BUDG and ENVI hearing on Social and Biodiversity tracking methodologies

23-06-2022 - 16:24

On Tuesday, 21 June 2022, the BUDG Committee held a public hearing on “Social and biodiversity tracking methodologies for the EU budget and EU policies”.

Panel I was held jointly by BUDG and ENVI committees and looked at the biodiversity tracking methodology set out by the European Commission, in the context of the current ambition of providing 7,5 % in 2024 and 10 % in 2026 and in 2027 of annual spending under the multiannual financial framework to biodiversity objectives.

ENVI panellists included Ms. Evelyn Underwood from the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and Dr. Guy Pe'er from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv).