10,000 trees planted in Budapest, says Budapest Mayor Tarlós

Some 10,000 spots designated for newly planted trees in Budapest are almost filled, Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlós said on Wednesday, adding that the daily Nepszava had misquoted him as saying “there was no more room” to plant trees in Budapest.

In an interview with the commercial ATV television channel, Tarlós said

the local authority has planted 9,947 trees since 2016, averaging at 2,000 trees a year, up from 200-300 before 2010, he said.

Budapest joined the Under 2 initiative three years ago, pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the city below 1990 levels by 2050, he said. The Budapest assembly also accepted a climate strategy a year and a half ago, addressing “all important environmental issues” such as heat waves, floods and air quality, he said.

Meanwhile, at a press conference ahead of the municipal assembly’s meeting in Budapest, Budapest councillor József Gál of green opposition LMP said that