Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • Innovative financing mechanisms for biodiversity: what can Mexico and Europe learn from each other?

    IEEP and partners compare innovative biodiversity financing mechanisms in the EU and Mexico and suggest recommendations for mutual learning.

    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    environmental fiscal reform
    Environmental Policy Integration
    environmental taxation
    EU 2020 strategy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    EU Sustainable Development Strategy
    governance
    habitat banking
    Habitats Directive
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    offset
    payment for ecosystem services
    policy instruments
    structural funds
    sustainable development 
    02 Jun 2017
  • Innovative mechanisms for financing biodiversity conservation: A comparative summary of experiences from Mexico and Europe

    IEEP and partners compared innovative biodiversity conservation funding mechanisms in the EU and Mexico.

    agri-environment
    biodiversity
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    Environmental Policy Integration
    environmental taxation
    EU budget
    EU funding
    EU Sustainable Development Strategy
    governance
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    offset
    payment for ecosystem services
    policy instruments
    sustainable development 
    02 Jun 2017
  • Innovative instruments for conservation funding

    IEEP and partners evaluated EU biodiversity conservation funding, including the potential of novel financial instruments

    biodiversity
    environmental taxation
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    structural funds 
    18 Apr 2017
  • Plugging the conservation finance gap: a new EU fund?

    IEEP and partners evaluate the EU funding landscape for biodiversity conservation. Could a new, dedicated EU fund for biodiversity address the existing financing gap?

    biodiversity
    environmental taxation
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    structural funds 
    05 Apr 2017
  • Integration approach to EU biodiversity financing

    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU budget
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    Habitats Directive
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    structural funds 
    05 Apr 2017
  • Access to Nature Reduces Health Inequalities: An IEEP Briefing

    Improving access to nature can help address health and social challenges across Europe and reduce health inequalities.

    air quality
    biodiversity
    briefings
    ecosystem services
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU funding
    governance
    Health
    marine
    Natura 2000
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    protected area
    sustainable development
    urban 
    24 Mar 2017
  • 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.

    energy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    regional policy
    structural funds 
    30 Nov 2015
  • CAP greening: what are its environmental prospects?

    A significant injection of money was agreed for ‘green’ farming practices under the recent CAP reform. This report examines the environmental impact these measures are likely to have on the ground and concludes that Member States’ implementation choices appear to have much diminished the chances of the greening measures delivering significant additional environmental benefits.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP
    carbon
    cross-compliance
    EU funding
    soil
    water 
    13 Nov 2015
  • Tracking biodiversity expenditure in the EU budget

    biodiversity
    CAP
    cohesion policy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    European Fisheries Fund
    Natura 2000 
    29 Jun 2015
  • The Manual: Front pages

    This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter provides information on the authors, editors and editorial board involved in the Manual, as well as guidance on how to use it, and a brief outline of its content.

    biodiversity
    CAP
    climate change
    Common Fisheries Policy
    energy
    environmental action programme
    EU 2020 strategy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    EU institutions
    EU treaties
    fisheries
    flooding
    food
    forestry
    governance
    industrial pollution
    Maritime Policy
    sustainable development
    transport
    waste
    water 
    27 Nov 2014
  • The Manual: Chapter 12 - Funding instruments

    This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter sets out the EU's main funding instruments that have environmental implications, including the European Agriculture funds, the European Fisheries Fund and the Structural and Cohesion funds.

    agriculture
    CAP
    cohesion policy
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU budget
    EU funding
    European Fisheries Fund
    financial instruments
    fisheries
    structural funds 
    27 Nov 2014
  • Guidelines for biodiversity proofing the EU budget

    This report provides a practical framework to ensure that spending under the EU budget has no negative impacts on biodiversity, and that spending under the EU budget is overall supportive to achieving the biodiversity targets.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    cohesion policy
    Common Fisheries Policy
    Environmental Impact Assessment
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU budget
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    fisheries
    impact assessment
    marine
    policy instruments
    regional policy
    Strategic Environmental Assessment
    structural funds
    sustainability criteria
    territorial cohesion
    transport 
    15 Sep 2014
  • Guidance handbook for financing Natura 2000

    An updated ‘Financing Natura 2000 Guidance Handbook’ aims to inform national stakeholders about opportunities for financing the management of Natura 2000 sites through various EU funds during the 2014-2020 period.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    CAP
    cohesion policy
    Common Fisheries Policy
    ecological network
    ecosystem services
    EU funding
    European Fisheries Fund
    financial instruments
    green economy
    Habitats Directive
    high nature value
    marine protected areas
    market based instruments
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    protected area
    structural funds 
    11 Sep 2014
  • High Nature Value farming throughout EU-27 and its financial support under the CAP

    This study reviews Member States’ estimates of the extent of HNV farmland and use of RDP measures and the CMEF indicators, then identifies future priorities for CAP support for HNV farming and discusses the support opportunities under the reformed CAP. It offers detailed new evidence about the combined effect of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 CAP payments on the economic and environmental viability of a typical HNV farming system in three Member States.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    Birds Directive
    CAP
    climate change
    cross-compliance
    ecosystems
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    grassland
    Habitats Directive
    high nature value
    indicators
    land use
    livestock
    Natura 2000
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    organic farming
    payment for ecosystem services
    public goods
    soil
    subsidiarity 
    16 May 2014
  • New report: High Nature Value Farming in the EU

    Member States need to make the most of the opportunities under the new Common Agricultural Policy if the declines in HNV farming, critical for meeting our 2020 biodiversity targets, are to be halted.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    CAP
    climate change
    cross-compliance
    ecosystems
    EU funding
    grassland
    Habitats Directive
    high nature value
    land use
    livestock
    Natura 2000
    organic farming
    payment for ecosystem services
    soil 
    16 May 2014
  • Financing Europe 2020 – Presentation to the Committee of the Regions

    IEEP and CEPS presented their recent study on Financing Europe 2020 at the Temporary Ad Hoc Commission on the EU Budget of the Committee of the Regions.

    EU 2020 strategy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    governance 
    10 Mar 2014
  • Financing Europe 2020: What is required?

    This IEEP – CEPS study provides an assessment of the investment required to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and assesses the relative importance of local and regional budgets in financing sectors such as energy, transport and research. Europe 2020, the EU’s core economic strategy, will succeed only if large scale resources can be deployed. Where will they come from?

    EU 2020 strategy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    governance 
    10 Mar 2014
  • Sectoral resource mobilisation to implement global biodiversity targets

    There is an urgent need to find sufficient resources to enable developing countries to implement the global targets for biodiversity by 2020. Financing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity from different sectoral funding flows can complement global biodiversity financing.

    biodiversity
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    eco-labelling
    ecosystem services
    EU funding
    EU Sustainable Development Strategy
    financial instruments
    green economy
    habitat banking
    market based instruments
    multilateral environmental agreements
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    payment for ecosystem services
    policy instruments
    sustainable development
    TEEB 
    09 Oct 2013
  • Execution of EU budgets

    IEEP has authored a study for the Temporary Commission on the EU budget of the Committee of the Regions. The study analyses the execution of the EU budgets from 2007 onwards.

    cohesion policy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    structural funds 
    06 Sep 2013
  • Execution of EU budgets - Presentation to the Committee of the Regions

    IEEP’s Axel Volkery presented a report on execution of annual EU budgets to the Committee of the Regions Ad-hoc Commission on the EU Budget, highlighting needs and implications for local and regional authorities.

    cohesion policy
    EU budget
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    structural funds 
    06 Sep 2013
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