One in the deaths in Visegrad countries may be directly linked to air pollution and the high levels of particulate matter (PM). In Poland the annual average concentration of PM is close to the EU limi...

The majority of the Hungarians already feels the impacts of climate change in their everyday life and are gravely concerned about these. Four-fifth of the people are worried that these problems will e...

Per capita, CO2 emissions in the Czech Republic are twice as high as in Hungary, which is mainly due to the high share of fossil fuels in the Czech energy mix. In Poland coal is even more dominant wit...

It takes nearly three times more energy to produce one unit of GDP in Czech Republic than in Austria. Within the V4 group Hungary has best energy intensity figure, though that is still well behind the...

There are significant differences in household energy consumption between the V4 countires. In Poland, coal is still the main source, while Hungary and Slovakia, natural gas accounts for over half of...

Austria stands out in the region in the use of renewables, especially when it comes to electricity generation. The share of renewable energy in total energy consumption is below 10 % in the entire Vis...

All Visegrad 4 countirs are the end of the EU ranking list in relation to the utilizationof the country specific wind potential. Enen though for instance in Hungary the average wind speed is similar t...

There are 75 time more photovoltaic capacity installed in Italy per capita than in Hungary (altough the number of sunny hours is also higehr). Germany is not famous for its sunny weather, but nonethel...