This study identifies and analyses best practices in biodiversity conservation and nature restoration across European cities and regions, and assesses how they relate to the targets of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The study touches upon governance, policy frameworks,...

Cities and regions are considered as key implementation grounds for the European Green Deal. The multiple crisis and the current geopolitical situation have changed the context in which local and regional authorities operate, thus requiring a more simplified and supporting framework.

In March 2020, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan (NCEAP) as one of the main blocks of the EU´s new sustainability agenda, the European Green Deal. This report - commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) as part of the process for the...

In late 2019 the European Commission published its Fitness Check for the Water Framework Directive, the Floods Directive, and the daughter Directives. The Fitness Check concluded that these Directives are 'largely fit for purpose', identifying areas that are working well and areas for...