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New report launch: Call for a new vision for responsible renewable energy with a clear European dimension
Claude Turmes MEP hosted an event launching both IEEP’s report and a debate on the future of renewable energy in Europe. In the our report IEEP present how a resource efficient energy system might be delivered in a way that minimises impact on biodiversity and the wider environment.
biodiversity
bioenergy
climate and energy package
climate change
emissions trading
Environmental Impact Assessment
governance
renewable energy
Strategic Environmental Assessment27 Jan 2016 -
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.
biodiversity
bioenergy
Birds Directive
carbon
climate and energy package
climate change
emissions trading
energy
greenhouse gases
Habitats Directive
land use
renewable energy
Strategic Environmental Assessment
wind turbine26 Nov 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
transport13 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
transport13 Jul 2015 -
Getting delivery right: the EU 2030 climate and energy targets and the challenge of governance
The EU’s commitment to GHG reductions of “at least” 40% by 2030 are a useful contribution to international climate negotiations. But does the package of energy targets offered by the European Council at the same time put us on the right track to long-term decarbonisation goals? IEEP’s Martin Nesbit offers a personal perspective on what needs to be done, and how the governance arrangements need to be tightened.
clean technologies
climate and energy package
climate change
emissions trading
energy
greenhouse gases
renewable energy05 Dec 2014 -
The Manual: Chapter 3 - Climate change
This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter on EU climate change policy outlines the initial EU programme to stabilise CO2 emissions in the EU with explanations of the directives, decisions and legislation that were employed to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions.
bioenergy
carbon capture and storage
climate and energy package
climate change
emissions trading
energy
greenhouse gases
pollution
renewable energy27 Nov 2014 -
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
transport27 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.
carbon
climate and energy package
climate change
emissions trading
energy
EU institutions
renewable energy03 Nov 2014 -
The EU’s 2030 climate and energy targets – a triumph of short-termism?
European leaders have raised the stakes for the Paris talks by agreeing a set of climate and energy targets for 2030. The challenge will be to implement the tortuous detail on energy policy in a way which matches with longer term decarbonisation ambitions.
climate and energy package
climate change
emissions trading
energy
governance
greenhouse gases
Kyoto Protocol
land use
mitigation27 Oct 2014 -
IEEP presentation on insights from international experiences with carbon and energy taxes
IEEP gave a presentation at a conference on ‘Green Taxation and Emissions Trading – Making Market-Based Instruments work’ in Winterthur, Switzerland on 24-25 October.
climate change
economics
emissions trading
energy
environmental fiscal reform
environmental taxation01 Nov 2013 -
Systemic approach to adaptation to climate change and renewable energy harnessing (Biomass and Mini-hydro)
Biochar has the potential to both mitigate greenhouse gases, and to act as an adaptation measure in terms of responding to the impacts of climate change. Based on its compatibility with the appropriate soil properties, it could increase the resilience of soil to erosion.
adaptation
agriculture
bioenergy
CAP
carbon
clean development mechanism
clean technologies
climate change
emissions trading
energy
flooding
greenhouse gases
market based instruments
transport
waste15 Aug 2012