Today we see how vested interests are exploiting the #UkraineRussianWar to harm Europe’s natural environment & the health of its citizens. 👎

We urge the @EU_Commission not to fall for these despicable tactics & to uphold our biodiversity and climate objectives. 🌍🌾

THREAD👇 🚨The EU law to #RestoreNature is under threat!

The European Commission has promised to unveil the proposal today but is now postponed without a new publication date.

🗓️ We urge the @EU_Commission to launch the proposal within a month.

👉 bit.ly/3iMx6T3

🏅#Olympics and #Paralympics' athletes were not the only ones pushing boundaries this summer: when it comes to curbing toxic emissions, governments have engaged in a race to the bottom
👎Here's our ranking of the worst performances at the dirtiest of games
meta.eeb.org/2021/09/16/coa… 🇪🇺 standards set emission ranges for the most toxic pollutants, but too often governments allow coal giants to:

👟jump over pollution limits
👟abuse of exceptions
👟avoid abatement to save money - while people and nature foot the bill

🥇🇨🇿🥈🇧🇬🥉🇲🇹 🇸🇮👇
eeb.org/four-years-of-…

“Climate change is only man-made, and since it is man-made, we can do something about it", said @vonderleyen in the #soteu21

The IPCC has made this clear to us, which is why the EU must lead by example and not fall into the fossil fuel trap 👇
meta.eeb.org/2021/07/15/why… As President @vonderleyen pointed out, the #COP26 will be "the moment of truth for the major economies"

We welcome the proposal of €4 billion on climate finance for developing countries and the call to the US to also step up.

📣 But the EU needs to be ready to do more!