Sustainable Development of Croatia

Sustainable Development of Croatia

Leader	Mirela Holy
Founder	Mirela Holy
Founded	29 October 2013 (2013-10-29)^[1]
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Membership	3,500 ^[2]
Ideology	Sustainable development Green liberalism Green politics Social progressivism Environmentalism
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	European Green Party
European Parliament group	The Greens–European Free Alliance
Colours	Green
Sabor	0 / 151
European Parliament	1 / 11
Website
orah.hr
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Sustainable Development of Croatia (Croatian: Održivi razvoj Hrvatske) or ORaH (Orah meaning walnut in Croatian) is a green liberal political party in Croatia.

Creation

The party was formed in 2013. Its leader is a former Minister of Environmental Protection and Nature and Social Democratic Party MP Mirela Holy. She won the seat in the Sabor as a member of Social Democratic Party which she left after some disagreements over party leadership.

In the May 2014, the party came close to 10% of the vote and elected one MEP, Davor Škrlec who sits with the Greens in the European Parliament. Later that year, the minor green party Green List merged into ORaH.

2015 Parliamentary Election

On 23 July 2015 it was announced that an independent MP Mladen Novak is joining ORaH. He is a former Croatian Labourists – Labour Party member who left the party after it started negotiating to join Kukuriku coalition. Another former labourist MP, Zlatko Tušak, joined the party on 18 September 2015, giving ORaH a third MP ahead of the elections.

In the Croatian parliamentary election, 2015, ORaH fared worse than any opinion poll had predicted gaining less than 2% of the vote, and no MP. It is the largest party outside of the Sabor.

Electoral Results

Legislative

Election	In coalition with	Votes won	Percentage	Total seats won	Change
November 2015	None	38.830	1.74%	0 / 151	3

European Parliament

Election	In coalition with	Votes won	Percentage	Total seats won	Change
May 2014	None	86.806	9.42%	1 / 11	1

References

↑ "Aktivnosti stranke do kraja godine" (in Croatian).
↑ "'Koalicija sa SDP-om? Ovisi o tome kako odrade svoj mandat do kraja'" (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 November 2014.

Political parties in Croatia

Sabor

Government	Croatian Democratic Union (50) Bridge of Independent Lists (15) Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (3) Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity (2) Bloc of Pensioners Together (1) Croatian Growth (1) Croatian Peasant Party (1) Croatian Christian Democratic Party (1)

Opposition	Social Democratic Party (42) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (11) Labour Party (3) Istrian Democratic Assembly (3) Croatian Dialogue Initiative (3) Croatian Party of Pensioners (2) Independent Democratic Serb Party (2) Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (2) People's Party - Reformists (1) Human Shield (1)

European Parliament

Green parties by country

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Burkina Faso Rally of the Ecologists Ecologist Party Burundi Central African Republic Chad Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Gabon Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco The Greens Izigzawen Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Green Party Democratic Green Party South Africa Green Alliance Green Party Togo Tunisia Uganda Ecological Party Green Party Zambia

Americas	Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala French Guyana Haiti Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States Uruguay Green Sol PERI Venezuela

Asia-Pacific	Australia Fiji French Polynesia Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Israel Meretz The Green Movement The Greens Japan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Civil Will-Green Green Party Nepal Hariyali Green Civil Society New Caledonia New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Saudi Arabia South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Europe (EGP FYEG)	Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Flanders and Brussels Wallonia and Brussels Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Green Party The Greens Croatia Croatian Sustainable Development Green List Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Socialist People's Party The Greens Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Alliance '90/The Greens Ecological Democratic Party Greece Hungary Dialogue for Hungary Politics Can Be Different Iceland Ireland Italy Federation of the Greens Green Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands GroenLinks The Greens Norway Poland Portugal Earth Party Green Party LIVRE Romania Ecologist Party Green Party Russia Green Alternative (GROZA) Ecological Party "The Greens" (KEDR) Union of Greens (Green Russia) Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Greens Youth Party Spain Catalonia Greens Confederation of the Greens Equo Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England and Wales (Wales) Northern Ireland Scotland

Italic links indicate non-members or observers of the Global Greens.

Human impact on the environment

General	Anthropocene Environmental issues Human impact Impact assessment List of issues Planetary boundaries

Causes	Agriculture fishing irrigation meat production palm oil Energy industry biodiesel coal electricity generation nuclear power oil shale petroleum reservoirs wind power Manufacturing cleaning agents concrete nanotechnology paint paper pesticides pharmaceuticals and personal care Transport aviation roads shipping Other land use mining genetic pollution human overpopulation overexploitation particulates pollution war

Effects	Biodiversity threats Climate change Deforestation Desertification Ecocide Erosion Coral reefs Freshwater cycle Global warming Habitat destruction Holocene extinction Nitrogen cycle Land degradation Phosphorus cycle Ocean acidification Ozone depletion Runaway climate change

Mitigation	Birth control Cleaner production Climate change mitigation Climate engineering Ecological engineering Environmental engineering Environmental mitigation Industrial ecology Mitigation banking Organic farming Reforestation urban Restoration ecology Sustainable consumption Waste minimization

Commons Category by country assessment mitigation

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