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Activities in connection to the climate change in Hungary

• Dr. Sándor Fazekas

Minister of Rural Development

International programs

• Participation in the work of IPCC
• Clavier project

– Climate Change and Variability: Impact in Central and Eastern Europe – OMSZ, BME, VITUKI, Env‐in‐Cent Kft.

• RegClim project

– Regional Climate Development Under Global Warming – VÁTI, ELTE Department of Meteorology, Env‐in‐Cent Kft

• ESPON CLIMATE

– Climate Change and Territorial Effects on Regions and Local Economies

– BME, VÁTI

• DMCSEE

– Drought Management Centre for South East Europe – OMSZ, VITUKI, ATIKÖVIZIG

National programs

VAHAVA project 2003‐2008

• Changes‐Impacts‐Responses

(VÁltozás‐HAtás‐VÁlaszadás)

– Global climate change, Hungarian impacts and responses, – Purpose: consolidate the scientific basis for policy‐making in context of the climate change hazard – The project mobilized the experts representing all key scientific disciplines – Main fields: water management, agriculture, soil management, forestry, energy sector, architecture, health, tourism, etc.

National Climate Strategy 2008‐2025

• Implementation of the international

commitments

• Reduce and limit greenhouse gas emissions of

anthropogenic origin

• Adaptation to the domestic impacts of

climate change

• Preparation for the domestic impacts and

instruments for complying with these

• bjectives

Extreme hydrometeorological events

2003, drought

‐2.5 ‐2 ‐1.5 ‐1 ‐0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 SPI

SPI6 August, 1951‐2009, grid point average covering Hungary

• The most severe drought from 1951
• Extremly little precipitation, summer temperature

above normal with 4‐5°C

• Yield losses, forest fires, problems in river shipping
• n the Danube and Tisza, reduced run in some

power plants

• In Hungary near 400 million EUR damage in

agriculture

2010, extreme precipitation

– The wettest year from 1901, – Countrywide average: 959 mm – (R2010‐R1971‐2000)/R1971‐2000= 68% – Internal waters:

• 130‐140 thousands hectares under water

– Floods in May‐June

• 100 billion Forints losses

– Extreme precipitation events

• Hail, storms
• Loss of harvest

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