Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • Moving the debate on sustainable bioenergy to 2030

    On 30th November, the European Commission published a “Winter package” of policy proposals, including for bioenergy in the form of a revised Renewable Energy Directive. Although encouraging to answer the many requests for policy certainty, a number of key questions about the right and most appropriate approach to deliver sustainable bioenergy still remain and need further scrutiny.

    bioenergy
    biofuels
    energy
    sustainability criteria 
    02 Dec 2016
  • The impacts of the UK’s low carbon energy policy on biodiversity: evidence and policy tools

    The study reviews evidence of the impacts of UK's low carbon energy policy on biodiversity in the UK and abroad, and incorporates biodiversity effects of low carbon energy scenarios into the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change 2050 pathway calculator tool.

    biodiversity
    biofuels
    birds
    energy
    impact assessment
    renewable energy
    wind turbine 
    20 Jul 2016
  • IEEP sets out new sustainability criteria for biofuels post 2020

    Defining effective and workable sustainability criteria for biofuels is one of the critical steps in decarbonising Europe’s energy sector. Such criteria must provide the necessary safeguards for the use of bioresources in Europe, as well as the policy and investment certainty required for sustainable deployment.

    agriculture
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    land use
    resource use
    sustainable consumption and production 
    06 May 2016
  • Sustainability criteria for biofuels post 2020

    Defining effective and workable sustainability criteria is one of the critical steps in decarbonising Europe’s energy sector. They must provide the necessary safeguards for the use of bioresources in Europe, as well as the policy and investment certainty required for sustainable deployment.

    agriculture
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    land use
    resource use
    sustainable consumption and production 
    06 May 2016
  • Land suitability assessments for bioenergy feedstocks in the EU – a review of data sources

    Current data availability is inadequate to undertake a detailed national or European level study of land areas that are underutilised and could be considered available for bioenergy production within the EU.

    agriculture
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    climate and energy package
    climate change
    transport 
    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
  • 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
  • Evidence before ideology

    The latest edition of IEEP's newsletter is now available. David Baldock argues that in 2015 solid evidence rather than political fashion will be required in scrutinising EU policy and economic performance. Also: fossil fuel subsidies; allocating fishing quota; and the launch of our new training programme.

    agriculture
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    climate change
    ecosystem services
    energy
    fisheries
    land use
    total allowable catches and quotas 
    27 Jan 2015
  • The Manual: Chapter 13 - Sectoral policies

    This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter sets out the development of some of the most important links between EU environmental policy and other policy areas, such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, transport, trade, and so on.

    agriculture
    air quality
    biodiversity
    biofuels
    CAP
    carbon
    climate change
    Common Fisheries Policy
    emissions trading
    energy
    fisheries
    forestry
    greenhouse gases
    land degradation
    land use
    Maritime Policy
    renewable energy
    soil
    trade
    transport 
    27 Nov 2014
  • Space for energy crops – An assessment on the potential contribution of Europe’s energy future

    The overall energy potential that can be produced from growing dedicated energy crops on ‘spare’ land in the EU is low. This new report explores the potential for the additional production of energy crops in Europe on land not already used for food production, forestry, or providing other important services, and assesses some of the challenges associated with increasing output.

    agriculture
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    energy
    land use
    mitigation
    natural resources
    renewable energy
    resource use
    soil
    transport 
    21 May 2014
  • Press release - Biofuels don’t deliver but bioresources have promise

    Biofuels produced from conventional agricultural crops deliver only limited reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and compete for limited supplies of land.

    bioenergy
    biofuels
    climate change
    green economy
    land use
    renewable energy 
    31 Mar 2014
  • Re-examining EU biofuels policy: A 2030 perspective

    EU biofuel policy must reflect the reality that while biomass in principle can be renewed, the overall quantity sustainably available is finite and must be shared across an emerging bioeconomy.

    bioenergy
    biofuels
    climate change
    land use 
    18 Mar 2014
  • Options for sustainable food and agriculture in the EU

    How should Europe respond to the increased demands on our food and agriculture systems arising from global population growth, changing diets, and competing demands on agricultural land? This report offers a view on how the EU could play a role in meeting these challenges in the coming decades and sets out some of the options which merit particular attention.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    climate change
    eco-innovation
    food
    genetically modified organism
    land use
    livestock
    natural resources
    recycling
    soil
    sustainable consumption and production
    sustainable development
    waste 
    17 Dec 2013
  • Europe’s role in feeding the world in 2050

    IEEP presents views on how Europe should respond to the increased demands on our food and agriculture systems arising from global population growth, changing diets, and competing demands on agricultural land.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    climate change
    eco-innovation
    food
    genetically modified organism
    land use
    livestock
    natural resources
    recycling
    resource use
    soil
    sustainable consumption and production
    sustainable development
    waste 
    17 Dec 2013
  • Ministers place biofuels in a policy vacuum

    Energy Ministers today failed to agree reforms to the EU laws that promote the use of biofuels for transport. Current EU legislation is flawed and unfit for the purpose of delivering verifiable greenhouse gas emission reductions from the transport sector.

    bioenergy
    biofuels
    carbon
    climate change
    energy 
    12 Dec 2013
  • Interactions between climate change and agriculture; and between biodiversity and agriculture in Europe

    What should be Europe’s role in feeding the world in 2050? This IEEP report for the European Parliament describes options for increasing the productivity of European agriculture whilst adapting to climate change, reducing emissions, and providing biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits from agriculture.

    adaptation
    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    birds
    climate change
    eco-innovation
    food
    genetically modified organism
    high nature value
    land use
    livestock
    mitigation
    natural resources
    organic farming
    recycling
    resource use
    soil
    sustainable consumption and production
    sustainable development
    waste 
    29 Oct 2013
  • Ecosystem services of boreal mires and peatlands in Finland

    Mire ecosystems are well-known for their unique species and habitats of high conservation value and they also provide a range of benefits to our societies and economies. This publication outlines the results of a pioneering project that aimed to identify and valuate ecosystem services provided by pristine mires and managed peatlands in Finland.

    biodiversity
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    eco-labelling
    ecosystem services
    market based instruments
    multilateral environmental agreements
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    protected area
    sustainable development
    TEEB 
    30 Sep 2013
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