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Sweden urged to save EU nature law

by AI | 20.May 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Environment ministers from eleven EU countries urge Sweden, among others, in a letter to pass a bill that would save destroyed nature.

Forest in Norrbotten. Photo: Helena Landstedt/TT

Several EU countries are urging Sweden in a letter to pass a bill to save destroyed nature.

The letter from environmental ministers in eleven EU countries is addressed to members who have indicated that they will either vote against or abstain from voting on the nature restoration law.

The idea of the law is that measures should be taken that lead to at least 20 percent of the EU’s damaged land and water surfaces being restored by 2030. The European Commission has described the law as a crucial step to avoid a collapse of the ecosystem.

“Europe is the fastest warming continent that is about to face the impact of damaged nature and the climate crisis,” write, among others, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, and Denmark.

Among the countries that have said they will vote no or not vote at all are, apart from Sweden, Hungary, Belgium, Finland, and Poland.

The bill was on its way to formal approval but was stopped earlier this year when Hungary withdrew its support for the law at short notice.

EU environmental ministers meet in Luxembourg on June 17, when they can vote on the law again.

(May 19)