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data-inpage-navigation-source-area="h2, div.ecl-featured-item__heading" class="ecl-u-mb-l"> <article dir="ltr"> <div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_256"></a> <article class="ecl-featured-item" ><div class="ecl-featured-item__container ecl-featured-item__container--right"><div class="ecl-featured-item__item"><div class="ecl-featured-item__description"><div class="ecl"><p>The <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022D0591" class="ecl-link">8<sup>th</sup> EAP</a> entered into force on 2 May 2022, as the EU’s legally agreed common agenda for environment policy until 2030.</p><p>The action programme reiterates the EU’s long-term vision to 2050 of living well and within planetary boundaries. It sets out priority objectives for 2030 and the conditions needed to achieve these. Building on the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:4438420">European Green Deal</a>, the action programme aims to speed up the transition to a climate-neutral, resource-efficient economy, recognising that human wellbeing and prosperity depend on healthy ecosystems.</p><p>The 8<sup>th</sup> EAP calls for active engagement of all stakeholders at all levels of governance, to ensure that EU climate and environment laws are effectively implemented. It forms the EU’s basis for achieving the United Nation’s <strong>2030 Agenda</strong> and its <strong>Sustainable Development Goals</strong>.</p></div></div></div><div class="ecl-featured-item__item"><div class="ecl-media-container ecl-featured-item__media_container" data-ecl-media-container="true" data-ecl-auto-init="MediaContainer" ><figure class="ecl-media-container__figure"><div class="ecl-media-container__media ecl-media-container__media--ratio-16-9"><iframe id="videoplayerI-254733" src="https://ec.europa.eu/avservices/play.cfm?ref=I-254733&lg=EN&sublg=none&autoplay=true&tin=10&tout=59" frameborder="0" allowtransparency allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen width="576" height="324" class="media-avportal-content"></iframe></div><figcaption class="ecl-media-container__caption">How the EU is boosting business under the European Green Deal</figcaption></figure></div></div></div></article> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_254"></a> <div class="ecl-row inpage-navigation-container"> <div class="ecl-col-l-3"> <nav class="ecl-inpage-navigation oe-theme-ecl-inpage-navigation ecl-u-z-dropdown" data-ecl-auto-init="InpageNavigation" data-ecl-auto-initialized="true" data-ecl-inpage-navigation="true" aria-labelledby="ecl-inpage-navigation-365526600" ><div class="ecl-inpage-navigation__title" id="ecl-inpage-navigation-365526600">Page contents</div><div class="ecl-inpage-navigation__body"><div class="ecl-inpage-navigation__trigger-wrapper"><button type="button" class="ecl-inpage-navigation__trigger" id="ecl-inpage-navigation-365526600-trigger" data-ecl-inpage-navigation-trigger="true" aria-controls="ecl-inpage-navigation-list" aria-expanded="false"><span class="ecl-inpage-navigation__trigger-current" data-ecl-inpage-navigation-trigger-current="true">Page contents</span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--xs ecl-icon--rotate-180 ecl-inpage-navigation__trigger-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="false" ><use xlink:href="/themes/contrib/oe_theme/dist/ec/images/icons/sprites/icons.svg#corner-arrow"></use></svg></button></div><ul class="ecl-inpage-navigation__list" data-ecl-inpage-navigation-list="true" id="ecl-inpage-navigation-365526600-list"></ul></div></nav> </div> <div class="ecl-col-l-9" data-inpage-navigation-source-area="h2, div.ecl-featured-item__heading"> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_248"></a> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2">Objectives</h2> <div class="ecl"><p>The <strong>long-term priority objective </strong>is that, by 2050 at the latest, Europeans live well, within planetary boundaries and in a well-being economy where nothing is wasted. Growth will be regenerative, climate neutrality will be a reality, and inequalities will have been significantly reduced.</p> <p>There are six priority objectives to 2030</p> <ul> <li>achieving the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/clima/eu-action/european-green-deal/2030-climate-target-plan_en" class="ecl-link">2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target</a> and <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/clima/eu-action/climate-strategies-targets/2050-long-term-strategy_en" class="ecl-link"><strong>climate neutrality by 2050</strong></a></li> <li>enhancing <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/adaptation-to-climate-change.html" class="ecl-link"><strong>adaptive capacity</strong>,</a> strengthening <strong>resilience </strong>and <strong>reducing vulnerability to climate change</strong></li> <li>advancing towards a <strong>regenerative growth model</strong>, decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation, and accelerating the transition to a <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/circular-economy.html" class="ecl-link"><strong>circular economy</strong></a></li> <li>pursuing a <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/zero-pollution.html" class="ecl-link"><strong>zero-pollution ambition</strong></a>, including for air, water and soil and protecting the health and well-being of Europeans</li> <li>protecting, preserving and restoring <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:4459196" class="ecl-link"><strong>biodiversity</strong></a>, and <strong>enhancing natural capital</strong></li> <li><strong>reducing environmental and climate pressures</strong> related to production and consumption (particularly in the areas of energy, industry, buildings and infrastructure, mobility, tourism, international trade and the food system)</li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_2204"></a> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2">Enabling framework</h2> <div class="ecl"><p>In line with the European