June 2020. The city council of Copenhagen takes inspiration from Amsterdam and votes to draw up a plan for becoming a Doughnut City
July, 16, 2020
Posted by The DEAL Team
On 24 June 2020, Copenhagen's city council - the Borgerrepræsentationen (BR) or Citizens' Representation - voted by a large majority (50-4) to draw up a propositional plan, before the end of the year, for managing Copenhagen's economy according to the Donut model. Their decision came just one month after the publication of Amsterdam's City Doughnut and official adoption of the model, and was clearly inspired by it, as noted in the BR Members Proposal.
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In this webinar, Copenhagen City Council representative Fanny Broholm explains how such strong support for the Donut model was built across diverse political parties (her presentation starts at 54mins 53 seconds).