Clim'Foot

• HOI

Conference and award ceremony of low carbon economy, 24^th May, 2017, Budapest

A conference about transition to low carbon economy was organised by KÖVET Association together with an awards ceremony where the most efficient organisations were rewarded in an annually organized environmental programme of the association. The event was focused on the possibilities and challenges of the non ETS organisations to reduce their environmental impact, especially carbon footprint.

The Clim’Foot project was presented by Lorant Riesz from HOI in details. In order to facilitate the low carbon economy through the rethinking of the processes of an organisation, the methodology, the Hungarian and European emission factor database and the experience regarding the voluntary programme had been presented. Balázs Mátai from HOI was presented the possibilities and challenges to identify efficient mitigation actions and introduced the French initiative, the ACT Programme.

National Sustainable Development Day in Hungary, 25^th May 2017, Budapest

"Adaptation and well-being, rethinking of urban development”

An international scientific conference was organised for the second time by the National University of Public Service to discuss topical questions of natural and social sciences in the context of resilience and adaptation to climate change especially in urban ecosystems due to the fact that as a result of the urbanisation we’re facing not only environmental and technical challenges but also social and economic problems. The majority of the solutions and answers will be originated from cities.

In the first part of the conference three famous professors presented the context between water, meteorological changes, urban development and social impacts. After the plenary meeting 7 different sections were organised regarding sustainable cities, urban water management, SDGs, food safety, urban ecosystems, economy and urban centres as hubs for deep drawdown.

The CFO and the Clim’Foot project were presented by Lorant Riesz from HOI. The presentation was divided into two major parts: one was about the reason why carbon footprinting is necessary for non ETS organisations and the other was about the method of CFO and the results of the project.