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Which organization has enacted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss?
Explanation
The Nature Restoration Law was approved in the European Union.[1] The NRL provides a framework aimed at halting and reversing the degradation of ecosystems and biodiversity loss across the EU.[2] The NRL is a pioneering effort to ensure the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy and halt and reverse the ongoing loss of natural environments and the accompanying ecosystem services at an international scale via supranational legislation.[3] Additionally, the NRL contributes to other GBF targets, such as climate mitigation and adaptation (Target 8)[4], demonstrating its role in tackling climate change alongside biodiversity loss.
The other organizations listed—the World Bank, OECD, and FAO—are not associated with enacting the Nature Restoration Law according to the available documents. This is a significant piece of EU environmental legislation that represents intensified action toward meeting international biodiversity and climate goals.
Sources- [1] https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/agricultural-policy-monitoring-and-evaluation-2025_a80ac398-en/full-report/developments-in-agricultural-policies-and-support-by-country_411a0245.html
- [2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-025-00213-z
- [3] https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-025-00213-z
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Guest previewThis is a pure Current Affairs question derived from major global environmental headlines (2023-24). While static books cover biodiversity concepts, they cannot predict specific foreign legislation. The key is recognizing the EU's role as a global regulatory trendsetter (like GDPR, CBAM).
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- Statement 1: Has the European Union enacted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss?
- Statement 2: Has the World Bank enacted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss?
- Statement 3: Has the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) enacted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss?
- Statement 4: Has the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) enacted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss?
- Explicitly states the Nature Restoration Law was approved in the European Union.
- Describes concrete restoration requirements (habitats, pollinators, peatlands) that address biodiversity loss and related climate-relevant ecosystems.
- Describes the NRL as a pioneering effort to implement the EU Biodiversity Strategy to halt and reverse loss of natural environments.
- States the NRL provides a framework for Member States to initiate effective restoration measures across the EU, tying it to biodiversity recovery.
- Connects the NRL to global biodiversity targets and explicitly notes the law contributes to climate mitigation and adaptation.
- Frames the NRL as a binding framework for national restoration plans, linking biodiversity restoration to climate objectives.
Shows climate change and biodiversity are treated as linked issues by international treaties and coordinated secretariats.
A student could check whether the EU, as a party or actor in those international processes, has turned such coordinated aims into regional legislation (e.g., by searching EU legislative records).
Describes explicit policy mechanisms and government engagement to ensure conservation and restoration of ecosystems (coastal Blue Carbon).
One could infer that restoration is a recognized policy approach and then look for EU-level laws or proposals that adopt similar restoration mechanisms.
Defines restoration and management of natural resources as a main objective of biodiversity conservation strategies.
A student could use this definition to interpret a law titled 'Nature Restoration' as fitting established conservation objectives and then verify whether the EU has formalized such objectives in legislation.
Identifies the European Commission/EU as an active initiator of climate initiatives (the GCCA), showing the EU engages in supranational climate actions.
Knowing the EU can launch and administer climate programs, a student could search EU Commission proposals, directives, or regulations for a Nature Restoration Law.
States that climate change causes biodiversity loss, implying that policies addressing restoration could plausibly be framed to tackle both problems together.
A student could use this linkage to assess whether any EU law's stated goals include both climate mitigation/adaptation and biodiversity restoration.
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