We are the European Environmental Bureau, Europe's largest network of environmental NGOs. We work for a better future where people and nature thrive together.
With unemployment rising and real wages stagnating or falling, the European economy is not working for most workers nor the environment.
Our new report proposes a blueprint for work in a post-growth Europe.
Join us for the launch on 25/11 👇
At least 700,000 Europeans have become climate migrants over the past decade.
"That means 700,000 stories of loss in our continent.”
Droughts, storms, flooding, wildfires and rising sea levels are threatening more and more Europeans.
With only a decade left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Europe is falling behind and EU statistics paint a distorted picture of progress.
Find out more at the launch of 'Time to reach for the moon'.
Register here:
#DecadeOfAction
#SDGs4All
HAPPENING NOW! They're back ✊💪 These students want
#climateaction
and they are not going to stop marching until they get it! READ our interview with Belgian school
#Klimaatmars
#Youth4Climate
strikers:
🚨Breaking news: the European Parliament approved its position on the Nature Restoration Law!
The rejection of the law was avoided but at a very high cost: the ambition to
#RestoreNature
has been substantially cut down👎
All eyes on trilogues now👀
🎉Happy
#CarFreeDay
!
These photos showing 72 people with bikes, cars and a bus were taken in 1991 in Münster, Germany.
Imagine what we could do with all that space...
🌳🚴♀️🌻🌳🎷🥳🎡🌳🐩🎠🌳
#journ
éesansvoiture
#autovrijedag
⚠ Fixation on economic growth is blocking our path to justice, sustainability and democracy. There is another way.
🌎 400+ experts present their vision for a Europe beyond growth.
🌱The
#BeyondGrowth
conference could be day 1 of a
#PostGrowthEurope
.
👉
NEW EVIDENCE shows that "greening GDP growth" is EXTREMELY UNLIKELY to ever halt the current climate breakdown & mass extinction event. We need to and we CAN act as if our house is on 🔥.
Spread the word:
#decoupling
#debunked
#postgrowth
#sustainability
🎼In recent times, nature has quietened to a 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘰, but 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪 we can help it 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰 back to a 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘰!🎶
🔊Sound ON for this masterpiece!
🌳 🦉 🦡 🐻
🐝 🦇 🐗
🌿 🦋 🐇 🐺
@foeeurope
@WWFEU
@BirdLifeEurope
#NatureNow
🚨BREAKING👨⚖️
Serbian public electricity company faces court for breaching toxic emission limits and endangering people's health in 🇷🇸 and the 🇪🇺.
It's time for Serbia to respect international laws and protect people and nature from toxic pollution.👇
On Wednesday, the 🇪🇺EU Parliament will vote on the Nature Restoration Law
This vote is no ordinary vote:
🌸it's a vote for
#nature
👬for the survival of our citizens
💸for our economy
🌍for our
#climate
⏭️for our future
All eyes are on
@Europarl_EN
: it's time to
#RestoreNature
The Nature Restoration Law blockbuster is back! 💥
The final text of this long-awaited law will be decided this Thursday by
@Europarl_EN
,
@EU_Commission
&
@EUCouncil
.
We need a strong & fit-for-purpose law to save Europe's citizens, economy & environment!
#RestoreNature
Introducing: Imagining Europe
#BeyondGrowth
Magazine. 🌍🌱
🔎 The magazine explores the opportunities for Europe to disengage from the race for growth and embark on a transformative journey towards a more resilient, just, and green EU. 🇪🇺💚
👉
#Degrowth
We need economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow🌱
🗓️👩💻Join us,
@Oxfam_DE
&
@KateRaworth
on April 22 for the launch of a major new report and documentary exposing the destructive impact of our ‘take-make-use-lose’ economy.
✍️
🥳 Another hard-won victory for the Nature Restoration Law!
Members of the
@Europarl_EN
stood strong with over 1 million voices–citizens, scientists, businesses, and NGOs–voting for the negotiated agreement. Despite a last-ditch far-right attempt to sabotage it.
#RestoreNature
The EU is about to unveil its master plan against the ‘throwaway' economy.
From smartphones to fashion and packaging, we have a chance to transform our relationship with the stuff we produce and buy🙏
#CircularEconomyActionPlan
#CircularEconomy
Exciting news for Europe's soils!🙌
Despite some shortcomings, yesterday's
@EP_Environment
vote on the
#SoilMonitoringLaw
is a significant step towards the EU's first ever legislation on soils!🪱��
Why is this so important?🧵👇
🚨BREAKING
The ENVI Committee of the EU Parliament voted today not to reject the proposal for the Nature Restoration Law, in a very tight vote
The conservative campaign did not succeed: the work on building a strong law must continue
Joint press release👉
Whether you care about:
🌬️the air you breath
🍊the food you eat
💧the water you drink
⚡️the energy you use
📱the products you buy
🐞the nature you thrive with
EU environmental laws are here to protect you, your future and nature. This is why we care!