Green Deal’s oath to ‘do no harm', the 8<sup>th</sup> EAP supports an integrated approach to policy development and implementation. <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022D0591">Article 3 of the action programme</a> sets out the enabling conditions needed to achieve the priority objectives. Among others, it highlights the need for</p> <ul> <li>a full <strong>implementation</strong> of existing legislation</li> <li>significantly <strong>decreasing</strong> the Union’s <strong>material and consumption footprints</strong></li> <li>achieving <strong>environmental fairness</strong></li> <li>boosting s<strong>ustainable finance</strong></li> <li>making use of <strong>economic and tax incentives</strong> to facilitate the sustainability transition</li> <li><strong>phasing out fossil fuel subsidies</strong></li> <li>developing a summary <strong>‘beyond GDP’ dashboard</strong></li> <li>uptake by and <strong>cooperation </strong>at all levels of policy-making between different levels of actors</li> <li>harnessing the potential of <strong>digitalisation</strong></li> <li>ensuring that policy action is firmly anchored in <strong>latest science and knowledge</strong>  </li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_2205"></a> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2">Monitoring and reports</h2> <div class="ecl"><p>On 26 July 2022, the Commission <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_4667" class="ecl-link">adopted a list of headline indicators</a> to monitor progress towards the EU’s environment and climate goals, as foreseen in the 8<sup>th</sup> EAP. This monitoring framework will inform European citizens about the impact of EU climate and environmental policy and facilitate an exchange between policy-makers on where further efforts are needed, in order to stay within the safe and just limits of our planet. The headline indicators follow the structure of the 8<sup>th</sup> EAP building on the European Green Deal.</p> <p>In line with article 4.4 of the 8<sup>th</sup> EAP and as outlined in the <a href="https://environment.ec.europa.eu/publications/monitoring-framework-8th-environment-action-programme_en" class="ecl-link">Communication</a>, the Commission, supported by the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/LSU/?uri=celex:32009R0401">European Environment Agency (EEA)</a> and the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:l21282">European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)</a> monitors, assesses and reports annually on progress on the priority objectives. Based on the selected headline indicators, the EEA assesses <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/at-a-glance/state-of-europes-environment/environment-action-programme">progress towards the 8<sup>th</sup> EAP objectives</a> in annual reports published every December, from 2023 onwards.</p> <p>A <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2024%3A123%3AFIN&amp%3Bqid=1710324381289" class="ecl-link">mid-term review was carried out on 13 March 2024</a> (under Article 5.1), which found that the EU’s objectives under the European Green Deal are attainable if the actions planned are fully implemented. It underlined the importance of meeting climate and environmental objectives also for their positive economic impact, including in terms of health, resilience, or autonomy in material use. The mid-term report added that although many planned actions, such as legislative changes, have been carried out, it is too early to assess their impact on the environment as they are yet to be implemented on the ground.</p> <p>Some of the reviews key findings include:-</p> <ul> <li>Notable progress on<strong> climate change mitigation and adaptation</strong>, such as the adoption of key legislation to achieve climate neutrality, in particular the <a href="https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/european-climate-law_en">EU Climate Law</a>, the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_4754">Fit for 55 package of legislation</a> and the <a href="https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/adaptation-climate-change/eu-adaptation-strategy_en#:~:text=2021%20%E2%80%93%20EU%20Adaptation%20Strategy&text=Triggers,climate%20change%20on%20European%20forests">2021 Climate Adaptation Strategy</a>. However, it noted that faster progress is needed to meet the EU’s 2030 target of cutting GHG emissions at least 55% and achieve climate neutrality by 2050.</li> <li>The effects of climate change on natural ecosystems, socio-economic sectors and people’s health and wellbeing already being felt, in particular, due to more frequent and intensive weather extremes events.</li> <li>All actions under the second <a href="https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/circular-economy-action-plan_en"><strong>circular economy</strong> action plan</a> have been delivered, including the <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/sustainable-products/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en">Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation</a>, which must now be implemented on the ground.</li> <li>The delivery of most actions under the <a href="https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/zero-pollution-action-plan_en"><strong>zero-pollution</strong> action plan</a>, in particular the revision of the <a href="https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/industrial-emissions-and-safety/industrial-emissions-directive_en">Industrial Emissions Directive</a> and the <a href="https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/soil-and-land/soil-health_en">Soil Monitoring Law</a>, but progress towards zero pollution on the ground is mixed.</li> <li>Most actions set out in the <a href="https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/biodiversity-strategy-2030_en"><strong>biodiversity </strong>strategy</a> have been completed, including a political agreement on the Nature Restoration Law, as well as an increase in designated protected land and marine areas.