The EU has set itself the target to bring a halt to the loss of biodiversity until 2010, but failed on every angle to achieve that target.
Now the European Commission makes a new effort and currently works on a concept for the post-2010 period.

Climate change, the end of the age of fossil fuels as well as demographic and social change are future challenges that are bound to boost the demand for transport. Public transport and environmentally benign mobility will undoubtedly play a much more important role than in the past. Transport-policy makers need to gear up for these challenges here and now.

European Commission press release
Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "The 2009 Environment Policy Review shows that Member States adopted and implemented a variety of environmental policy measures. It gives interesting examples of how environmental objectives can be integrated into other policy areas. Nevertheless, a number of data and trends remain worrying.

Die überwiegende Mehrheit der Mitgliedsverbände der Naturfreunde Internationale liegen innerhalb der Grenzen der EU bzw. ihres Erweiterungsraumes.
Seit der Gründung der Naturfreundebewegung 1895 in Wien ist die europäische Umwelt- und Sozialpolitik wichtiges Arbeitsfeld der NFI.