are the engines of growth and innovation in the region. As we face many common challenges, we have decided to tackle them together. To this end, we are proud to establish the “Pact of Free Cities” – which is formally launching at the Central European University in Budapest on 16 December.
The new Green mayor of Budapest on Tuesday (5 November) added his city to the growing list of capitals to have declared climate emergencies. It is the first visible break with Viktor Orbán’s government, which still opposes an EU plan to go climate-neutral by 2050.
‘Sky-rocketing’ EU carbon prices could mean Hungary is the first country in eastern Europe to set an exit date for the most polluting fossil fuel
Hungary is eyeing an end to coal-fired power generation by 2030, in a move that could shake the EU region most staunchly opposed to tougher climate change measures.
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New municipal housing agency, more green areas per capita, rejuvenation of rust zones, and decrease in the number of fatal traffic accidents. These are some of the highlights of the recently unveiled Budapest Development strategy until 2027.
For the first time they will be made locally of degradable and recyclable materials
As cities around the world bemoan their “different Christmas’’ this year due to the Covid-19 restrictions, Budapest is putting its money where its mouth is, even while decorating streets for the winter holidays. Prioritizing environmental protection, Budapesti Dísz- és Közvilágítási Kft (BDK), a company co-owned by Budapest Municipality and energy supplier Budapesti Elektromos Művek Nyrt, will brighten the public spaces of the Hungarian capital with new, eco-friendly decorations from the first Sunday of Advent, 29 November.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has lost control over his country’s capital. While there are signs that the illiberal leader will do all in his power to hurt the city, the opposition is using the potential of city diplomacy to highlight the other, more democratic side of Hungary. In January 2020, we spoke with former Green MEP Benedek Jávor, head of Budapest’s representation in Brussels, about the prospects and challenges for Budapest under green-left leadership.
Just as important, though, was a new innovation the party brought to Hungary: door-knocking. Nothing beats meeting people face to face.
Free Cities Pact was signed yesterday by the mayors of four European capitals at the Central European University in Budapest. The Mayors of Prague, Budapest, Warsaw and Bratislava confirmed that they will be working together and promoting joint projects. Furthermore, the Pact binds them in the commitment to the values of democracy, freedom, human dignity and the rule of law, as enshrined in the EU Treaties.
Mayors Zdeněk Hřib (Prague), Karácsony Gergely (Budapest), Rafał Trzaskowski (Warsaw) and Matúš Vallo (Bratislava) agreed that the Free Cities Pact will be an open platform for other cities and third parties that share the same values. The four cities want to join forces in tackling common challenges, including climate change, the housing crisis or the use of European subsidies.
The V4 group of countries ignores climate threats, attempts to extend fossil fuel burning, violates air pollution limits and undermines the development of renewable energies. The Visegrad+ Renewable Energy platform has been established to turn this trend around, writes Ada Ámon.
Energy@school has been in operation in the small village of Újszilvás which has a population of just 2 800 people. Before the project, the local government’s biggest cause for concern was the local school’s spending. In response, the project installed double-glazed windows, solar panels and a geothermal heat-exchange system in a bid to reduce energy consumption. According to the management, this will achieve a 30 % reduction in the schools’ costs in 2019.
In parallel, the project is making use of the new energy improvements to inform the pupils. Students are able to see the solar cells with their own eyes, and share this information with their peers and parents across the community.
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