Input to the EU Environment Council Meeting, Brussels, 20 December 2021

This letter was sent to environment ministers of all European Union member states ahead of the EU Environment Council meeting due to take place in Brussels on 20 December 2021.

The letter outlines the EEB’s views on the various environmental issues that ministers are due to discuss. It sets out the EEB’s demands, as a representative of over 170 environmental organisations from across Europe. The letter focuses on the following:

1. Batteries
2. EU-ETS (both EU-ETS I and II)
3. Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR)
4. LULUCF
5. Cars and CO2
6. Social Climate Fund
7. EU Soil Strategy
8. Deforestation
9. Shipment of Waste
10. EU Biodiversity Strategy Implementation
11. UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow
12. CBD COP 15.1
13. Aarhus MoP7
14. PRTR MoPP4