The Slovak Republic has reduced some environmental pressures over the past decade. However, more needs to be done to reduce air pollution, improve waste and wastewater treatment and move towards carbon neutrality. Since 2011, the country has taken important steps to improve its biodiversity policy. Slovakia now needs to align its strategy with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030. Most species and habitats are in an unfavourable state and biodiversity considerations are not sufficiently integrated into sectoral policies. This is the third assessment of the environmental performance of the Slovak Republic. It provides an evidence-based assessment of the country’s progress in achieving its environmental objectives over the past decade. The 29 recommendations aim to help Slovakia improve its environmental performance, with a particular focus on biodiversity and forests in the context of climate change. (More on oecd.org)