Kamila Paquel
Senior Policy Analyst
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Phone: +32 (0) 2738 7471
Specialist Subjects:
climate change, EU legislative procedures, environmental governance, bioenergy, energy law
Profile:
Kamila joined IEEP in August 2014. She is part of the Climate and Environmental Governance Programme. Previously Kamila was a consultant at AF-Mercados in the area of the energy law and regulation. She has got an extensive appreciation of EU law and policy and is experienced in legal comparative analysis.
Kamila is a doctor of law from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and holds a Masters degree in European Law and Politics. In 2012 and 2013 she directed a scientific project dedicated to legal aspects of bioenergy production and use, financed by the Polish National Science Centre. She has been researching and producing papers in the domain of energy and environmental protection since 2008. She was an academic teacher for four years at Adam Mickiewicz University and regularly lectures at Mines Paris Tech graduate school in France.
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The consequences of climate change for EU Agriculture: Follow up to the COP21 UN Climate Change conference
With its potential to reduce GHG emissions and increase CO2 removals, agriculture has a key role to play in the EU’s climate mitigation efforts, yet Member State action is lacking. As pressure on the sector to act increases, the development of a 2050 low-carbon and resilience roadmap for European agriculture would be one step towards putting the sector on a more ambitious trajectory towards the transformation required to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
31 May 2017 -
Ensuring the carbon sustainability of biomass
Ensuring the carbon sustainability of bioenergy requires a new approach in EU policy. This IEEP report spells out a different pathway to the one proposed by the European Commission in the recently released “winter package”.
09 Dec 2016 -
Wildlife crime and the EU
Wildlife crime threatens global biodiversity. The EU is both a destination and a transit region for illegally-traded products. A new study for the European Parliament summarises the situation in Europe and offers policy recommendations in view of the upcoming EU Action Plan. A set of in-depth case studies outline the situation in five EU countries.
20 Apr 2016 -
Comparing costs of implementing EU policy across Member States
The report assesses if there are differences in the costs of implementation of EU environmental law across Member States.
03 Mar 2016 -
Assessing the Potential for Environmental Fiscal Reform in the EU-28
A study for the European Commission assesses the potential economic and environmental benefits of environmental tax reform across the 28 EU Member States.
22 Jan 2016 -
The EU’s climate targets, land use, and forests: delivering biodiversity-friendly mitigation
Land use and forestry is a new frontier for EU climate policy. IEEP’s report for FERN sets out some ideas for how a supportive policy framework can deliver both climate and biodiversity benefits.
01 Dec 2015 -
How well has EU Cohesion Policy supported energy efficiency in buildings?
IEEP, with Danish consultancy Ramboll, has evaluated the contributions of the 2007-2013 Cohesion Policy programmes to energy efficiency in public and residential buildings.
30 Nov 2015 -
A New Vision for Responsible Renewable Energy with a Clear European Dimension
Renewable energy is key to the decarbonisation of Europe’s energy supply, however, the scale of expansion needed will have significant impacts over a considerable area. This new report suggests how a resource efficient energy system might be delivered in a way that minimises and mitigates impacts on biodiversity and the wider environment.
26 Nov 2015 -
Environmental legislation and TTIP – looking into the detail
New study from BIO by Deloitte, Ecologic and IEEP examines key differences in EU and US legislation in eight areas of relevance to the TTIP agreement.
18 Nov 2014 -
Europe’s Climate and Energy Crossroads – IEEP seminars for MEPs on climate and energy issues
IEEP has prepared two briefing documents on the climate and energy challenge in Central and Eastern European Member States, and in Southern European Member States. The briefings are background for a seminar we are organising for Members of the European Parliament, the first in a series on Europe’s Climate and Energy Crossroads.
03 Nov 2014