- We looked at the main thematic blocks and decision-making paths in the EU and then focused on biodiversity by shedding light on specific pioneers and good practices. For a day, we prioritized opportunity over caution or risk.
- We explored the 2025 climate plan of the powerful Norwegian sovereign wealth fund and the approach of the Munich-based Landbanking Group.
- We heard about the recently launched Danish EU Council Presidency with a view to the #COP30Belem and Denmark's pioneering Tripartite Agreement of 2024, which, for the first time, foresees Co2 taxes in agriculture.
- We worked out the key points of the new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) law in the UK. It provides for consistent compensation measures for all those who build properties or roads and thus seal off valuable soil.
- We concluded that biodiversity is a common good. Ecosystem functions are not a “nice to have”, but an economic basis for our current civilization. And diverse natural areas should actually be upgraded as critical infrastructure.
Climate protection and nature conservation are not fringe themes nor do they represent particular interests. To the contrary, they are the basis of our well-being and social resilience. Biodiversity is a matter of Security Policy!
Veronika Greiter and Verena Ringler were co-hosts of the seminar in their roles as EU Climate Pact Ambassadors (a prono commitment with the EU). Economist Veronika Greiter spoke specifically about trends in the private sector pertaining to biodiversity.












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