As EU policymakers prepare to announce the specifics of the 2040 target, there is a clear risk the EU’s climate ambition could be undermined through a poor design, write Eadbhard Pernot, Mark Preston Aragones and Fabiola De Simone.
The Nature Restoration Law, which was approved during talks between the European Parliament and the Council, comes a little late in view of the ecological calamity raging on our doorstep, but at least it's there, writes Jutta Paulus.
Focusing restoration efforts on degraded forests can deliver accelerated climate and biodiversity benefits because these areas retain elements of their natural ecology and can recover quickly, write Janice Weatherley-Singh and Tim Rayden.
As the EU shifts sustainable agricultural practices for the protection of nature and biodiversity, it ought to still look out for the small-scale producers and their livelihoods, writes Jonathan Mockshell.
Protecting our planet means taking urgent action on building clean energy and supporting vibrant ecosystems. The two ambitions can be compatible, but this requires collaboration, writes Kate Wallace-Lockhart.
For the sake of future generations, EU lawmakers must lay politics aside and support the Nature Restoration Law in the European Parliament this week, write a group of climate activists from across Europe.
The European Union’s nature restoration law may not be perfect and will touch the lives of millions of people, including farmers, fishers and foresters. But we should not let this become an excuse to give up and kill it next week, as some are suggesting, writes Paul Polman.
The EU’s widely contested Nature Restoration Law has barely survived the many attempts to take it down. An alternative vision for forestry, provided by the EU's proposed legislation, is what can save Europe’s forests from destruction, writes Marcus Walsh.
Can we achieve the Green Deal without protecting nature? Simply put, no - it is as central to the energy strategy as it is to meeting environmental goals, write Noor Yafai and Kristian Ruby.
The EU’s flagship Nature Restoration Law provides a vital opportunity to fill the nature gap in the European Green Deal. Failure to recognise the importance of nature at this moment directly threatens our ability to tackle the climate crisis. Put simply: Both crises have to be addressed together, writes a group of business leaders.
The EU’s new deforestation law was hailed as watershed in the fight to protect the world’s forests. So why is it provoking such a fierce backlash in Indonesia and Malaysia? In the wake of a high-level meeting in Brussels last week, Giorgio Budi Indrarto charts what went wrong, and how to rectify it.
Peatlands are the most condensed terrestrial carbon store in the world and should be rewetted regardless of today’s use to reach our climate goals, write Jutta Paulus and Jörg-Andreas Krüger.
Europe's biodiversity is in a critical state, and an ambitious nature restoration law is needed for healthy ecosystems, food security, as well as biodiversity restoration and protection, writes Green MEP Jutta Paulus.
Sweden is largely covered by forests, so it's tempting to think that nature is thriving. However, Swedish forest ecosystems are suffering, write Gustaf Lind and Johanna Sandahl.
Negotiations continue in Montreal at the COP15 on biodiversity. It’s crucial for the sake of the final text that the EU keeps on its ambitious position, writes a group of European Youth representatives.
For the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal to succeed, a massive increase in political commitment is needed, write Janice Weatherley-Singh, Noor Yafai-Stroband, and Hilde Eggermont.
Interreg MED Communities is co-creating the Mediterranean Pavilion and organising four debates at the COP27 to shine a light on the crucial role of transnational cooperation between local communities in mitigating and adapting to climate change in the Mediterranean
We can reverse nature loss by adopting strong EU laws on deforestation and nature restoration, changing the way we produce and consume, and drastically cutting emissions, writes Ester Asin.
For the past 30 years, EU nature laws have revolved around conservation but this is clearly not enough. Instead, restoring nature is the best way forward, one of the wisest investments available to society, and also crucial for food security, write Frans Timmermans and Virginijus Sinkevičius.
The Task Force on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) emerged out of Davos in 2019 and aims to help the financial sector understand its biodiversity-related risk exposure. But it relies on voluntary disclosure rules, which have proved ineffective until now, writes Ginger Cassidy.
The ocean is our greatest ally in our fight against the climate emergency - and the EU now has a golden opportunity to protect people, wildlife and our planet by supporting it, write Alex Rogers and Steve Trent.
As the world scrambles to fend off the impact of yet another food crisis, opportunistic efforts by lobby groups to delay nature restoration laws are likely to make things worse, writes former Commissioner Janez Potočnik.
Current crises should not derail global and European nature restoration ambitions, argues Nick Canney, European Managing Director of innocent drinks.
2022 is an important year as the EU is set to introduce a new nature restoration law. This is a threshold moment for meaningful climate and biodiversity action, writes Odran Corcoran.