#MondayMotivation
: Italy will be the first country in the world to make sustainability and the
#climatecrisis
compulsory subjects at school.
👏👏🇮🇹👩🏫👧👦💚🌍
It's time to get real about the state of our nature and the implications for our long term food security.
We can't afford to continue ignoring the warning signs of ecosystem collapse.
@EP_Environment
,
#RestoreNature
is the solution, not the problem.
👉
With the Soil Strategy the EU has set great goals:
🌱restoring its soils by 2050
🧪halfing pesticides use
We need strong legislation to support farmers in the EU and everywhere to protect our common heritage.
Great news:
@Europarl_EN
has just voted to strengthen the
#Biodiversity
Strategy! Thanks to all MEPs who made this happen.
🥳🐝🥂🍀👏
It's now up to
@EU_Commission
and our governments to take biodiversity seriously and turn words into action. It's time to restore nature!
🔋Battery draining too quickly?
💔Screen smashed?
🐢Just. Too. Slow. ... ... ... ?
Our phones are dying too young😢
Sign our petition to demand the 🇪🇺EU makes it easier to get them fixed!
👇
#LongLiveMyPhone
#MWC2020
@EU_ENV
📰⚡️BREAKING GOOD NEWS!⚡️📰
Today is a big day for
#CleanAir
in 🇩🇪Germany. The federal court has ruled that cities are allowed to ban polluting vehicles🚗🌬️😷
👍BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our members
@Umwelthilfe
and
@ClientEarth
who have worked hard to win this case!
🌡️ Unprecedented heat waves, raging wildfires, ravaging droughts and devastating floods are the reality that Europe is facing.
The Nature Restoration Law offers a comprehensive solution to tackle these challenges.
🤔
@EUCouncil
@EU2024BE
, why hesitate?
#EarthDay
#RestoreNature
The Hulk is in Europe and he’s angry! Mark Ruffalo wants to know why almost everyone here and in the US has toxic
#PFAS
#ForeverChemicals
in their blood.
We need the
#EUGreenDeal
to ensure
#REACH
is properly implemented and that people and nature are safe.
#DarkWaters
The
@EUCouncil
is the voice of 27 countries & over 1 million of their citizens ask for an EU law to
#RestoreNature
!
Member States must take a stance against populists, for nature & 🇪🇺 democracy!
Save the Nature Restoration Law!🌱
🤯 Unbelievable...
@EPPGroup
teams up with far-right to kill the Nature Restoration Law! TODAY
By recommending their members to reject the negotiated agreement, EPP is playing with fire and the EU Parliament's credibility.
We call on all
@Europarl_EN
members to
#RestoreNature
!
How can the next European Green Deal drive transformative system change for a just and sustainable tomorrow?
Live from Stockholm, our Annual Conference discusses our shared vision for a common future.
Join us now 👉
#EGD2
#EUPact4CommonFuture
Great to see
@GretaThunberg
's support to the Nature Restoration Law!🙌
The bond between the
#climate
and
#biodiversity
crises needs to be clear to everyone: it's imperative to
#RestoreNature
to tackle both and protect our future!🍀
Take action:
School strike week 249. Today the theme for our strike is biodiversity. It is crucial - both for the climate and biodiversity - that we
#RestoreNature
. This means restoring our greatest ally in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. We now have an immense opportunity to…
😷 No one is immune to PFAS pollution — not even
#EU
leaders
🩸
@Green_Europe
&
@chemsec
tested top officials and found that all of them carry
#PFAS
in their bodies
⏰ A wake-up call for policymakers to implement stronger chemical regulations
#BanPFAS
🧵
Ahead of the
@Europarl_EN
vote on the
#SoilMonitoringLaw
, we urge policymakers to support a strong law that will bring EU soils back to health!🪱
Why? Because the future of our food, water, and climate depends on
#SoilHealth
.
Learn more with this META👇
⚠ Fixation on economic growth hinders our path to a just and green future.
400+ academics and organisations called on the
@EU_Commission
to move
#beyondgrowth
🌎- and they have responded.
See what they had to say and how leading experts have replied 👉
⚠️EU CREDIBILITY UNDER FIRE⚠️
The
@EUparliament
failed today to veto the inclusion of gas & nuclear in the
#taxonomy
of green investments
With this vote, MEPs become complicit in the
@EU_Commission
's greenwashed plan, which lacks legitimacy, common sense and scientific support
We stand in solidarity with all who have lost loved ones and who fear for their safety and survival in Gaza and Israel. As Rafah braces for an offensive, we urgently call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, along with safe access for humanitarian aid.
