The Green Policy Center published a podcast interview with Csaba Kőrösi, head of the Environmental Sustainability Directorate of the Office of the President of the Republic (KEH). During the presidency of János Áder, the environmental protection activities carried out by KEH are evaluated in the interview.
The Directorate of Environmental Sustainability was established following the initiative of János Áder. According to Kőrösi, pragmatism, that is, the continuous search for solutions, has always been a primary consideration during the institution's seven-year operation so far. He believes that during this time, Hungary has taken important steps towards sustainability. An example of this is the 2021 Planet Budapest Expo conference, thanks to which we achieved important developments in international climate policy.
The President of the Republic, János Áder, personally did a lot to promote environmental protection. Kőrösi said in the interview that
"when János Áder spoke at international conferences or climate summits related to water and disasters, they started paying attention to Hungary".
The podcast reveals that Csaba Kőrösi has a good chance of running for the position of president of the UN General Assembly this summer. If elected, as president, he will strive to interpret and solve the challenges in an integrated system. He believes that geopolitics and sustainable development have a serious impact on each other.
And most of the risk factors do not necessarily lie in geopolitics, but in sustainable development.
The Russian-Ukrainian war is an example of this. 25 percent of the world's grain production and 85 percent of the grain used in UN humanitarian activities come from the warring parties. Depletion of these resources can very quickly lead to food and regional problems.
In the conversation, he also said that the UN member states must face themselves honestly. They need to look at what works and what doesn't - among the sustainability goals they set.
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