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Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament agreed on a landmark new law to restore at least 20% of Europe’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.

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[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

20% seems really low, but I guess it's better than 0%

[–] grooving@lemmy.studio 3 points 1 year ago

But 20% within 6 years seems absurdly high. Unless 25%+ of the land is already designated as 'nature' then all they need to do is not turn it into a parking lot. Still a pretty big ask.

[–] sandriver 2 points 1 year ago

Not enough to achieve something, but enough to pretend that it might do something.

[–] elfpie 5 points 1 year ago

“If you have an outcome-based approach and you do not reach the goals, then you have to apply additional measures […] whereas now you say okay, I tried, but unfortunately, it didn’t turn out the way I wanted to,” Paulus explained.

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