dr. jur. Barna Arnold Keserű, PhD studentSzéchenyi István University, Faculty of Law & Political Sciences,Győr, Hungary.

Review on the Role of Green Technologies in Hungarian Policies Concerning Sustainability

• 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?

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• „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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What is sustainable development?

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• 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

Constitutional background

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• 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

National Sustainable Development Strategy (2007)

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New Széchenyi Plan (2011)

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• Four priorities within the Green-economy Development Program:– Green energy– Energy-efficiency– Green education– Green R&D&I

New Széchenyi Plan (2011)

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Intervention fields Targets Development areasHorizontal type technological innovations

Sustainable resource management, resource efficiency, decrease of environmental loads.

Nanotechnology, biotechnology, use of photonics, bio-based products, advanced materials.

Air Decrease air pollution made by transportation and households.

Improving public transport vehicles and traffic control, upgrading heating and energy efficiency.

Waste Recycling, decreasing the organic content of waste, reducing waste production, less hazardous waste, selective collection of waste.

Low-waste technologies, separately collected waste processing, usage of waste as secondary raw materials.

Water Decreasing specific water use in industry and agriculture, waste water recycling, ensuring high quality drinking water supply.

Water-efficient key technologies, water-saving agricultural technologies, iron and manganese removal technologies for drinking water.

Noise and vibration

Decreasing noise pollution in settlements, vibration protection.

Noise barriers, noise and vibration reducing traffic developments, sound insulation in buildings.

Construction industry

Eco-friendly construction, sustainable resource-management, energy-efficient 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 resources.

Heat pump energy use, waste heat capturing, heat energy recovering system, geothermal energy use, solar energy in households, biomass, small wind turbines, efficient energy storage, photovoltaic technologies.

Remediation Remediation of polluted compartments (soil, water) and monitoring, giving priority to the green remediation.

Bioremediation, innovative technologies, in-situ processes.

Agriculture and soil protection

Decreasing environmental pressure, soil protection, more efficient water use, decreasing the use of pesticides, reducing soil pollution and waste production.

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.

National Environmental Technology Innovation Strategy

2011-2020 (2011)

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• 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.

National Rural Strategy (2012)

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• It defines mid-term objectives for the years of 2013-2016

• 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– alternative energy sources– innovations in the field of environment protection industry– environmental innovations in agriculture– innovation connecting to waste management

Jedlik Plan – The National Strategy for the Protection of Intellectual Property

(2013)

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• In the period 2007-2012 the number of patent applications grew from 74 to 122 concerning green technologies.

• Lagging fields:– Biomass– Geothermic energy– Vechicles

– CO2 emission reduction

• Improvement observed:– Wind energy– Energy storing– Heat insulation– Waste management

Jedlik Plan – The National Strategy for the Protection of Intellectual Property

(2013)

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• 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:

– 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

Conclusion

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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