The countries of the world must increase their efforts in the fight for more environmental, nature and climate protection, urges Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke at the end of the UN Conference Stockholm+50.
New rules are intended to prevent timber, coffee, cocoa, palm oil, beef, soy and derivative products from entering the EU internal market in future if their production has caused deforestation.
The international conference will take place on June 2nd and 3rd, 2022 in Stockholm under the motto "A healthy planet for the prosperity of all - our responsibility, our opportunity".
Steffi Lemke, Prof. Dirk Messner and the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Michael Regan have signed a declaration to expand cooperation between their houses.
Germany and India are intensifying their cooperation on forest conservation. This makes an important contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The new Fund will help countries achieve more holistic policymaking by creating further evidence of the links between biodiversity, climate and health, and will support decision makers.
A legally binding UN agreement to halt the pollution of the environment and oceans with plastic waste is a top priority of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA).