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**Fun Fact - The Continental Tree of Europe is the Oak and has been since 2030**
Nothing is more important to the EU than our environment and over the past 25 years stopping global warming has been our biggest priority under this commitment.
Under the first European Climate Law we have pledged to become climate neutral by the end of this year, this goal is now almost within reach thanks to our investments made in clean energy over the last 3 decades funded under the second climate law. Over one third of European countries are now Climate Neutral or rely on fuel made in their own country, this not only benefits the climate but also helps make the EU more independent and financially stable.
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Unfortunately a rapid increase in extreme whether events over the last 15 years has led to severe destruction and loss of life, if you have been impacted by a recent climate disasters please contact us or you local MEP to see what relief and assistance packages apply to you.
Climate Action
To see more on our climate initiatives see our Climate action page
EU ecology and ecological developments
Europe has a diverse ecology some examples of our wide variety include our 10,499 species of Moth, 501 species of Butterfly, 454 species of tree, 2183 species of Bees, 900 species of birds, 20,000 species of flowering plants, 4000 species of spider, and a conservative estimate of a whopping 75,000 types of Fungi.
With such a wide range of Flora and Fauna Europe still has one of the most fragmented Ecosystems. Which is why, thanks to 'The European Environment & Nature Reserve' (EENR), money is being constantly put aside for the purchasing of land around existing nature reserves to expand our national parks with a projected 60% of all land being put aside for this use by 2060. With 30% of this land being completely of limits to all humans so to create new Virgin Forests (This means a forest that has never had human contact).
There are over 2183 species of bee in Europe divided into 77 families or genus, including this Gypsy's Cuckoo Bumblebee (or specifically the Bombus Bohemicus) which is a parasitic bee.
The there are an estimated 500 species of Butterfly in Europe including this one Parnassius mnemosyne, or the Clouded Apollo native to all of the European continent.
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