Roadmap on the New EU Soil Strategy - healthy soil for a healthy life

ClientEarth advocates for a new EU directive on soil to establish binding targets and harmonised standards, noting that current fragmented legislation fails to address threats like compaction and salinization. The organization emphasizes the need for the New Soil Strategy to integrate with the European Green Deal and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to ensure sustainable land management and the remediation of contaminated sites.

• ClientEarth argues that the EU lacks a harmonised approach to soil protection, leading to significant discrepancies between Member States, and calls for a new directive that sets binding and time-bound targets to restore and protect soil.
• The organization identifies several soil threats that are not sufficiently addressed by existing EU legislation, specifically highlighting soil compaction, salinization, and soil sealing.
• Regarding soil contamination, the document states that current rules focus more on prevention and control than on the remediation of existing contaminated sites, and calls for a commitment to prevent pollution from persistent chemicals, including plastics and microplastics.
• The document describes soil sealing as an almost irreversible process and argues that the EU should prioritize limiting soil sealing over mitigation or compensation measures through concrete targets to reduce land take.

APA

ClientEarth (2020). Roadmap on the New EU Soil Strategy - healthy soil for a healthy life. https://www.clientearth.org/media/hmogocgy/clientearth-feedback_roadmap-on-the-new-eu-soil-strategy.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Roadmap on the New EU Soil Strategy - healthy soil for a healthy life. 2020. https://www.clientearth.org/media/hmogocgy/clientearth-feedback_roadmap-on-the-new-eu-soil-strategy.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=ClientEarth |title=Roadmap on the New EU Soil Strategy - healthy soil for a healthy life |date=December 2020 |url=https://www.clientearth.org/media/hmogocgy/clientearth-feedback_roadmap-on-the-new-eu-soil-strategy.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2020roadmap, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Roadmap on the New EU Soil Strategy - healthy soil for a healthy life}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2020}, month = dec, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/hmogocgy/clientearth-feedback_roadmap-on-the-new-eu-soil-strategy.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }