IEEP - Institute for European Environmental Policy -

Towards sustainable urban development: city data and indicators

Expert insights show how urban data indicators are evolving

air quality
best practice
climate change
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
indicators
monitoring
pollution
urban

27 Mar 2017
Greening taxes and subsidies in the Pacific

IEEP will share its expertise on environmental taxation and the reform of environmentally harmful subsidies at a forum event on greening taxation and subsidies in the Pacific region during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii.

agriculture
best practice
biodiversity
climate change
Convention on Biological Diversity
economics
energy
environmental fiscal reform
environmental taxation
environmentally harmful subsidies
financial instruments
fisheries
multilateral environmental agreements
natural resources
nature conservation
sustainable development
transport
urban
waste
water

31 Aug 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.

best practice
better regulation
Habitats Directive
industrial pollution
IPPC
Strategic Environmental Assessment
waste

03 Mar 2016
Protected area approaches in the EU

Protected areas play an important role in achieving biodiversity conservation targets. IEEP has compared the approaches and rationale of designating and managing protected areas in the UK and a selection of eight other EU Member States.

best practice
biodiversity
climate change
Convention on Biological Diversity
ecological network
ecosystem approach
land use
Natura 2000
nature conservation
policy instruments
protected area

16 Nov 2015
The Manual: Chapter 6 - Waste

This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter on EU waste policies focuses on the management of waste, the environmental requirements with which waste management installations must comply and the big picture policy initiatives focused on waste.

benefits of legislation
best practice
better regulation
chemicals
environmental action programme
land use
natural resources
thematic strategies
transport
waste
Waste Framework Directive

27 Nov 2014
Environmental policy and the UK’s review of the EU Balance of Competences

The UK Government’s Balance of Competences review has now taken evidence on 25 subject areas, including the 6 with the most relevance for the Environment. We take stock of the IEEP’s contributions, and consider what a possible UK renegotiation might mean for the environment.

agriculture
air quality
benefits of legislation
best practice
better regulation
biodiversity
Birds Directive
climate change
cohesion policy
energy
Environmental Impact Assessment
EU budget
EU institutions
EU treaties
fisheries
governance
Habitats Directive
industrial pollution
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Natura 2000
natural resources
nature conservation
REACH
renewable energy
waste
Waste Framework Directive
Water Framework Directive

19 Mar 2014
Guidance manual for TEEB country studies - Version 1.0

Co-authored by IEEP staff, the Manual is for anyone who is considering or currently undertaking a TEEB country study. Its purpose is to provide guidance throughout the entire TCS cycle, from initiation to policy analysis and ecosystem service valuations, communicating findings, and using results to support decision making.

benefits of legislation
best practice
economics
ecosystem approach
ecosystem services
ecosystems
Environmental Policy Integration
nature conservation
payment for ecosystem services
protected area
public goods
sustainable development
TEEB

25 Jul 2013
The Waste Shipment Regulation – practical and enforceable?

The Waste Shipment Regulation is a major challenge for Member States to implement. IEEP gathered the views and experience of IMPEL members on its practicability and enforceability, to help inform any future legislative development and aid competent authorities to work together to enhance their implementation of the Regulation.

best practice
better regulation
enforcement
waste

02 Jul 2012
Economic instruments to improve waste management

This report investigates a range of economic instruments in place in the EU Member States to improve waste management. It focuses on disposal taxes, pay-as-you-throw systems and producer responsibility schemes, and attempts to assess their contribution to waste management performance.

best practice
economics
environmental taxation
financial instruments
incineration
landfill
market based instruments
packaging
policy instruments
producer responsibility
recycling
sustainable consumption and production
thematic strategies
waste
Waste Framework Directive
WEEE

10 Apr 2012
Independent review of the EU Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Regulations

This review highlights the potential of the EU IUU Regulation to deter illegal fishing and the challenges during the first 18 months of implementation.

best practice
better regulation
Common Fisheries Policy
enforcement
fisheries
monitoring

02 Dec 2011
American and European stakeholders share best practice in MPAs

Representatives of civil society organisations from the EU and US gathered in Brussels on 15 and 16 May 2008 to exchange views and experiences relating to the establishment, management and monitoring of ...

best practice
marine protected areas

13 Aug 2008