In the battle against marine plastic pollution, a new method has been developed by EU CLAIM project to help decision-makers choose effective clean-up technologies. This method shows promise in aligning with the goals of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Action Plan Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water, and Soil.
COP15 in Montréal was the biggest biodiversity conference in a decade. World leaders adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, containing goals and targets to protect and restore nature. Find out more about the agreeement and the EU's role.
At the conference, all parties need to agree on an ambitious global biodiversity framework to effectively halt and reverse biodiversity loss. Find out more about the EU's goals for COP15 - and learn about our global campaign #ForOurPlanet!
Discover how climate change is connected to the millions of plants, animals and other organisms that exist around the world, and how healthy nature can also help achieve the EU’s climate goals. Want to find out how can you help protect nature? Join our campaign and share your actions using #ForOurPlanet!
The EU has joined the “High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution”, confirming its commitment to aim high in the intergovernmental negotiations for a global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040.
Watch Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announce that the EU will provide 7 billion euros to protect global biodiversity.
Raising momentum for an ambitious global deal to stop and reverse biodiversity loss at the Biodiversity Conference COP15, world leaders particpated in a pledging event at the 77th United Nations General Assembly. Watch the keynote video address by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
On 8 October 2021, at its 48th session, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted Resolution 48/13, officially recognising for the first time that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.
