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policy instrument
EU Nature Restoration Law
Jurisdiction countryEU
Instrument typemandate-target
Authoritygovernment
PathwaysSoil carbon, Blue carbon, Improved forest management
Scopecarbon removal only
Statuslegislated
DetailAmended EU Nature Restoration Law agreed by European Parliament as of 18 July 2023. Sets legally binding targets to restore degraded ecosystems. Original proposal required agricultural ecosystems to achieve increasing organic carbon stocks in cropland and mineral soils; this provision was deleted in amendments. Non-agricultural ecosystem provisions also weakened: member states no longer required t
Stated statuslegislated
Pathway scopespecific
Pathway notetargets restoration of peatlands, wetlands, oceans and forests to increase land/ocean carbon sequestration
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