EEB’s input to the EU Environment Council Meeting, 16/12/2025, Brussels

EEB’s input to the EU Environment Council Meeting, 16/12/2025

In this letter, the EEB provided input to the EU Environment Council Meeting, taking place in Brussels on December 16, 2025, addressing all Environment Ministers of EU Member States, the Commission President, Executive Vice-President for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, and Commissioners for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Energy and Housing, Health and Animal Welfare, and the Chair of the European Parliament Environment Committee.

The EEB’s demands come structured according to our understanding of the 16 December Council Agenda, alongside our vision of what is needed for a sustainable and resilient Union, under the following headlines:
a) bioeconomy strategy
b) Conclusions on Europe’s Environment 2030 – Building a more climate resilient and circular Europe
c) AOB:
– Sixth conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP 6)
– The 37th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP37)
– 30TH Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
– 8th meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (MOP 8)