The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets the following objectives:
- at least €20 billion a year should be unlocked for spending on nature. This will require mobilising private and public funding at national and EU level, including through a range of different programmes in the next long-term EU budget.
- as nature restoration will make a major contribution to climate objectives, a significant proportion of the EU budget dedicated to climate action will be invested on biodiversity and nature-based solutions.
- under InvestEU (the new EU investment programme for 2021-2027), a dedicated natural-capital and circular-economy initiative will be established to mobilise at least €10 billion over the next 10 years, based on public/private blended finance.
Source: European Commission (2025) Financing from the EU budget.
