Today, the EU has used up nature’s budget for the entire year. 317 civil society groups urge EU leaders to tackle the nature, climate and pollution crises to protect people's health.
More than 60 health and environment groups have written to EU Commission President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioners Kyriakides, Wojciechowski and Sinkevicius to not postpone the much needed reform of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD).
Read the letter here.
Read the response from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety on 12th April 2022 here.