Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • 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”.

    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    carbon
    Environmental Policy Integration
    forestry
    recycling
    renewable energy
    sustainable consumption and production 
    09 Dec 2016
  • Biofrontiers – sustainability critical to the development of advanced biofuels

    Adherence to effective and workable sustainability criteria is an essential requirement when using public support to incentivise advanced alternative fuels.

    bioeconomy
    Circular economy
    energy
    policy instruments
    renewable energy
    resource use
    waste 
    19 Oct 2016
  • Understanding the consequences of changing biomass demand for energy

    Understanding the consequences of increased biomass demand for energy on the environment is central to the development of future policy on renewable energy in Europe. This study seeks to help answer this need by modelling different levels of biomass demand for energy and the consequences for land use and forest based industries.

    biodiversity
    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    Circular economy
    climate and energy package
    climate change
    energy
    policy instruments
    renewable energy
    resource use
    waste 
    19 Oct 2016
  • The cascading use of woody biomass in the EU – challenges, opportunities and policy solutions

    Improving the resource efficient use of wood through cascading the resource from one use to another, requires action throughout the wood flow. Current efforts focus on recovering and re-using waste wood but more could be done with the production and utilisation of wood processing residues and improving the balancing between the material and energy use of wood.

    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    carbon
    Circular economy
    Environmental Policy Integration
    forestry
    recycling
    renewable energy
    resource use
    sustainable consumption and production
    waste
    Waste Framework Directive 
    29 Jul 2016
  • Mapping study on the cascading use of wood products

    Promoting the cascading use of wood through policy is one approach to improve resource efficiency and increase the overall availability of wood for use in a variety of sectors.

    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    carbon
    Circular economy
    Environmental Policy Integration
    forestry
    recycling
    renewable energy
    resource use
    sustainable consumption and production
    waste
    Waste Framework Directive 
    10 Mar 2016
  • A circular bio-economy in the European agriculture and forestry sectors

    IEEP experts call for bridging the circular and bio-economy concepts, to support the transition of Europe’s land using sectors to a more resource efficient and sustainable future.

    agriculture
    bioeconomy
    CAP
    Circular economy
    forestry
    natural resources
    resource use
    sustainable consumption and production 
    29 Jan 2016
  • Assessing sustainable biomass availability

    Dr. Ben Allen presented IEEP’s views on the sustainable use of biomass at an international conference in Brussels. Understanding the scale of the resource is a key part of determining appropriate policy intervention and ensuring commercial viability.

    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    transport 
    23 Sep 2015
  • New report: delivering low carbon transport fuels post 2020

    How should EU policy support the transition to low carbon transport fuels post 2020? A new IEEP led report argues that future policies should be differentiated to tailor support towards specific objectives and technologies that offer the greatest potential for a low carbon future.

    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    carbon
    climate and energy package
    climate change
    emissions trading
    energy
    market based instruments
    mitigation
    policy instruments
    renewable energy
    transport 
    13 Jul 2015
  • New report is out: delivering low carbon transport fuels post 2020

    How should EU policy support the transition to low carbon transport fuels post 2020? A new IEEP led report argues that future policies should be differentiated to tailor support towards specific objectives and technologies that offer the greatest potential for a low carbon future.

    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    carbon
    climate and energy package
    climate change
    emissions trading
    energy
    market based instruments
    mitigation
    policy instruments
    renewable energy
    transport 
    13 Jul 2015
  • How to stimulate a bio-economy based on waste? – A study for the UK Government

    Waste resources have the potential to provide a core component of developing bio-economies across the globe. A new IEEP report reviews how waste has been incorporated into existing bio-economy strategies, and the conditions that have enabled this.

    bioeconomy
    Circular economy
    policy instruments
    renewable energy
    resource use
    waste 
    29 Jun 2015
  • New IEEP Programme on the Green Economy

    IEEP strengthens its focus on the Green Economy with a new dedicated programme, coming on stream as from May 1st.

    bioeconomy
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    economics
    ecosystem services
    environmental taxation
    environmentally harmful subsidies
    GDP
    green economy
    market based instruments
    multilateral environmental agreements
    sustainable development
    TEEB
    trade 
    29 Apr 2015
  • Conclusion on ILUC in sight

    After five years of discussion, a landmark moment has been reached whereby the indirect land use change (ILUC) impacts of biofuels almost certainly will be addressed in EU law.

    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    clean technologies
    climate change
    energy
    ILUC
    renewable energy
    resource use
    transport 
    17 Apr 2015
  • Building a high value bioeconomy in the UK: opportunities from waste

    The UK is exploring opportunities to develop a high value bioeconomy based initially on waste. IEEP is helping to identify international best practice examples in order to maximise the environmental and economic benefits of this new Government initiative.

    bioeconomy
    biofuels
    Circular economy
    clean technologies
    climate change
    energy
    renewable energy
    resource use 
    13 Mar 2015

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