- Contributes to European Commission priorities
- A global Europe: Leveraging our power and partnerships
- A new era for European Defence and Security
- A new plan for Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness
- Delivering together and preparing our Union for the future
- Supporting people, strengthening our societies and our social model
- Sustaining our quality of life: Food security, water and nature
Portfolio overview
Our society and our economies depend on nature, but the health of our planet is under threat. Urgent action is needed to preserve biodiversity and reduce pollution. Healthy and diverse ecosystems can serve as our best ally in combatting climate change.
This portfolio will provide a comprehensive set of tools, methodologies and data to support scientific innovation for reducing pollution and preserving biodiversity. Strategies involve collaborating across sectors, reducing reporting obligations, supporting policy implementation and addressing policy gaps and policy coherence — from the initial design phase to the end-of-life of products and processes.
Objectives
Identify and define pollution and its impactsCharacterise pollution and its impact on ecosystems and human health.
Provide policy performance metricsProvide quantified metrics to track policy performance.
Assess ecosystems and their servicesAssess ecosystems and their services in biophysical and monetary terms.
Improve chemical safety assessment and reduce animal testingImprove pre-marketing chemical safety assessment methodologies and reduce reliance on animal testing.
Support sustainability and circularity in the economyHelp to implement the framework for ‘safe and sustainable by design’ for chemicals and materials, and sustainable circular economy approaches.
Align warning mechanismsIdentify options to align warning mechanisms across air, soil and water.
Inspire behavioural changeRaise awareness of nature’s impact on society and the economy, as well as the risks of pollution, to inspire behavioural change.
Enhance biosecurity policyImprove cohesion across different policy areas to manage non-native organisms.
Support global initiativesSustain EU contributions to global initiatives such as the Global Biodiversity Framework.
