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The Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform is a joint initiative of the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions. It brings together stakeholders and experts of different policy areas, aiming at creating co-ownership, promoting collaboration, and fostering integrated solutions to maximise synergies with decarbonisation and post-COVID 19 recovery efforts. This newsletter will support the communication activities through the dissemination of the latest developments, news, events and knowledge related to the EU’s Zero Pollution Action Plan.

HR/VP Borrell and Commissioner Sinkevičius joined forces to condemn the Russian use of water as a weapon of war.

Twenty-one applicants have been shortlisted as finalists for the 2022 Natura 2000 Awards.

A better understanding of links between natural resources like food, energy, water, land, materials and ecosystems services is key to achieving the EU's sustainability agenda.

The public consultation on the revision of the EU Pollinators Initiative is open for feedback until 9 June.

Swift implementation of Commission recommendations has contributed to the early detection of COVID-19 and its variants across the EU.

Each year, hospitals in the Netherlands generate about 1.3 million kilograms of plastic waste from polypropylene wrapping paper on surgical instruments. Researchers have suggested that this waste could be turned into new medical devices. They recovered surgical wrapping paper from the operating theatre at a hospital in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The waste was melted into solid blocks, granulated and injection moulded into new medical products. Click here to read more

The EU participated in resumed global biodiversity meetings in Geneva to advance on the development of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

The public consultation on the review of EU rules restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment is open for feedback until 2 June.

The Commission has launched a new campaign for young people focusing on nature and biodiversity.

The United Nations Environment Assembly, meeting in Nairobi, has agreed to launch negotiations on a legally binding global agreement to combat plastic pollution.

Commissioner Sinkevičius is representing the European Union at the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) taking place from 28 February to 2 March in Nairobi, Kenya.

To mark 30 years of the Natura 2000 network and the LIFE programme, a Ministerial Conference was co-organised by the French Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission.

The public consultation on how best to reduce the amount of unintentionally released microplastics into the environment is open for feedback until 17 May.

The funding will support new major environmental and climate projects, contributing to a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The European Commission is proud to announce the 21 finalists for the 2022 edition of the Natura 2000 Award. The selected finalists are from Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain and include several cross-border initiatives which also involve partners from Cyprus and Croatia.

The call for evidence will gather views on the upcoming possible legal provisions mentioned in the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 and is open until 16 March.

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