Global firms urge EU to 'stay the course' with nature restoration

The Nature Restoration Law aims to restore at least 20% of the EU’s damaged land and sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems by 2050. Picture: Ksenia Kuleshova/Bloomberg

Clearing the final hurdle to implement nature restoration across Europe cannot be taken for granted and EU lawmakers must stay the whole course, more than 100 major global firms have said.

Following months of political wrangling, the highly contentious Nature Restoration Law from the European Commissions passed in July in a watered-down fashion.