💡
#Degrowth
is currently the only approach that offers evidence-based ways out of the environmental crises.
🔥Despite this, the past few weeks have seen an increasingly heated and misinformed debate.
This article by
@NickMeynen
sets the record straight👇
Ever had to throw something away because it was easier to replace than repair? 📺⛔🔧
Did that make you mad? 😤
New EU laws will make fixing our products cheaper and easier! 📺💚🔧
...while also cutting emissions😀
#ClimateAction
#CircularEconomy
We don't just need to restart the economy, we need to reset it.
That's why we're among the 180 politicians, business leaders, trade unions, NGOs, and think tanks to join
@pcanfin
's European alliance for a
#GreenRecovery
Read more👇
This morning, six young people are taking 32 European countries to court for their inadequate action on climate change🔥🌍
If they win, the countries will be forced to urgently cut their emissions!✂️
💪 Our full support to
@Y4CJ_
⚖️
#Youth4ClimateJustice
EU and global soils degrading at a dangerous pace:
🧪Pesticides
🚜Intensive agriculture
🏗️Urban sprawl
climate change
It is time to speed up the soil restoration.
With 60-70% of soils in bad health, it is vital that Europe acts now to protect and restore
#SoilHealth
🪱
Join our event with
@EuropePAN
to hear from policymakers, scientists, farmers and civil society as they discuss the key issues and what must be done
🌳🔥🐄🥩The
#AmazonFires
have been set to clear ancient rainforest for cattle
🇧🇷➡️🇪🇺📈Brazil expects a 10% increase in beef exports to the EU this year
🤬Angry? Learn about the
#Mercosur
trade deal and tell politicians you want them to end this madness
If Madrid's Mayor is serious about cancelling the city's successful low emission zone, then the European Commission must get serious about enforcing EU clean air laws
Together with
@ecologistas
@transenv
&
@ClientEarth
, we've written to
@KarmenuVella
👇
Farm Ministers' reactionary stance on the
#FutureOfCAP
yesterday showed a complete lack of will to deliver a greener and fairer policy in line with the
#EUGreenDeal
Time for a reset:
#WithdrawTheCAP
and start afresh with Environment Ministers and
@EP_Environment
around the table
🚨
@EP_Agriculture
just rejected the
@EU_Commission
’s Nature Restoration Law proposal
This is not the way to ensure food security in the long run and tackle the collapse of our ecosystems: we need to
#RestoreNature
!🤛
Read our joint reaction here:
🌍The EU has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to turn the tide on the nature & biodiversity crisis
Our decision-makers have the opportunity to do so with a strong Nature Restoration Law🌱
🫵 Now YOU can ask them to
#RestoreNature
Send them your message here:
⚡How should a renewable-repowered EU look like?
✅ RES expansion must be done within Europe's environmental & people boundaries
📍 Through careful mapping & sound spatial planning
🗺️ By prioritising the least sensitive areas & keeping clear space for
#nature
👇 THREAD
Together with 150+ organisations, representing millions of Europeans, we call on EU leaders to make a
#SustainableEurope
their top priority. Only strong leadership will tackle Europe’s environmental and social crises.
Read the open letter on
@Euractiv
🔋Batteries power all aspects of our lives, and they need help.
👩⚕️How can the EU save them (and our planet) from burnout?
📢We call on
@EP_Environment
to make our batteries sustainable.
👉Read on:
💥Hot off the press:
⛏️our new report with
@foeeurope
shows the 🇪🇺 must ditch 'green mining' plans and slash resource consumption by two-thirds to prevent human and ecological disaster.
Read the press release👉
#greenminingmyth
Today is a special day - it's 40 years since the EU’s Birds Directive came into our lives! ❤️ That’s 40 YEARS of protecting more than 500 bird species across Europe! 🦉🦢🦅 Long may it continue.
#NatureAlert
@EU_ENV
@KarmenuVella
We gathered today in Strasbourg in front of the 🇪🇺 Parliament to reiterate one simple fact: we need to
#RestoreNature
Youth activists, including
@GretaThunberg
, NGOs & citizens are all here to support the Nature Restoration Law💪
Tomorrow, all eyes are on the
@Europarl_EN
👀
"As long as their actions don't match their words, their words won't mean anything to us."
@GretaThunberg
MEPs, listen to the youth and hundred of thousands citizens that demand that you start restoring nature now! Don't play with our future!
