The European governments now expect the EU commission - the bloc's executive arm - to integrate the biodiversity policy objectives in relevant future legislative proposals.
It also said member states wanted some EU climate action funding to be directed to biodiversity programmes. "We clearly need a large-scale restoration in Europe," EEA expert Carlos Romao, one of the authors of the report, said at the time."Today's endorsement is a much-needed beacon of hope," the WWF said in a statement.
Strong differences remain between member states on that issue, with Poland leading a group of countries who believe that such a cut, or the 55 per cent from 1990 standards put forward by the Commission for 2030, are not feasible for economies reliant on carbon fuel.The European Parliament also easily passed a massive farm subsidy bill on Friday, to the fury of environmental activists who say it fell well short of EU commitments to fight climate change.
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