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Climate Policy

Europe’s Sahara on Fire: Wildfire Trends in Serbia

09/24/2026

Hungary’s wind capacity expansion decision: ecological safeguards and circular economy considerations

08/19/2026

Unlocking the Green Door: The Impact of the Michelin Key

08/13/2026

The Real Cost of Staying Safe in the Sun

08/06/2026

Circular Economy

What Will Be the Fate of Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades?

10/01/2026

structural repurposing decommissioning wind energy

France Sets a New Trend in Fashion—With Legislation, Not Couture

12/04/2025

Energy

Two quarters later: CBAM and the Western Balkan electricity trade

09/17/2026

carbon pricing electricity trade CBAM

When AI meets environmental law: why data centres are becoming the next climate litigation battleground

07/16/2026

Could the UAE’s exit from OPEC reshape the global oil market?

05/21/2026

The impact of CBAM on Western Balkan electricity imports

04/02/2026

A new era in European energy markets: The introduction of 15-minute trading

01/22/2026

Water Management

From Frozen Lake to Shallow Waters: What the Arctic Ice Has to Do with Lake Balaton’s Extremes

09/10/2026

Water Management

The Return of the Balaton Midge: Climate Change and a Growing Summer Nuisance

09/03/2026

Climate Policy

Heatwaves, Hydration, and the Quiet Decline of Alcohol: What Hungarians Drink in a Warming Summer

07/09/2026

Research, analysis, support

The Institute for Energy Strategy (ESI), founded in 2023, is a think tank and research hub established to support and advise Hungary’s Minister of Energy and to provide strategic, evidence-based insights for shaping Hungary’s and Europe’s energy, climate, and economic policies. Our mission is to serve as a stable and reliable foundation for policy design, delivering up-to-date data and high-quality analyses that address all facets of the energy–climate nexus.

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