The Campaign
When nature loses, we all lose.
The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the safety of our homes – all depend on strong environmental laws. Right now, those protections are under attack. Once they’re gone, we can’t get them back.
Around Europe, environmental laws are being gutted, under the promise of “simplification” of the legal system. But in reality, these changes will only profit greed, while endanger the lives of us and our children.
Nature and people are one, the damages inflicted on nature will make its way to us.
What this means
Nature and people are one, the damages inflicted on nature will make its way to us. Here’s how:
Water you can’t trust
Loosened controls for pollution from industrial farms, factories, and products could end up in rivers, groundwater, our food, meaning higher health risks. The clean up? Paid by you.
Air you shouldn’t breath
Continuous deforestation, weaker limits on harmful chemicals and emissions mean more smog, allergens, and toxins in the air, which can affect our lungs, heart, and overall health.
Your taxes cleaning up their mess
If companies aren’t required to clean up their pollution, bills land on households.
Climate impact hitting harder
Destroying natural buffers like wetlands, forests, and dunes removes natural defences against floods, heatwaves, and storms.
Losing the nature we love
Once our forests, rivers and habitats are built over, they can never be replaced. Gone will be the safe, green spaces where we recharge and reconnect.
Our Demands
What we ask of EU decision makers is simple:
Keep current environmental safeguards fully intact
Existing nature laws are delivering proven results. They require no fixes, only continued enforcement. Leave them intact.
Reject any attempts to dilute environmental protections
These regulations are essential to preventing irreversible damage and safeguarding the public interest. Any weakening would endanger not just our ecosystems, but also our health, well-being, and ultimately, our future.
Respect scientific evidence and the citizens’ voice
Environmental laws are grounded in decades of research and have delivered measurable success. European citizens are calling for stronger protection of nature, not greater exposure to harm.
Faced with today’s climate and biodiversity crises, we have no choice but to ensure that environmental laws, our biggest safety net, remain strong. History will remember those who chose to gamble our future away.
Take Action
Don’t let the EU tear down nature protection.
The Europe an Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion. We have 10 days to speak up before it’s too late.
Tell them to keep their hands off nature.
Some decision-makers call it “simplification” or “cutting red tape”, when in truth it’s weakening the very laws meant to protect nature and people, one by one. What’s actually being simplified is the path for those who want to profit from the destruction of nature at everyone’s expense.
And they are doing it quietly, when most people are away. In the middle of the summer, the European Commission launched a so-called ‘Call for Evidence’, asking companies, organisations and citizens whether EU environmental laws should be weakened.
Write your message now via the form and tell decision-makers you oppose weakening nature laws and lowering environmental standards.
It took decades of our collective voices to build the laws that protect our futures. Don’t let them be undone in silence.
You have until 10 September to make your voice heard – make it count!
Please note that your submission will be public on the Commission’s website.