#RestoreNature
A new film starring Johnny Depp tells the story of
#Minimata
. The disaster that inspired global action to
#MakeMercuryHistory
Our Elena Lymberidi is in Berlin for the premier tonight, she's been working for over 15 years for a
@Zero_Mercury
world 💪👏
In 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 and 🇵🇱 coal corporations withdraw, displace and pollute
#water
for free, while people and nature foot the bill
On
#WorldWaterDay2021
we demand that the 🇪🇺 and our governments hold polluters accountable and protect our water
Check out our report:
🚨Disgracefull🚨
Hungary joined 🇳🇱 🇸🇪🇵🇱 🇮🇹🇧🇪🇫🇮🇦🇹 to derail the law to
#RestoreNature
We call on
@EU2024BE
to ensure the adoption of the law before the summer
You can find our full reaction here
🔗
Today we deliver an anniversary 🎂 to
@EU_Commission
to mark 1 year of illegal mining in Turów
@EU_ENV
, your inaction is letting 🇵🇱 coal deprive 🇨🇿 and 🇩🇪 communities of their water and homes
They are thirsty for justice. How long before you
#StopTurow
?
In yesterday's
#FutureofCAP
vote, MEPs voted through the 'stinking deal': essentially 7 more years of business-as-usual.
All evidence shows that business-as-usual is killing the countryside. ☠️🐝☠️🌿
What happened to the
#EUGreenDeal
we were promised?
🤔🇪🇺 What would a
#WellbeingEconomy
for Europe actually mean?
🌎🤝 As part of the
#EUWellbeingEconomy
coalition, we have set out our vision and the 12 essential components of a better economic system that is
#BeyondGrowth
.
📖👉
🚨 Don't be misled by fake news! The Nature Restoration Law does NOT contradict climate targets!
In fact,
#RestoreNature
plays a key role in mitigating and adapting to climate change🌍
Find our more here 👇
The
@Ener_Community
Treaty requires Serbia to cut toxic emissions, but in 2018 and 2019 its coal plants emitted 6 times more SO2 than the legal limits. 😷
The Kostolac and Nikola Tesla plants alone emitted more SO2 than Bulgarian, Czech, French and Polish plants combined. 🔥
The EU is falling behind on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet its statistics paint a rosier picture than reality, according to our new report 'Time to reach for the moon'.
It's
#SDGActionDay
and the time to act on the SDGs is now
Read more 👇
😒Eco-friendly shoes?
😐Recycled plastic?
😶100% organic?
We demand the truth about the things we buy. Share this video & help us push back against
#greenwashing
.
Now is the time📽️👇
😋The sweetest event of the year is happening NOW!
🍩We are in front of
@EU_Commission
with local and EU policy makers, to show what a wellbeing economy can taste like.
👩🍳It's time to bake a better future:
#DoughnutEconomics4All
Microplastics pollution is everywhere.
The EU is planning a ban, but industry lobbies have pushed hard to exempt nanoplastics, which are likely to be even more dangerous, a new EEB analysis reveals.
👗Where do unwanted clothes go?
📽️
#TextileMountain
is a new short film from
@IrishEnvNet
about the hidden burden of our fashion waste.
Join us at 12:00 CET this Friday 29.5 on Facebook for a live screening and Q&A with the filmmakers!
#WardrobeChange
Healthy
#soils
feed us🥣filter and store our drinking water🥤and help plants grow🌱
But alarmingly, up to 70% of European soils are unhealthy! Our life support system is falling apart...😰
Read our META to find out what is the EU doing about it?🤔
Step 1💡take
#postgrowth
proposals from 238 academics to media across EU
Step 2: get +-100.000 signatures on 😄
Step 3: put EU policy director
@tenBrinkPatrick
in a room w
@TimmermansEU
to talk on positive postgrowth policies
And we're just starting
📢 New report!
Extending the lifespan of Europe's
#nuclear
plants isn't necessary for climate neutrality. Our decarbonisation scenario demonstrates that nuclear power can be replaced by:
👉 Cheaper renewable energy
👉 Energy demand reductions
👉 A mix of flexibility options
🧵
Good news for nature: EU environmental ministers have agreed on the Council’s position on the Nature Restoration Law 🎉
The message is clear, especially to the European Parliament: Europe needs and wants to
#RestoreNature
💚🇪🇺
Read our joint reaction:
Hey
@vonderleyen
👀👇
🌍A climate target of 50% by 2030 is not “ambitious”
🐝Nature loss and air pollution are priorities
👩❤️👩Vice Presidents must drive the ecological transition
⚗️The precautionary principle is essential
🚨The car lobby doesn't know best
👩⚖️Rule of law matters
Thx💚
THANK YOU!
We want to thank all the supporters that spoke up to
#RestoreNature
!🌱
Your messages & signatures provided a massive contribution to yesterday's result💚
⚠️But it's not over yet!
We'll still need to work hard to bring back ambition into the Nature Restoration Law💪