"Air pollution from residential burning – implementation of European and national legislation"

Project Workshop in Budapest on 27 February 2018 Venue: Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u 22.)

According to the European Environmental Agency’s report Air Quality in Europe - 2017, in Hungary air pollution causes the premature death of more than 14 000 people each year, who lose on average about 10 years from their lives. Based on the European Commission’s data, the Hungarian economy suffers a yearly loss of more than 1500 billion HUF because of air pollution, including more than 3 million lost workdays. The main source of air pollution is residential heating and burning. Together with Hungarian and international presenters, during the conference we discussed what practical instruments are available to mitigate the severe environmental impacts of residential burning and heating.