</li> <li><strong>Water scarcity </strong>now affects almost one-third of the EU population every year. This has a direct impact on the <strong>well-being of current and future generations</strong> and it is likely to further increase due to climate change and the increase in frequency and intensity of weather extremes.</li> </ul> <p>A full evaluation of the 8th EAP is expected by 31 March 2029. This will be followed, if appropriate, by a proposal for the next environmental action programme by 31 December 2029 (Article 6).</p> <p>The <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/european-parliament.html">European Parliament</a>, the <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/council-of-the-european-union.html">Council of the European Union</a> and the Commission exchange views annually, based on the reports, on actions taken, and possible future actions.</p></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_249"></a> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2">Timeline</h2> <div class="ecl"><p>Previous and upcoming actions.</p></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_250"></a> <ol class="ecl-timeline" data-ecl-auto-init="Timeline" data-ecl-timeline ><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-326339539"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">13 March 2024</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Mid-term review of 8th EAP released</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"><p><a href="https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-2030-climate-and-environmental-targets-within-reach-2024-03-13_en" class="ecl-link">Find out more.</a></p></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-686143875"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">26 July 2022</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Commission adopts monitoring framework with headline indicators</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_4667" class="ecl-link">Find out more</a></p></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-1301572111"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2 May 2022</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">8th EAP enters into force</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"><p><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022D0591">Find out more</a></p></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item ecl-timeline__item--collapsed" id="ecl-timeline-item-1054463968"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2021</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Commission consults on monitoring framework with headline indicators</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"><p>As part of the preparation of a monitoring framework with headline indicators for the 8th EAP, the Commission will consult Member States and external stakeholders - <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/environment/news/stakeholder-workshop-8th-eap-monitoring-framework-2021-09-21_en">find out more. </a></p></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item ecl-timeline__item--collapsed" id="ecl-timeline-item-1092285252"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">14 October 2020 </div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">European Commission presents proposal for 8th EAP </div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/environment/document/download/4b2e129d-2d20-4738-965b-7bcfc1a97d71_en?filename=8EAP-draft.pdf">View the proposal</a></p></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item ecl-timeline__item--toggle"><button class="ecl-button ecl-button--secondary ecl-timeline__toggle" type="button" data-ecl-timeline-button data-ecl-label-collapsed="Show 2 more items" data-ecl-label-expanded="Hide 2 items" ><span class="ecl-button__container"><span class="ecl-button__label" data-ecl-label="true">Show 2 more items</span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--xs ecl-icon--rotate-180 ecl-button__icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-icon><use 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href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022D0591" class="ecl-link">Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030</a></li> <li><a href="https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/6e9b7f79-da96-4a53-956f-e8f62c9d7fed/library/e4230da2-ba02-49ad-be10-41764589daff/details?download=true" class="ecl-link">8th Environment Action Programme Proposal</a></li> <li><a href="https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/6e9b7f79-da96-4a53-956f-e8f62c9d7fed/library/25cb7272-542d-4fcd-9b23-20de4f1a9491/details?download=true" class="ecl-link">Consultative paper on the proposed approach and architecture for the 8th EAP monitoring framework </a></li> <li><a href="https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/6e9b7f79-da96-4a53-956f-e8f62c9d7fed/library/e37b4d58-f3eb-4425-9940-97d5bc6ed246/details?download=true" class="ecl-link">Study to support the development of a monitoring framework for the Eighth Environment Action Programme (8EAP)</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_252"></a> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2">Related topics</h2> <div class="ecl"><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en" class="ecl-link">European Green Deal</a></p> <p><a href="https://climate.ec.europa.eu/index_en" class="ecl-link">Climate action</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ecl-row"> <div class="ecl-col-s-12"> <div> <div id="block-ewcms-theme-socialshare"> <div class="ecl-social-media-share"> <p class="ecl-social-media-share__description"> Share this page </p> <script type="application/json">{"service":"share","version":"2.0","networks":["twitter","facebook","linkedin","email","more"],"display":"icons","stats":true,"selection":true}</script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <div id="block-ewcms-theme-pagefeedbackform"> <script 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