In 2018, two American economists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. One of them – William Nordhaus – pointed out when accepting the award: If the negative externalities caused by economic activity are not taken into account (“priced at 0”), we will pay a very high price at the societal level. Let me add…
Csaba Kőrösi, Strategic Director of the Blue Planet Foundation and 77th President of the UN General Assembly co-chaired the Scientific Committee of the Fourth Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (FBAS) in Beijing. The forum was hosted by the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), and its purpose…
Csaba Kőrösi, Strategic Director of the Blue Planet Foundation, has been invited to join the International Advisory Committee of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC COP 29). The meeting will take place from 11 to 22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Csaba Kőrösi has already supported…
“In our rapidly changing world, children need to be taught to think: to observe reality, to evaluate experience, to look for solutions together, even find new ways through teamwork to replace the old ones that proved to be unsatisfactory” – said Katalin Czippán at the 2nd Summer University on the Integrity of Creation in Esztergom,…
The Strategic Director of Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation, Csaba Kőrösi was invited by the Hungarian UN youth delegates, Annamária Wettstein and Widad Brimo, to participate in a discussion with the Brain Bar Ambassadors on the evening of 14 June. The topics were the development of the Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs), what has been achieved…
“More and more people recognise the importance of energy sufficiency, and everybody benefits from that”, – said Csaba Kőrösi, the Strategic Director of the Blue Planet Foundation, during his speech at the 14th Award Ceremony of VEP, hosted by the Virtual Power Plant Program Parliament. More than a hundred companies, municipalities, schools, and experts were…
Is sustainability feasible in today’s mass society, and if so, in what form? What kind of environmental pressures can be tolerated by the ecosystem? How can we adjust our consumption so that it does not irreversibly damage the natural environment around us? What economic model do we need for sustainable development – if sustainable development…
Natural disasters are hitting the Danube region due to climate change; the intensity and frequency of heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, and heavy rainfalls are increasing, causing more and more severe flash floods locally. As 75% of the region’s population lives in urban areas, most citizens are at particular risk. Different cities and towns in the Danube…
On 18 April 2024, the MBH (Hungarian Bankholding) Bank’s Makronóm Makroverzum, the Hungarian ESG meeting was held in Budapest, where Csaba Kőrösi participated in the panel discussion on “The Sustainable Development of Welfare”. According to the Strategic Director of the Blue Planet Foundation, the global green transition may take longer than expected, as emission levels…
These were the words of Csaba Kőrösi, Strategic Director of the Blue Planet Foundation, at the end of his presentation to the students at the American International School of Budapest (AISB) on 20 March 2024. In the presentation, entitled “Sustainable Development Goals for Crisis Management and Transformation – Where Are We Heading?” Mr Kőrösi described…