Today, MEPs voted on the downgrading of the protection status of the wolf in the Habitats Directive. MEP Jutta Paulus, Greens/EFA member of the European Parliament Environment Committee, comments: “This […]
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The European Commission has just proposed to reduce the protection status of wolves under the Habitats Directive. In response, the environmental spokesperson for the Green Group in the European Parliament, […]
Background, development and progress of the legislative process of the Nature Restoration Law: The creation and adoption of the EU Nature Restoration Law (NLR) was a political thriller like no […]
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has just presented its new Nexus Assessment. The assessment highlights the close connections between global crises and calls on policymakers […]
Don’t destroy our forests This Thursday, the Christian Democrat EPP Group will try to bring down nature, by targeting the EU deforestation law. This law prohibits companies selling products that […]
Today, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the European Environment Agency released the State of Soils 2024. This report assesses the state of soil degradation in the […]
Brussels, October 15, 2024 – A new report from the European Environment Agency states that Europe’s water supply is at risk. Only 37% of surface waters are still in good […]
The year 2023 marks another year in which the world has experienced ever more floods, storms, heat waves and droughts, making the regions affected difficult, if not impossible, to live […]
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) has just voted against an objection to the re-authorization of glyphosate. Jutta Paulus, Green environmental politician and chemicals expert in the European Parliament comments: […]
The European Commission has presented a proposal for a further extension of the approval of glyphosate. Accordingly, the herbicide will be used in the European Union for another ten years. […]