Ada Ámon
E3G Alumni
Ada has been involved in climate and energy policy issues for more than 30 years.
Ada was recently appointed by the Council of the City of Budapest to lead the Budapest Climate Agency. She joined the Budapest City Hall for the request of the Lord Mayor as his chief advisor on climate in 2019. Then she was requested to build up the brand-new climate and environment department, which became the largest green city policy team in the CEE region over the course of the last 4 years.
Prior to this position she worked with E3G – Third Generation Environmentalists – on European energy efficiency policy and CEE energy and climate policy. Previously she was the founder and CEO of the Budapest based thinktank, Energiaklub for more than 15 years. The establishment of the Hungarian Energy Efficiency Institute is also attributed to her name. She had been advising the Greens in the EP on CEE energy relations and the Hungarian government on environment policy and energy related legislation.
She appeared among the most influential women in Hungary according to Forbes in 2015 and was one of the three women awarded with the title Women in Energy by the European Commission in 2020.
Ada was recently appointed by the Council of the City of Budapest to lead the Budapest Climate Agency. She joined the Budapest City Hall for the request of the Lord Mayor as his chief advisor on climate in 2019. Then she was requested to build up the brand-new climate and environment department, which became the largest green city policy team in the CEE region over the course of the last 4 years.
Prior to this position she worked with E3G – Third Generation Environmentalists – on European energy efficiency policy and CEE energy and climate policy. Previously she was the founder and CEO of the Budapest based thinktank, Energiaklub for more than 15 years. The establishment of the Hungarian Energy Efficiency Institute is also attributed to her name. She had been advising the Greens in the EP on CEE energy relations and the Hungarian government on environment policy and energy related legislation.
She appeared among the most influential women in Hungary according to Forbes in 2015 and was one of the three women awarded with the title Women in Energy by the European Commission in 2020.