Next EU Budget. On 2nd May, WCS EU submitted a response to the EU Public Consultation on the ‘EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for external action’, calling for the EU to increase biodiversity financing in the next EU external funding / international cooperation budget, to ensure it meets its international obligations under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and to enhance investment in nature and biodiversity within the Global Gateway initiative. Read more
European Oceans Pact. On 17th February, WCS EU submitted a response to the EC call for evidence on: ‘The European Oceans Pact’, calling for the EU to scale up blue economy investments in partner countries under the Global Gateway funding initiative, among others. Read more
EU One Health Strategy. On 23rd January, WCS EU and 41 organisations called for the EU to strengthen the environmental pillar in the One Health approach and to develop an ambitious EU One Health Strategy that sets out concrete and bold actions that will truly reduce the risks of pathogen spillovers and future epidemics and pandemics of zoonotic origin. Read more