More than 70% of the world’s surface is covered with seas and oceans. On World Oceans Day, let’s name a few actions the EU is taking to protect their invaluable ecosystems and biodiversity (source EC):
- Plastics Strategy → banning from single-use plastic products from sales in the EU by 3 July.
- Blue Economy → moving towards a sustainable blue economy to protect our marine life and achieve climate neutrality.
- EU Biodiversity → establishing protected areas for at least 30% of Europe’s seas by 2030.
- Zero Pollution → reducing the plastic waste in our oceans by 50% and microplastics by 30% by 2030.
