Open AccessHungary’s Energy and Water Security Countermeasures as Answers to the Challenges of Global Climate Change
Author(s) -
László Földi,
Tamás Berek,
József Padányi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
academic and applied research in military and public management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-0744
pISSN - 2498-5392
DOI - 10.32565/aarms.2021.2.7
Subject(s) - climate change , energy security , political science , water security , storm , environmental planning , environmental resource management , business , geography , environmental science , water resources , meteorology , engineering , renewable energy , ecology , electrical engineering , biology
Weather extremities became more significant in Central Europe from the beginning of the 21st century. More frequent and severe droughts, floods, precipitations, storms, extreme high (or low) temperatures are occurring nowadays. It has become important also for Hungary to have proper legal and scientific background to fight against these phenomena. In recent years, several legal and technical regulations were born in Hungary as strategic answers for these challenges. The goal is to ease the consequences and adapt to the changes as much as possible. The authors selected some key areas and their interactions as the energy sector, water management and security issues. After describing Hungary’s situation, related environment and the history of recent years’ efforts in these areas, they summarise the responses and probable benefits of the Hungarian countermeasures as a possible positive example for answering the challenges of climate change.