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RSSAs part of a new study for the Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform, recommendations to the EU pledging initiatives suggest improving their link to zero pollution dimensions to ensure the better implementation of the Zero Pollution Action Plan.
![Poster depicting sketches of wind turbine, stems sprouting from the earth, hands holding globe, and trees.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/ebns_twitter_0.png?itok=qDNk9Bfk)
On 18 and 19 October at the European Business and Nature Summit, European businesses will join the European Commission and partner organisations advocating for an ambitious outcome of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15.
![Justice](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-049982/00-04.jpg?itok=PTvAcUHP)
The European Commission adopted a Communication on the enforcement of EU law, setting out its work to ensure that EU law is complied with and citizens and businesses can benefit from the same rights across the EU
![Key Figures - Sept 2022](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/Key_figures_2022_09_version_3.png?itok=gPkRgHiF)
The EU Ecolabel steadily continues its growth of awarded licenses and product diversification with the inauguration of two new product groups.
![E-waste: chemical processing without heat may offer efficient method of recovering metals from end-of-life products](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/NA1409_shutterstock_1174197958.jpg?itok=Pvst4BtU)
Waste from disposed electrical products – e-waste – is one of the fastest growing solid waste streams.
![Retaining deadwood in disturbed forests reduces changes to soil fungal communities and promotes regeneration](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/NA1410.jpg?itok=6uQGT8CJ)
Events such as storms that cause significant damage to forest trees have obvious effects above ground. What happens below ground is less apparent, and less studied.
![Shifts in distribution of bird species due to climate change may compromise ecosystem services](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/NA1411_shutterstock_274713365.jpg?itok=ENbtfKTN)
As species’ ranges shift due to climate change, ecosystems will be altered and may change how they function.
![NA1414 - Bird conservation: protected areas are most effective when over 50 hectares in size](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/1414shutterstock_486685009_0.jpg?itok=U7FFbGpw)
Establishing protected areas (PAs) is important for the conservation of species, but more data is needed on their effectiveness.
![Expenditure on preventing biological invasions is far below environmental damage costs](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/NA1398.jpg?itok=a915vsf3)
Invasive alien species are a major global problem causing substantial environmental and economic damage.
![Benefits of agri-environment wildflower areas vary according to the surrounding landscape](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/NA1402-shutterstock_2170190605.jpg?itok=r6sYmFpQ)
Sowing wildflower areas is a common agri-environment measure, however, its biodiversity impacts are disputed.