Climate change up close – joint reflection with the Climate Fresk game at the November event of the Alumni of ‘Future Leaders’

Why are the ice caps melting? What is permafrost? What are carbon sinks? What is the “triangle of inertia”? How does climate change affect our everyday lives, the economy, and our workplaces – and what can we do ourselves to slow down the process? Participants explored these questions at the interactive Climate Fresk event, attended by members of previous cohorts of the Alumni of ‘Future Leaders’  and recent graduates of this year’s cohort.

The event was opened by our host, Anna Hőgyész, Sustainability Manager at Nestlé Hungária Kft. This was followed by welcome remarks from Máté Bori, Head of the ‘Future Leaders” Alumni and Operations and Integration Director at Ayvens, and Irén Márta, Managing Director of BCSDH.

Climate Fresk – the Hungarian adaptation of the internationally recognised French Climate Fresk workshop – is based on the reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and aims to help participants jointly explore the interconnections of climate change. The program was led by Dr. Barbara Wassen, Ambassador-at-Large for Climate Affairs and Climate Diplomacy at the Ministry of Energy, who also participated as a table facilitator. At the other tables, László Karafa, Mining and Sustainability Manager at Saint-Gobain, and members of the BCSDH professional team – Zsófia Galambosné Dudás and Andrea Nagy, Professional Project Managers, as well as Irén Márta, Managing Director – supported the discussions and inspired participants to explore cause-and-effect relationships and think together.

At the closing of the program, participants shared the concrete steps they plan to take in their professional and personal lives – such as more conscious energy use, more sustainable dietary choices, and promoting awareness-raising initiatives in the workplace.

We believe that the Climate Fresk experience was not only an inspiring learning opportunity, but also an experience that participants will be able to successfully apply both in their professional work and in their private lives.