In the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the EU and its Member States committed to implement more than 100 actions by 2030. This tool is designed to track that progress.
SUMMARY
EU EXTERNAL ACTION AND AN AMBITIOUS GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY AGENDA
International cooperation, neighbourhood policy and resource mobilisation
Updated on: 2022-08-16
Deadline: 2030
Summary: EU external action and cooperation on biodiversity includes direct support to conservation, sustainable use, restoration, sharing of benefits, the mainstreaming of nature across development sectors and policies and the transition in development and investment models towards more biodiversity and ecosystem friendly pathways. The EU will continue to support the multilateral biodiversity agenda and the preparation of the future global biodiversity framework. This will include continued financial support through the Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation - Global Europe Instrument (NDICI-Global Europe). The President of the Commission announced in the State of the Union speech (September 2021) that the EU would double its external funding for biodiversity, in particular for the most vulnerable countries. The Commission is working on the operationalization of this commitment.
Main Actors:
COM
MS
Chef de File:
INTPA
NEAR
Updated on: 2021-12-10
Deadline: 2030
Summary: The aim is to bring all EU neighbourhood countries on board in the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, particularly those aspiring for EU membership. The Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and the new Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) will be the primary financial instrument under the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to support the EU neighbourhood and Western Balkans, including sustainable management of natural resources. In September 2021 State of the Union Address, Commission President Von Der Leyen announced that the EU would double its external funding for biodiversity, especially for the most vulnerable countries.
Main Actors:
MS
COM
Chef de File:
NEAR
Updated on: 2022-08-19
Deadline: 2030
Summary: The Commission is actively working to mainstream biodiversity throughout a number of bilateral and multilateral agreements. The Commission is promoting such mainstreaming for example in the World Trade Organization (WTO) context. In December 2021, the EU and other 70 members of the WTO adopted a Ministerial Statement on Trade and Sustainable Development Structured Discussions (TESSD), an initiative to discuss trade related measures and policies that can best contribute to climate and environmental goals. This could potentially include trade aspects linked to protecting and conserving biodiversity and halting its loss. Furthermore, the 12th Ministerial Conference of the WTO met in June 2022 and adopted an outcome document recognising the loss of biodiversity as a global challenge, along with climate change and pollution. It is the first time ever that WTO Ministers make such a consensual statement.
Main Actors:
COM
EEAS
Chef de File:
NEAR
INTPA
EEAS
FPI