09/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) Karl Heinz-Lambertz calls on the EU to step up its efforts in response to the UN’s “deeply alarming” report on a global decline in biodiversity, in a statement issued on Tuesday 7 May. “Nature gives us life – and we destroy it... We need urgently to find a way to feed the world and ensure sustainable development, while restoring biodiversity”, the president said, in response to the report submitted by the UN-led Platform of Experts on Biodiversity and Ecosystems (IPBES) (see EUROPE 12249/12). The CoR adopted a series of recommendations in October 2018, focusing on regions and cities in the protection and restoration of biodiversity. To consult the recommendations: https://bit.ly/2VnBCOm (PH)