In May, at the invitation of the Research Institute for the Intergity of Creation at Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE), Professor Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta visited Hungary. The editor and main author of the book The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review participated in a conference held on May 8–9, which marked the launch of…
Nine ambassadors to Hungary participated in the 10th Sustainability Thematic Week programme, thanks to the efforts of Zöld Híd (Green Bridge) volunteer expert network. The ambassadors from Austria, Denmark, Ecuador, the Netherlands, Japan, Colombia, Germany, Sweden, and Uzbekistan presented the complex topic of sustainability and potential practical solutions from the perspective of their own culture.…
On April 8–9, 2025, the Council of Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly (UNCPGA) convened in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event was attended by Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly and strategic director of the Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation. A record number of 14 former UN General Assembly…
March ended eventfully for TEX-DAN; the latest meeting of the project that addresses the environmental challenges of the textile industry took place on March 24–25, hosted by the Development Agency of Serbia. On the occasion of the event, held in Banja Luka, Bosnia, all partners of the TEX-DAN project came together, including staff from the…
Csaba Kőrösi emphasised the key role of science amid the intensifying geopolitical competition at the Global Knowledge Dialogue conference. This year’s convent was organised at the end of January in Muscat, Oman, as an initiative of the Global Scientific Council (ISC). The Foundation’s strategic director, also a former President of the UN General Assembly, delivered…
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…