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Össze kell fognunk magunkért, a jövő nemzedékeiért és bolygónkért!
ENSZ tagállamok legfrissebb nemzeti klímaválltozást mérséklő vállalásait, cselekvési terveit összegzö szintezis jelentés szerint van nemi pozitív, főleg szemléletváltásbani, előrehaladás, de egyben arra is figyelmeztet, hogy a legutóbbi évek tendenciái, történései sajnos továbbra is súlyos agodalomra adnak okot. Messze nem elég amit jelenleg teszünk! Messze nem járunk ott, ahol a tudomany szerint lennünk kellene mostanra! A … Continue reading
EESC calls for action as civil society organisations struggle to operate in an increasingly unfriendly Europe – Az Európai Gazdasági és Szociális Bizottság (EGSZB) fellépést sürget, mivel a civil szervezetek egyre nehezebben tudnak működni egy egyre barátságtalanabb Európában
EESC calls for action as civil society organizations struggle to operate in an increasingly unfriendly Europe The EESC recommends measures against EU countries with authoritarian governments and proposes to have undemocratic political parties excluded from the European Parliament The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has taken a strong stance against increasing attempts to undermine … Continue reading
Glifozát nélküli Európa – a kapára egyik gyom sem rezisztens
Az Európai Gazdasági és Szociális Bizottság (EGSZB) az EU jövőjével, egységével kapcsolatos számos, aktuális kérdés megtárgyalása mellett a szeptember 20-21-i brüsszeli plenáris ülésén napirendre tűzte a a „Ban Glyfozát” (Tíltsák be a glifozátot) európai polgári kezdeményezés* megtárgyalását is. Van esély arra, hogy látván a polgári kezdeményezés gyors sikerét és a mögötte álló erős társadalmi hátteret … Continue reading
2016: a year in pictures (Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Withouth Borders)
“2016 may well be the year best remembered for its tumultuous political turnarounds, hardening attitudes to refugees and migration, and continuing devastating conflicts. Looking through over 10,000 images released this year (created between October 2015 and December 2016), however, a different reality reveals itself. Whether you read it in the bravery and determination of MSF’s … Continue reading
EU 20 years of Single Market – Single Market through the eyes of the people
In October 2012 EU is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Single Market which was always one of the most important contributing pillars of the European integration. It is a good occasion to think about the past and future of the Single Market and about why and how we can or can not use yet … Continue reading
GWP CEE Regional Workshop on Integrated Drought Management, 5-6 October Bratislava
A regional workshop on Integrated Drought Management takes place in Bratislava at Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute on 5-6 October. It is a join initiative of Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE), GWP Technical Committee and World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute will host the venue. The main objective of the workshop is … Continue reading
EU Single Market anomalies – Salami Ungherese made in Trento Italy
Just an example from the EU food and consumers goods market: I am living in the former „Eastern Block” in Hungary but travelling quite a lot across Europe. So I can have a quite clear overview about what is going on and available here and there. The market and the market powers are extremely unbalanced. … Continue reading
EuroGames 2012 Budapest – Out Proud and Loud!
On behalf of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights, EP members Ulrike Lunacek and Kinga Goncz delivered a clear message to the LGBT communities in their speeches on the EuroGames 2012 Budapest opening ceremony. President Lunacek stressed in her encouraging speech: “Come out, out of the crowd and out of the closet. Out, proud … Continue reading
Sustainable Energy For All EU Summit – EuroSolar
The Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL) initiative was launched by the UN Secretary General in 2011. The initiative contains three objectives which should be achieved by 2030 and which combine the development and the climate change agenda: Ensure universal access to modern energy services, double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency globally, double the … Continue reading
Climate-Smart Agriculture (Working With Nature Not Against It)
By Laszlo Keki (Hungary) I can still remember (me and Giedre were there) that early morning on the last day of the 2010 COP16 UN Climate Change Summit in Cancun, Oxfam unveiled a giant sand sculpture of Mexican farmers called for concrete action for the sake of the millions of poor people around the world … Continue reading
BIMUN : World’s Youth Modelling the Future of UN at Budapest
Interested to find out how the UN will be in 2050 and how the today’s young generation think about the problems of our world and future of the multilateral negotiations? Take a look: BIMUN (Budapest International Model United Nations) 13-17 April. 2012 conference held at Budapest and hosted by Eötvos József Gymnasium. More than 300 … Continue reading
Did you know that ? : Lady Jackson
Lady Jackson/Barbara Ward (1914-1981 ) was pioneer in the today’s well known and so important concept: „Sustainable Development”. She was the first who enlight and seed this idea into to the wild public in its today’s known context. Barbara Mary Ward (1914 – 1981), in later life Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, was a British economist … Continue reading
Hungarian President Schmitt resigned today
Due to the high public society, civil and wide spectrum political pressure Pal Schmitt President of Hungary resigned from his mandate today in speech to the Hungarian Parliament. The known plagiarism scandal regarding his doctoral dissertation deeply shocked the Hungarian society. Schmitt’s today’s quick decision to step down was a bit surprising but well expected … Continue reading
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