Nine transformative change projects (BAMBOO, Bionext, BioTraCes, CircHive, BioAgora, DAISY, PLANET4B, TransPath, TC4BE) funded under the Horizon Europe programme Transformative Change Cluster met in Brussels, Belgium, on 4–5 June 2026.
The event brought together around 150 participants from science, policy, finance, and stakeholder communities to consolidate knowledge and advance understanding of how to enable and accelerate transformative societal change to protect biodiversity.
The conference focused on identifying shared insights, complementarities, and challenges across key areas of systems and models, governance and policy, and societal values and practices.
Discussions were organised around four thematic tracks. Participants explored tools, scenarios, governance approaches, real-world case studies, and research on values, equity, and innovation, with the aim of developing science-based solutions to halt biodiversity loss.
The conference also served as a platform for building future collaboration, shaping policy dialogue, and developing transdisciplinary research agendas to support nature-positive, equitable, and sustainable futures.
The DAISY project was represented by its Co-Coordinators Alex Franklin, Coventry University and Agnes Zolyomi, Greenformation. During the conference, they presented insights from DAISY’s Transformative Intervention Mixes and the Care-full Courses initiative, sharing experiences and lessons learned from Central and Eastern Europe.
