European Union

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030

European Green Deal

Bringing nature back into our lives

CLIMATEPACT AND CLIMATE

LAW

INVESTING INSMARTER, MORE

SUSTAINABLETRANSPORT

STRIVINGFOR GREENER

INDUSTRY

ELIMINATING POLLUTION

ENSURINGA JUST TRANSITION

FOR ALL

FINANCINGGREEN

PROJECTS

MAKINGHOMES ENERGY

EFFICIENT

LEADING THEGREEN CHANGE

GLOBALLY

FROM FARMTO FORK

PROTECTING NATURE

PROMOTINGCLEAN

ENERGY

The European Green Deal

Source: IPBES Global assessment 2019

The global biodiversity crisis

Natural Capital – we are part of it, we depend on it

Food

Feed

Energy

Oxygen

Medicines

Water purification

Disaster

prevention

Pollination

Pest control

Carbon

capture & sink

Natural Capital – we depend on it

Elements of the EU Biodiversity Strategy

Protect Nature

Restore Nature

Enable Transformative

Change

EU For An Ambitious

Global Agenda

Protect Nature

Protect 30% of EU land and sea

➢ Based on Natura 2000 and nationally designated areas

➢ EU wide target, take into account specific situation in MS

➢ Integrate ecological corridors to build coherent network

Strictly protect a third of these areas

➢ Covering areas of very high biodiversity value & important

for mitigation and adaptation to climate change, including all

primary and old growth forest

Restore Nature ✓ Legally binding restoration targets to be proposed in 2021

✓ No deterioration of protected habitats & species + positive trends for 30%

✓ Reversed pollinator decline

✓ Restored 25 000 km free-flowing rivers

✓ Remediated contaminated soil sites

✓ Agroecosystems: organic farming >25%; high-biodiversity landscape features >10%; pesticide

use and risk reduction by 50%, fertiliser use reduction by 20% and pollution reduction by 50%.

✓ 3 billion additional trees planted respecting ecological principles

✓ New Urban Greening Platform: the Green City Accord

✓ Halved number of Red List species threatened by Invasive Alien Species

✓ Reduced damage to seabed, bycatch

Enable Transformative Change

➢ Governance framework including

monitoring

➢ Unlocking financing

➢ Business engagement

➢ Knowledge, education

➢ Promotion of Nature-Based Solutions

EU for an ambitious global agenda

• EU’s position for the post-2020 biodiversity framework

• SDGs

• Green Diplomacy

• International Ocean Governance

• Trade Policy

• Climate Policy

• International cooperation

Greening urban and peri-urban areas

• Urban area doubled since 1992

• Importance of green urban spaces

• Aim: stop the loss of green urban ecosystems and

bring nature back to cities

• Call on European cities of at least 20,000 inhabitants to

develop ambitious Urban Greening Plans by end 2021

• EU Urban Greening Platform to be set up by the

Commission in 2021, under a new ‘Green City Accord’

with cities and mayors

To remember…

Next Steps

• Implementation of actions (Annex and more)

• Reaction from EP and Council, COR, EESC

• UNGA Biodiversity Summit Sept 2020

• CBD COP 15 early 2021, China

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

More info at: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/strategy/

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