20.500.12556/DiRROS-31469 Public authorities for transformative change integration principle in public funding Although science widely supports moving towards transformative change through integrating biodiversity into decision-making, and arguing for the essential role of public authorities, it falls short on suggesting specifc means to that end. This article considers the EU’s approach to fostering the green transition as part of its post-pandemic recovery while exploring how the integration of biodiversity considerations could be integrated into decision-making. The rationale and implementation of the EU’s do no harm principle is examined, which functioned as a condition for public funds. The analysis shows the mentioned EU policy innovation has a very limited impact. The role of do no harm has been limited to validating, rather than initiating policy measures. It has failed to infuence the design of measures such that they would beneft biodiversity and not encouraged synergies between the climate and biodiversity goals. Based on the experience with do no harm as well as the more focussed regulatory action directed at the goal of climate neutrality, the article lists key steps for fostering biodiversity integration in policy planning and policy implementation. These steps encompass substantive and procedural approaches and aim for deliberation, target-setting, tracking, verifcation and screening. There is considerable scope for robust regulation to play a role in support of the biodiversity goals alongside transformative bottom-up initiatives. sustainability transition integration principles biodiversity conservation integrated management transformative governance public funding trajnostni prehod ohranjanje biotske raznovrstnosti javna sredstva true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © The Author(s) 2023 Neznano 2026-08-03 12:48:36 2026-08-03 12:48:37 2026-08-04 03:53:13 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 str. 3615-3639 iss. 11 Vol. 32 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2023-01-01 351:502/504 0960-3115 10.1007/s10531-023-02542-w 145244163 26-08-03-Penca-101-145244163.pdf 26-08-03-Penca-101-145244163.pdf 1 F0082823FDC0DDFCB83A90CD91F696C7 ba10c4766dbfcb0541180bd65682c575082fee7da8222f144eefd86ee0a08167 fb790c59-8f28-11f1-a7fa-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=48756 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-023-02542-w 1 e35311b4-8f28-11f1-a7fa-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=48755 Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper / Centro di Ricerche Scientifiche Capodistria 0 0 0