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SDG 6: Clean water & sanitation for all
2022
There’s no way around it. Sustainability is an extremely urgent and universal concern. On 11th January 2022 we will discuss the 6th of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
About the event
The Green European Foundation with the support of Ecopolis Foundation is holding a full-day conference on 6th of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a universal call to action for a fair and sustainable world for all. The focus of the conference will be on clean water and basic sanitation, and we’ve invited a high-class panel from all over Hungary to discuss this topic. After the event, we will publish a report summarising the content in the next volume of Ecopolis SDG series.
Context
The Ecopolis Foundation has launched a series of conferences and publications examining the possibilities of implementing the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Hungary. SDGs follow the idea that environmental, social and economic problems can only be successfully addressed systematically. The previous five goals are – eradicating poverty, eradicating hunger, health and well-being for all, quality education, gender equality. Publications on each topic are available here.
Program
10:00-10:10 UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the place of the 6th goal in the system
Speakers:
- János Zlinszky, PhD. Associate professor, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Development Studies.
- Péter Pázmány, Catholic University Faculty of Law and Political Science,Department for Environmental Law and Competition Law.
10:20-10:50 Creating a safe, affordable and fair access to clean drinking for all
Speakers:
- Dr. András Szöllősi-Nagy PhD, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Development Studies
- Attila Antal, Senior Lecturer (Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law)
10:50-11:20 Creating access to an appropriate and equitable for basic sanitation, in particular for women, girls and women and for the special needs of the vulnerable
Speakers:
Gábor Ungvári, senior research associate, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research.
Gergely Papp, PAD Foundation for environmental justice.
11:20-11:40 Coffee break
11:40-12:10 Improving water quality (by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally)
Speakers:
- Vince Bakos, Assistant Professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dept. Applied Biotechnology and Food Science
- Dr. János Tamás PhD, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management
- Kálmán Buzás, Honorary Professor, Budapest University and Economics,Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering
12:10-12:40 Water protection, water management law
Speakers:
- Sándor Fülöp PhD, Associate professor, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Development Studies, former commissioner of the Parliamentary Commision for Future Generations
12:40-13:10 Water efficiency, sustainable water abstraction
Speakers:
- Prof. Emeritus István Ijjas, Budapest University and Economics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering
- Adrienne Clement, Associate Professor, Budapest University and Economics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering
13:10-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Implementation of an integrated river basin management
Speakers:
- Gábor Baranyai, Assistant Professor, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable
- Dr. Mária Eördöghné Miklós, University of Pécs,Faculty of buildingand plant engineering
14:30-15:00 Protection and restoring water-related ecosystems
Speakers:
László Tirják, director of Körös-Maros National Par Tamás Gruber, project lead of Freshwater habitat at WWF
15:00-15:30 Promoting the participation of local communities in the development of water management and sanitation
Speakers:
- Sándor Fülöp PhD, Associate professor, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Water Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Development Studies, former commissioner of the Parliamentary Commision for Future Generations
- Péter Kajner, program expert of Freshwater habitat at WWF
15:30-16:00 Audience questions
Practicalities
Date and Time: Tuesday 11th January 2022, 10AM
Register here: Conference form
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This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Ecopolis Foundation and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.