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THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN EUROPE gemeinnützige GmbH

TNCE

The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization protecting nature and climate through science and policy.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Monika Hencsey (Director Environment)

26 Nov 2025 · Biodiversity conservation

Meeting with Costas Kadis (Commissioner) and

14 Oct 2025 · General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

The Nature Conservancy urges EU-wide rules for nature credits

29 Sept 2025
Topic — Developing a European framework for market-based systems to finance biodiversity restoration.
Message — TNC requests a mandatory EU regulatory framework where nature credits supplement public funding rather than replace it. They insist credits should not be used for offsetting irreversible biodiversity loss.123
Why — A regulated market would direct private investment toward large-scale conservation and restoration.4
Impact — Small landowners and municipalities might face high administrative and financial burdens.5
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TNC Europe urges nature-positive lens for climate resilience

4 Sept 2025
Topic — A new framework to manage climate risks and increase resilience across Europe.
Message — TNC recommends making all adaptation work nature-positive by using nature-based solutions co-designed with communities. They also urge mainstreaming climate trajectories across all sectoral budgets and policies.12
Why — Nature-based solutions provide long-term cost savings while delivering environmental and social co-benefits.3
Impact — Vulnerable communities lose protection if adaptation efforts fail to prioritize equity and systemic injustices.4
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The Nature Conservancy warns against weakening CAP environmental rules

31 Jul 2025
Topic — This consultation addresses the simplification and implementation of Common Agricultural Policy strategic plans.
Message — The organization requests that the European Commission strengthen rather than weaken the CAP legislative framework. They insist simplification must focus on administrative burdens rather than dismantling environmental protections for grasslands and peatlands. They also oppose removing links between agriculture policy and new climate legislation.123
Why — The organization maintains progress toward a nature-positive and resilient food system.4
Impact — Farmers lose long-term security as dismantling environmental rules hinders climate resilience.5
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Meeting with Ewa Malz (Head of Unit Environment)

10 Jul 2025 · Meeting with The Nature Conservancy, 10 July 2025

Meeting with Astrid Dentler (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra) and European Environmental Bureau and Wetlands International - European Association

17 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on Water and Climate Resilience Strategies

Meeting with Hans Stausboll (Acting Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships)

13 Mar 2025 · The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) work in Africa

Meeting with Diana Acconcia (Director Climate Action)

13 Mar 2025 · Climate projects in Africa

Meeting with Riccardo Rossi (Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela)

13 Mar 2025 · The Global Gateway and the importance of green investments

TNC urges EU to prioritize nature-based water solutions

4 Mar 2025
Topic — EU consultation on a cross-sectoral plan to achieve a water resilient Europe.
Message — The EU should integrate nature-based solutions into policies alongside traditional infrastructure. They recommend using predictive indicators and flexible management to handle climate uncertainty.123
Why — This would secure more funding and institutional support for the organization’s conservation tools.45
Impact — Traditional engineering firms may face reduced demand as large infrastructure risks becoming stranded.6
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Response to Implementing Act on non-price criteria in renewable energy auctions

21 Feb 2025

Please find attached TNC's response to the public consultation.
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Meeting with Taru Haapaniemi (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen)

22 Jan 2025 · Regenerative agriculture, nature credits, benchmarking

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament) and EPIA SolarPower Europe

5 Dec 2024 · Nature friendly solar power

Meeting with Thomas Bajada (Member of the European Parliament) and WWF European Policy Programme and

3 Dec 2024 · Event on Seafood Labelling

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2024 · Biodiversity funding

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Jul 2024 · Biodiversity

Meeting with Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jul 2024 · Climate and energy policies

The Nature Conservancy urges EU-wide biodiversity criteria in energy auctions

28 Feb 2024
Topic — EU guidance for Member States on using non-price criteria in renewable energy auctions.
Message — TNC recommends including environmental and biodiversity criteria as standard elements in renewable energy auctions. It calls for EU-wide harmonization to avoid companies navigating twenty-seven different national approaches. It also suggests integrating these criteria into future Net Zero Industry Act implementation.123
Why — Harmonization provides the industry with regulatory certainty while incentivizing the organization's conservation goals.45
Impact — Developers focused solely on price might lose competitiveness against environmentally focused market leaders.6
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Response to Guidance to facilitate the designation of renewables acceleration areas

23 Feb 2024

TNC welcomes the inclusion in the RED of the concept of Renewables Acceleration Areas (RAAs), as well as the commitment in the Wind Power Action Plan to deliver dedicated, new Guidance to help Member States navigate the designation process. The implementation of the revised EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED)s provisions on renewables mapping and Renewables Acceleration Areas is an opportunity for Member States to adopt smart siting approaches in order to accelerate renewable energy deployment while delivering for biodiversity and communities. We believe RAAs, if well carried out, can be a robust tool to ensure we meet both our climate and biodiversity goals, by fast-tracking planning for renewables in areas of low-conflict risk for biodiversity. Detailed recommendations on mapping a sustainable energy transition are enclosed, including on spatial planning approaches. TNC wishes to highlight the following key messages and recommendations: 1. Europe-wide there is enough land for low-conflict Renewable Energy deployment - but this requires a holistic approach with careful planning, smart siting, and thorough stakeholder engagement. 2. Renewables Acceleration Areas can be a game changer for meeting EU and global climate and energy goals, if implemented as part of a scientific and credible spatial planning process for renewable energy deployment. Detailed guidance and tools to identify suitable sites are needed, as well as consistent definitions of terms employed in the Renewable Energy Directive, such as brownfields, to support their adequate prioritisation. 3. Adequate monitoring of the designation and implementation of Renewables Acceleration Areas and spatial mapping for Renewables deployment will be needed to ensure Member States are equipped and supported to deliver within the deadlines set by the Renewable Energy Directive and to ensure stakeholder engagement and acceptance. While recognising the urgency of delivering on the Directive, Member States should make use of the time provided by the deadlines set by the Directive to deliver robust, science-based designation plans and ensure buy in by relevant stakeholders and communities.
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Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

17 May 2023 · Implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and nature restoration

Meeting with Elena Montani (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

17 May 2023 · Implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and nature restoration

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and World Resources Institute

2 Mar 2023 · Green Deal

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Nov 2022 · Nature Restoration Law

Meeting with Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

7 Oct 2022 · Preparations for climate COP27 and biodiversity COP15, including the interlinkages between the two

Meeting with Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and Stichting BirdLife Europe and

5 Oct 2022 · Biodiversity and forests. Financing.

Meeting with Pär Holmgren (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jun 2022 · Deforestation and Forest Degradation Law

Meeting with Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) and WWF European Policy Programme and

11 May 2021 · Discussion on IUU

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

29 Jan 2020 · To discuss illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and

5 Feb 2019 · IUU Fishing

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

10 Jan 2019 · Ocean Governance, Blue Economy

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

19 Jun 2018 · Ocean Governance, Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, Our Ocean Conference,

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and

7 Feb 2017 · Ocean Governance, Blue Growth, Our Ocean Conference

Meeting with Karmenu Vella (Commissioner) and WWF European Policy Programme and

28 Sept 2015 · Ocean Governance, IUU