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encouraging cooperation in education for environmental sustainabi lity in 2021. This 
will provide guidance for schools and teachers on how to cooperate and exchange 
experiences across Member States on biodiversity teaching. The Commission will also 
provide support materials and facilitate the exchange of good practices in EU networks of 
teacher-training programmes. 
4. THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR AN AMBITIOUS GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY AGENDA  
Biodiversity is a priority of the EU’s external action and an integral part of efforts to 
meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It will be mainstreamed 
throughout bilateral and multilateral engagements, through the EU’s ‘Green Deal 
diplomacy’, and forthcoming green alliances 76. The Commi ssion will work closely with 
the European Parliament and Member States to ensure a high level of EU ambition and 
mobilise all efforts for the good of the world’s biodiversity. 
4.1. Raising the level of ambition and commitment worldwide 
Protecting biodiversity is a global challenge and the next decade will be decisive. Global 
efforts under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity have largely been 
insufficient. Nature cannot afford any half measures or lack of ambition.  
In this spirit, the EU is ready to lead all efforts  – working with like-minded partners in a 
high-ambition coalition on biodiversity – to agree an ambitious new global framework 
for post -2020 at the upcoming 15 th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on 
Biological Diversity.  
With this strategy, the Commission proposes ambitious commitments for the EU to bring 
to the table. The EU should also support governments and stakeholders across the globe 
to significantly step up their ambition and their action. 
The Commission proposes that the EU ensures that the post -2020 global framework 
includes, at a minimum, the elements outlined below:  
 Overarching global goals for biodiversity for 2050, in line with the United 
Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmen t and the vision of ‘living in 
harmony with nature’. The ambition should be that , by 2050, all of the world’s 
ecosystems are restored, resilient, and adequately protected. The world 
should commit to the net -gain principle to give nature back more than it t akes. 
The world should commit to no human -induced extinction of species, at 
minimum where avoidable. 
 Ambitious global 2030 targets in line with EU commitments  in this strategy. 
These should clearly address the drivers of biodiversity loss and be specific, 
measurable, actionable, relevant and time-bound. 
 A much stronger implementation, monitoring and review  process. Parties 
should revise their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans by the end 
of 2021, or as a minimum, submit national commitments f or the most important 
targets. There should be a regular review cycle  to look at progress towards the 
                                                 
76  Green alliances focus on cooperation with African and other partners to implement the European Green 
Deal.