EU Budget Talks: Europe is Counting the Cost of the Climate Crisis. Its Budget Doesn't Reflect It.
June 19, 2026
June 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- BirdLife Europe and Central Asia issued the following news release:
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EU budget talks: Europe is counting the cost of the climate crisis. Its budget doesn't reflect it.
This week, European leaders gather for the European Council to discuss the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). One thing is conspicuously absent from the agenda: a guarantee that nature protection and restoration will be funded. At the scale of a multi . . .
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EU budget talks: Europe is counting the cost of the climate crisis. Its budget doesn't reflect it.
This week, European leaders gather for the European Council to discuss the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). One thing is conspicuously absent from the agenda: a guarantee that nature protection and restoration will be funded. At the scale of a multi . . .