EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives

The aim is to adopt a whole of the society approach to implementation and mainstream biodiversity across all European Union's (EU) policies and funds. The European Commission will put in place a new European biodiversity governance framework. This will help map obligations and commitments and set out a roadmap to guide their implementation. As part of this new framework, the European Commission will put in place a monitoring and review mechanism. This will include a clear set of agreed indicators and will enable regular progress assessment and set out corrective action if necessary. This mechanism will feed the Environmental Implementation Review and contribute to the European Semester. The new governance framework will ensure co-responsibility and co-ownership by all relevant actors in meeting the EU’s biodiversity commitments. It will support administrative capacity building, transparency, stakeholder dialogue, and participatory governance at different levels. The Commission will assess the progress and suitability of this approach in 2023, and consider whether a legally binding approach to governance is needed. To meet the needs of this strategy, at least €20 billion a year should be unlocked for spending on nature, including private and public funding at national and EU level, through a range of different programmes in the long-term EU budget. As nature restoration will make a major contribution to climate objectives, a significant proportion of the 25% of the EU budget dedicated to climate action will be invested on biodiversity and nature-based solutions. In addition, the Commission will boost the engagement of business, improve knowledge, education and skills, and work on measuring and integrating the value of nature.