The German Heinrich Böll Foundation has launched the 2024 Soil Atlas, which calls on the new European Parliament and Commission to "take soil health more seriously and put it at the heart of EU biodiversity and agriculture".
According to the organisation's president, Imme Scholz, intensive agriculture and the climate crisis are contributing to increasing desertification, which affects 13 member states, not only in the south but also in temperate and humid climates such as Bulgaria and Hungary. The 54-page report also looks at the potential downsides of soil carbon credits.
The Soil Atlas 2024 can be accessed here.