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New EU rules will combat the destruction of rainforests

by AI | 04.Dec 2024 | Europe in brief AI

EU countries and the EU Parliament have reached a compromise on the deforestation directive. The implementation is postponed by one year – but without any other changes to the legislation.

Jessika Roswall. Photo: Mikaela Landeström/TT

Brussels – EU countries and the EU Parliament have finally agreed on the new rules to combat deforestation of rainforests. An agreement on Tuesday evening means that the implementation will be postponed by one year – but without changing the legislation otherwise.

The so-called deforestation directive had been caught in an intense battle where conservative parties in the EU Parliament at the last minute wanted to ease the requirements, despite the fact that the parties had actually agreed on the rules already last year.

Now the battle instead settles into a compromise, after final negotiations led by the EU’s new environment commissioner Jessika Roswall on Tuesday evening.

(December 3)