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…
During the World Science Forum 2024, in Pesti Vigadó concert hall, János Áder, Head of the Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation and Csaba Kőrösi, Strategic Director of the Foundation and former UN GA President, hosted a meeting with the representatives of the Chinese and the American academies of science. The joint work started in 2022…
„We exceeded six out of the nine Planetary Boundaries in 2023. These milestones indicate the point after the planet becomes unable to recover its stable climate and humanity can no longer live in safe conditions,” said Csaba Kőrösi, strategic director of the Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation, during his presentation held at the Ludovika University…
Csaba Kőrösi, strategic director of the Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation and former UN GA President, held the keynote speech at the EU Directors-General meeting for Development Cooperation in Budapest. He listed several goals, including the development of a global water data system and the urgent need for ceasefires in conflict zones – key steps…
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…