EU Environment

This month, the Commission has adopted a revised EU Action Plan to put an end to illegal wildlife trade, as announced in the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Also at the world wildlife conference CITES COP19, the EU helped achieve key outcomes that will bring sustainable trade in more than 500 newly listed species.

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!

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!

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.

Hear from entrepreneurs and innovators from across Europe about how the LIFE Programme has supported the development of new products and processes in the circular economy.

At the heart of the European Green Deal, LIFE projects can help the EU become climate-neutral by 2050 and reach climate, energy and environmental goals.

At COP27 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, on behalf of the EU, signed five Memoranda of Understanding for a Forest Partnership with Guyana, Mongolia, the Republic of Congo, Uganda and Zambia.