Budapest Degrowth Doughnut in action: city actors co‑design transformative pathways

Mid April, a DAISY workshop was held in Budapest to discuss how to move the Budapest Degrowth Doughnut (BDD) from an inspiring concept toward a more operational pathway for urban governance. The core group of the BDD DAISY seed innovation includes representatives of the Budapest Municipality, Corvinus University of Budapest, and the Budapest Public Transport…

Fast renewables, strong nature laws: what Austria, Denmark and Germany can teach the EU

In the rush to scale up renewables and grids, the EU is testing how far it can stretch nature protection without breaking it. New initiatives like the Environmental Omnibus and Grids Package promise to turn decarbonisation into a competitiveness booster, yet they risk diluting biodiversity safeguards and fuelling polarisation between “green growth” and “green protection”.…