text: The Commission will support Member States and local and regional authorities through 
  technical guidance and help to mobilise funding and capacity building. It will also reflect 
  these objectives in the**European Climate Pact**. 
  
  *2.2.9. Reducing pollution*
  
  Pollution is a key driver of biodiversity loss and has a harmful impact on our health and 
  environment. While the EU has a solid legal framework in place to reduce pollution, 
  greater efforts are still required. Biodiversity is suffering from the release of nutrients, 
  chemical pesticides, pharmaceuticals, hazardous chemicals, urban and industrial 
  wastewater, and other waste including litter and plastics. All of these pressures must be 
  reduced. 
  
  As part of the Commission’s Zero Pollution Ambition for a toxic-free environment, a 
  new EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability will be put forward along with a**Zero**
  **Pollution Action Plan for Air, Water and Soil**. 
  
  The Commission will also promote the goal of zero pollution from nitrogen and 
  phosphorus flows from fertilisers through reducing nutrient losses by at least 50%, while 
  ensuring that there is no deterioration in soil fertility. This will result in the**reduction of**
  **use of fertilisers by at least 20%**. This will be achieved by implementing and enforcing 
  the relevant environmental and climate legislation in full, identifying with Member States 
  the nutrient load reductions needed to achieve these goals, applying balanced fertilisation 
  and sustainable nutrient management, and by managing nitrogen and phosphorus better 
  throughout their lifecycle. To this end, the Commission will work with Member States to 