SPARK4B+

SPARK4B+ Project Kicks Off: Sparking Alternative Pathways to a Biodiversity-Positive, Just Future

Coventry, UK — What would it take to build economies that work for people and nature alike, instead of at their expense? The paradigm driving today’s decisions (growth at any cost) continues to fuel biodiversity loss, climate change and inequality, even as credible alternatives already exist in pockets around the world. The challenge is turning those scattered alternatives into pathways that policymakers, businesses and communities can actually follow. To take on that challenge, the SPARK4B+ Horizon Europe project officially launched on 1 September 2026, with the consortium convening a week later for its kick-off meeting in Coventry, UK, on 8 September.

Walking Budapest’s Degrowth Doughnut with health professionals

Today international group of health professionals in Budapest explore how climate, public health and urban policy can be thought together through the lens of the Budapest Degrowth Doughnut. Building on our collaboration with Corvinus University of Budapest, the session offers a participatory introduction to the doughnut framework and its health related implications for a just…