Campaign: Protecting 30% of the Ocean
Nature Restoration Law on its way to Plenary
Today, 27 June, Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) committee maintained their tied position on the Nature Restoration Law. The final vote on the report tied by 44-44 votes, resulting in the report not being formally adopted. The Nature Restoration Law is far from dead and buried, however, having … Read more
Council of the EU gives Nature Restoration the green light: EU environment ministers support much-needed law to combat climate and biodiversity loss crises
Brussels – At today’s [20 June] meeting of European environment ministers in Luxembourg, Member States displayed widespread support for the EU Nature Restoration Law currently being negotiated. Ministers’ willingness to move the law forward sends a strong signal to the European Parliament, where political games have stalled negotiations. Importantly, Member States have committed to restore … Read more
MEPs jump huge hurdle in race to restore nature: Facts prevail over fake news in crucial environment Committee vote
A key vote in Strasbourg has kept hopes alive for the livelihoods of millions of workers and the wellbeing of the planet. Voting today [15 June] on the draft Nature Restoration Law, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) committee voted down, with a rare tied vote, … Read more
Blue NGOs call for ambitious targets towards carbon-neutral fisheries in new Energy Transition Partnership
European Commission kick-starts multi-stakeholder cooperation to decarbonise sector and achieve 2050 climate goals Brussels – Today, on the occasion of the European Commission’s high-level conference on an energy transition initiative for EU fisheries, blue NGOs Oceana, ClientEarth and Our Fish are calling on the Commission and on fisheries stakeholders to set ambitious targets to achieve … Read more
European Parliament Fisheries Committee shows blatant disregard for citizens’ concerns in damning nature restoration stance
Brussels – Today (24 May), the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) has entirely rejected the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) by a difference of just 1 vote (15 for rejection, 13 against). The NRL is the first EU law to set legally-binding targets to restore nature and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle the biodiversity and … Read more
Ocean protectors in the European Parliament: an evening event to celebrate nature and marine restoration
The future EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is the most important European nature conservation legislation of the last 30 years, and it will provide a unique opportunity to revert the current path of destruction of our natural ecosystems. The law is now going through political negotiations in the European Parliament and the EU Council, and … Read more
