On Tuesday 22 October, the European Commission published the 2024 report on the state of Europe’s soils. The report, which is the result of collaboration between the Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency, notes that soil degradation has worsened in recent years and stresses the need for immediate action.
Soil erosion in the EU as a whole is estimated at around one billion tonnes per year. Water erosion, the most widespread type of erosion, could even...