Review on the Role of Green
Technologies in Hungarian Policies
Concerning Sustainability
dr. jur. Barna Arnold Keserű, PhD student
Széchenyi István University, Faculty of Law & Political Sciences,
Győr, Hungary.
What is sustainable development?
• Cornerstones: 1972 Stockholm, 1987
Brundtland Commission, 1992 Rio, 2002
Johannesburg, 2012 Rio.
• Pillars: 3+1
– Environmental protection (Stockholm and
Rio)
– Economy (Rio)
– Society (Johannesburg)
– Human (in Hungarian National Sustainable
Development Framework 2012-2014)
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What is sustainable development?
• „Humanity has the ability to make
development sustainable to ensure
that it meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own
needs.” – Our Common Future, 1987
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Constitutional background
• 1st January, 2012 – Fundamental Law
• National Avowal: commitment to promote
our
heritage
and
responsibility
for
descendants
• Article P: commitment to preserve the
resources for the future generations
• Article XXI: right to a healthy environment
• Article 38: financial background of
environment protection
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National Sustainable Development
Strategy (2007)
• Serious problems were identified
• 11 priorities to fight against these problems,
for example:
protection of natural values
combating climate change
sustainable water management
strengthening of sustainable production and
consumer habits
– transformation of energy economy
– sustainable economic regulation
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New Széchenyi Plan (2011)
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New Széchenyi Plan (2011)
• Four priorities within the Greeneconomy Development Program:
– Green energy
– Energy-efficiency
– Green education
– Green R&D&I
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National Environmental Technology
Innovation Strategy 2011-2020 (2011)
Intervention fields
Targets
Development areas
Horizontal type
Sustainable resource management, resource Nanotechnology, biotechnology, use of photonics, bio-based
technological innovations efficiency, decrease of environmental loads. products, advanced materials.
Air
Decrease air pollution made by transportation
and households.
Recycling, decreasing the organic content of
waste, reducing waste production, less
hazardous waste, selective collection of
waste.
Decreasing specific water use in industry and
agriculture, waste water recycling, ensuring
high quality drinking water supply.
Improving public transport vehicles and traffic control, upgrading
heating and energy efficiency.
Low-waste technologies, separately collected waste processing,
usage of waste as secondary raw materials.
Noise and
vibration
Construction
industry
Decreasing noise pollution in settlements,
vibration protection.
Eco-friendly
construction,
sustainable
resource-management,
energy-efficient
buildings.
Noise barriers, noise and vibration reducing traffic developments,
sound insulation in buildings.
Building materials from renewable sources, usage of secondary raw
materials and renewable energy sources, thermal insulation.
Renewable
Energy
Efficient use of different renewable energy Heat pump energy use, waste heat capturing, heat energy recovering
resources.
system, geothermal energy use, solar energy in households, biomass,
small wind turbines, efficient energy storage, photovoltaic
technologies.
Remediation
Remediation of polluted compartments (soil, Bioremediation, innovative technologies, in-situ processes.
water) and monitoring, giving priority to the
green remediation.
Agriculture and soil
protection
Decreasing environmental pressure, soil
protection, more efficient water use,
decreasing the use of pesticides, reducing soil
pollution and waste production.
Waste
Water
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Water-efficient key technologies, water-saving agricultural
technologies, iron and manganese removal technologies for drinking
water.
Eco-friendly technologies, organic farming technologies, efficient
use of nutrients, irrigation and water recycling technologies,
biological agents with integrated pest management, waste energy
recovery, usage of geothermal energy.
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National Rural Strategy (2012)
• Overall objective: increase the population carrying
capacity and population holding capacity.
• It has three aspects:
– Sustainability
– Territorial and societal cohesion
– City-country connection
• These are divided into 7 strategic fields (like
protection and sustainable use of natural values
and resources, and the improvement of the qualitiy
of rural environment), which contain 50 programs in
total.
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Jedlik Plan – The National Strategy for the
Protection of Intellectual Property (2013)
• It defines mid-term objectives for the years of 20132016
• It prescribes more than 100 measures along the 40
action directions.
• Connection of green economy and industrial
property under chapter 4.3.2
• Relevant fields of green economy from the aspect
of industrial property
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alternative energy sources
innovations in the field of environment protection industry
environmental innovations in agriculture
innovation connecting to waste management
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Jedlik Plan – The National Strategy for the
Protection of Intellectual Property (2013)
• In the period 2007-2012 the number of patent applications
grew from 74 to 122 concerning green technologies.
• Lagging fields:
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Biomass
Geothermic energy
Vechicles
CO2 emission reduction
• Improvement observed:
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Wind energy
Energy storing
Heat insulation
Waste management
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Conclusion
• Strategies were adopted yearly concerning
sustainable development
• All of them foster green technologies
• The overall picture remained the same, the
strategies can’t achieve serious successes
• Main problems:
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Low IP activity in public financed research centers
Low intensity of R&D&I
Insufficient money in the SME’s
No obligation for patenting in tenders
Absence of using IP valuation methods
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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