Despite the success of the Nature Directives, the EU's efforts to protect biodiversity are far from sufficient, EU Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella told MEPs in the European Parliament's Environment Committee on 3 September.
The exchange was organized in preparation for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15, October 2020, China). “We talk a lot about climate, less about biodiversity. The role of the EU and the Commission will be...