The energy crisis in Europe caused by the COVID epidemic has been exacerbated this year by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Energy scarcity is affecting both society and the economic actors.
It is perhaps no exaggeration to say that Europe's energy supply has never been in such a precarious situation as it is today, and it is unclear what the future will bring.
Recognizing this - in line with the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrád Group - the Hungarian Embassy in Latvia organized a high-level expert discussion and a professional forum on 26 May 2022.
The aim of the meeting in Riga was to promote cooperation between the Member States, to exchange ideas and coordinate positions on the solution to the energy crisis, which is a threat to both Europe and our region, and to initiate a professional dialogue with the active involvement of the countries of the region.
The Climate Policy Institute was represented at the event by Máté Litkei, Director, and Gergely Kitta, Head of Strategy and Communication. Ambassador Ferenc Bányai and Prof. Dr Andris Sprūds, Chairman of the Board at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, welcomed the high-level representatives of professional organizations and diplomatic bodies.
Participants of the panel discussion on the energy crisis and the green transition of the European Union included
- Máté Litkei, Director of the Climate Policy Institute, Hungary
- Jozef Škultéty, Director of Climate Change Policy Department, Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic
- Alda Ozola, Chair of the Public Utilities Commission, Latvia
- Richard Juřík, Senior Analyst at the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic,
- Giedrius Dapkevičius, Director of the Energy Department at the Regional Centre of the Polish oil company ORLEN.
We thank the Embassy of Hungary for their invitation and congratulate them on organizing a gap-filling and high profile event.
