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As climate change and energy price hikes hit the Hungarian capital, local authorities try to establish an action plan to make Budapest energy-independent
Last week, authorities in Budapest held the first Energy Summit at City Hall to discuss measures to handle the energy crisis in both the short and long terms. Furthermore, Mayor Gergely Karácsony explained on social media that the main priority for his local administration is curbing the Hungarian capital’s dependence on Russian energy imports.
The main points of action for Budapest, according to the mayor, are increasing the share of renewable energy in the municipality’s consumption. In that regard, mayor Karácsony said that public utilities in the city will be able to run on their own energy by 2030.
According to Mayor Karácsony, climate action and sustainable investment in Budapest have been fairly neglected topics for years and instituting sweeping measures will be a difficult task. At the same time, he pointed out that the dependence on Russian energy imports for Europe, Hungary and the capital is no longer sustainable and needs to change.
Moreover, the mayor pointed out that average temperatures in the city have risen by an astounding 4°C in the last half a century.
After the summit, local authorities adopted four proposals to reduce energy consumption and boost local production of renewables, to be able to make Budapest energy independent. Here are the proposals:
Mayor Karácsony acknowledged the fact that these measures would be costly, especially in the current economic climate for both Hungary and the European Union. He also shifted the conversation towards EU funding and how vital it is to achieve the green goals of Budapest.
At the same time, however, he pointed out that Hungary is still the only European Country to not receive its European Recovery and Resilience package. Moreover, Karácsony pleaded with the national government to address the EU’s rule of law concerns in the country.
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