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Governments should commit to legally binding targets as part of 'immediate, substantial and additional' action to reverse biodiversity loss, the European Parliament's environment committee agreed on Tuesday while also slamming insufficient efforts to tackle a sharp decline in bee and other pollinator numbers

Aquatic ecosystems have already been decimated by thousands of small hydroelectric dams, and continuing rampant deployment is threatening to destroy Europe's remaining untouched river ecosystems, according to a report

All EU member states are 'highly likely' to miss a 2050 aim for no net land take, while soil quality continues to be overlooked in European policy, an audience heard at a debate on the UN sustainable development goals

The European Commission has criticised a Finnish proposal to establish a single common dedicated share of funding for environmental and climate purposes in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), while most member states backed it and asked for further details

Plans to extend the EU emissions trading system (ETS) to cover the emissions associated with the heating and cooling of buildings could lead to higher energy bills for homeowners and will do nothing to overcome barriers to making homes more energy efficient, an analysis has warned