EEB input to the EU Environment Council Meeting, Luxembourg, 14 October 2024

In this letter, the EEB provided input to the EU Environment Council Meeting, Luxembourg, 14 October 2024, addressing all Environment Ministers of EU Member States, the Commission President, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal and Commissioners for Environment, Transport, Energy, Industry, Agriculture, Health and Food Safety, and the Chair of the European Parliament Environment Committee.

The EEB’s demands come structured according to our understanding of the 14 October Council Agenda, alongside our vision for the next legislative cycle i.e., under the following headlines:

1. Political Guidelines 2024-2029 and the European Green Deal
2. A Clean Industrial Deal
3. The Strategic Dialogue 
4. Implementation of the EU Chemicals Strategy 
5. Conclusions on preparations for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
6. Convention on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) 
7. Preparations for the 5th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (INC-5)