The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement just reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Nature Restoration Act Once adopted and implemented in EU Member States, the law will a key contribution to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 a increasing Europe's preparedness and resilience against the effects of climate change . The law should be triggered  the process of continuous and permanent renewal of nature on EU land and seas. As an overall objective to be achieved at EU level, Member States shall introduce by 2030 measures for renewal at least 20 % mainland The EU and its 20 % seas. By 2050, such measures should be in place for all ecosystems in need of restoration.    The law will help the EU and its Member States meet the recovery target they committed to under the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework at the COP15 biodiversity conference in December 2022.