The team of GreenFormation wishes you a pleasant, joyful and relaxing Christmas break. See you in 2025 with kicking off our three Horizon projects. In the meantime, if you are dreaming of a white Christmas with a splash of green, discover what you can do for biodiversity during this holiday season! Choose Sustainable Decorations: Dig…
GreenFormation joined the initiative of Cap and Share aiming to economic and climate justice. The concept has three core principles – Cap, Charge & Share A binding ‘Cap’ on fossil fuel extraction, mitigating the main cause of the climate crisis and keeping us within planetary boundaries; A ‘polluter pays’ principle, with a ‘Charge’ levied on all…
GreenFormation experts joined those professionals working in Hungarian climate science and related fields, who urged the following ten messages to be considered and related necessary actions to be implemented: We have to face the problems. The negative effects of climate change can already be felt and will worsen. Instead of adapting or reducing emissions, adapt…
GreenFormation signed a cooperation agreement with the Municipality of Budapest to enhance their joint efforts in biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, and mitigation. Budapest joined the EU Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, aiming for cities to become carbon-neutral by 2030 showing leading examples to other settlements to follow by 2050. For this, Mission cities plan…
GreenFormation has joined the international degrowth network (IDN), which consists of organisations, activists, researchers, practitioners, educators, and artists dedicated to structuring and energising social and environmental groups and organisations throughout the world that share a similar understanding of growth-dependent economic systems. We focus on fostering pluriversal, democratic, inclusive, and effective coordination among these groups and…
Almost 200 countries have pledged to integrate biodiversity targets into policies across various sectors, but these efforts have largely failed due to non-binding commitments, vague targets, insufficient resources – and mostly, due to lack of willingness to prioritise biodiversity. Research led by Utrecht University and UFZ Helmholz Centre, co-authored by GreenFormation founder, indicates that current…
GDP, material consumption, and energy consumption are very much intertwined. Until we insist on economic growth to deliver well-being, material and energy consumption will rise, while biodiversity, and well-being supporting natural services will keep on diminishing. Even though there are top-down tools and methods targeting explicitly or indirectly absolute energy use reduction, decision-makers are postponing…
Ever-growing economic activities have continuously increased resource use and pollution far more rapidly than these have been reduced through scientific and technological advances and efficiencies.
Europe’s heavy dependence on resources poses a dual threat to the climate as well as its own sovereignty.
The year 2024 began for GreenFormation to extend its network with allies striving to use Earth’s resources fairly and sustainably.