The Slovak Republic has reduced some environmental pressures over the past decade.
However, it needs to do more 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 needs to now align its strategy
with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the EU Biodiversity Strategy
for 2030. Most species and habitats are in an unfavourable state and biodiversity
considerations are not sufficiently integrated into sectoral policies.
This is the third Environmental Performance Review of the Slovak Republic. It provides
an evidence-based assessment of the country's progress towards its environmental goals
over the past decade. The 29 recommendations aim to help Slovakia improve its environmental
performance, giving special focus to biodiversity and forests in the context of climate
change.
Published on April 18, 2024
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OECD Deputy Secretary-General Fabrizia Lapecorella presented the Review’s findings and recommendations and took questions at a launch event alongside Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment of the Slovak Republic Tomáš Taraba at the Ministry of the Environment in Bratislava. Watch the replay in Slovak on the Ministry of Environment Facebook page here.