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Pendo Maro from HCWH attends Hungarian annual environmental NGO gathering, invited by Clean Air Action Group (CAAG) Hungary
Brussels —
The Hungarian annual national environmental NGO gathering took place in Baja, on 18 – 20 March, 2011. HCWH and HEAL Senior Climate and Energy Advisor, Dr. Pendo Maro, was invited by Clean Air Action Group (CAAG) Hungary – the largest environmental organisation in Hungary. Pendo presented the findings of the HCWH and HEAL report Acting Now for better Health, as they relate to Hungary in particular and to the EU in general. The aim was to meet national organisation members, share these findings with them and strengthen alliances for national support towards an EU 30% green house gas emissions reduction target by 2020 (compared to 1990 emission levels). The gathering brought together around 200 national NGOs, including presentations by senior government officials and experts.Recommendations from the three day sessions were collated and prepared into a manifesto which was handed over to the relevant government officials with specific asks.
After the NGO event, Pendo together with colleagues from CAAG, met and presented the report findings to several government officials in Budapest, including those dealing with environment, agriculture and regional development, and also Hungarian Presidency officials. The aim of the visits was to share our health co-benefits report findings with the respective decision-makers with the aim to garner support for an EU move o 30% emissions reduction target for the protection and benefit of public health. The meeting came at a time when Hungary was holding the six-moth rotating EU Council Presidency.
The meeting in Hungary is part of our national level climate and health work in select EU countries to build and strengthen national alliances between people in organizations working on health, environment, climate change and other related, share our health co-benefits findings and work towards national support for an EU move to 30% emissions reduction target by 2020 (compared to 1990 emission levels) for the protection and benefit of public health.
Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of more than 500 organizations in 53 countries, working to transform the health care sector worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment. Visit the HCWH website for more information.
