Hungary

Poland, Hungary threaten to derail EU plans to raise 2030 climate ambition

Efforts to strengthen the EU climate target risk being sidelined as leaders head for a showdown over democratic values

Fracking company sues Slovenia over ‘unreasonable’ environmental protections

A British oil and gas company is using a controversial energy treaty to sue Slovenia, after being required to carry out an environmental impact assessment

Hungary sets 2050 climate neutrality goal in law, issues green bond

Headline target aligns with EU goals but short term action does not measure up, experts say, with green funds earmarked to keep trains running

Green opposition wins Budapest mayoral election in blow to Orbán

Gergely Karácsony promised to declare a climate emergency in Hungary’s capital and likened his win to recent elections in Istanbul

Hungary wants end to coal power by 2030

‘Sky-rocketing’ EU carbon prices could mean Hungary is the first country in eastern Europe to set an exit date for the most polluting fossil fuel

János Áder: Hungary’s unlikely climate change leader

Janos Ader has taken a hawkish stance on global warming in his time as president, but change at home has proved harder to deliver

Hungary becomes first in EU to approve Paris climate deal

Budapest breaks with traditional eastern European Visegrad Group allies to speedily ratify Paris Agreement