The European Union aims to be climate-neutral by 2050. The European Green Deal describes a comprehensive road map toward a climate-neutral society. This also includes more ambitious climate targets for 2030. What does the European Green Deal mean for Hungary and the Viségrad Group? Could this vision have a particularly strong effect for the region? What successes and difficulties can be expected in the process of implementing the European Green Deal by 2030? Is the coronavirus pandemic a game-changer towards more sustainability? What steps can we as citizens take to save our climate?

The Andrássy University Budapest is organizing a recorded webinar on this topic with the title “Making the European Green Deal Work - Road Map for the Visegrád Countries until 2030”. The webinar will take place as part of Bard College's and Open Society Universities’ global initiative “Solve Climate by 2030”. Over 100 universities worldwide will hold webinars between April 7th and 14th. The webinar of Andrássy University Budapest begins with a short introductory video from “Solve Climate by 2030”, followed by a debate among panelists of about 40 minutes. The session will be concluded by an approx. 30-minute Q&A.

The following panelists will be guests at the webinar: Attila Steiner, State Secretary of the Republic of Hungary for Circular Economy, Energy and Climate Policy, András Huszár, Director and Co-founder of the Green Policy Center, Lilla Bartuszek, General Secretary at V4SDG - Visegrád for Sustainability, and Samuel Schmidt, master's student at the Andrássy University Budapest and the University of Passau. The webinar will be moderated by Rafal Fabianowicz, Ph.D. student at Andrássy University Budapest, and Dr. Kristina Kurze, Associate Professor at the Andrássy University Budapest and DAAD visiting lecturer.

Join the discussion! We are looking forward to your participation. Please register by April 13 at the registration link. The webinar will be held via Zoom.