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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 development02 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 development02 Jun 2017 -
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
urban27 Mar 2017 -
Fitness Check of the Birds and Habitats Directives
The Nature Directives (i.e. Birds Directive and Habitats Directive) are the key instruments of EU environmental policy; the Fitness Check support study, carried out by Milieu, IEEP and ICF for the European Commission DG-ENV, examined their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, EU-added value and their coherence with the wider acquis.
agriculture
better regulation
biodiversity
bioenergy
birds
Birds Directive
CAP
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
European Court of Justice
fisheries
forestry
grassland
Habitats Directive
land use
marine protected areas
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Natura 2000
nature conservation
policy instruments
protected area
regional policy
renewable energy
Strategic Environmental Assessment
sustainable development
wetland14 Dec 2016 -
European Policy Framework for SDGs
The European Commission has launched a Communication on how to embed the SDGs in the European policy framework. Read IEEP’s thinking on the ways forward.
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
governance
sustainable development14 Dec 2016 -
Beyond GDP Newsletter – March 2016 edition out now
The March 2016 Beyond GDP newsletter sheds light on the creation of indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals and relates this process to the Europe 2020 and EU Sustainable Development Strategies.
economics
Environmental Policy Integration
EU 2020 strategy
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
GDP
governance
green economy
monitoring
natural resources
policy instruments
resource use
sustainability criteria
sustainable consumption and production
sustainable development04 Apr 2016 -
Beyond GDP Newsletter – December 2015 edition out now
The latest edition of the Beyond GDP newsletter explores indicators for a greener economy and for green growth.
economics
Environmental Policy Integration
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
GDP
green economy
indicators
monitoring
policy instruments
sustainable consumption and production
sustainable development05 Jan 2016 -
Beyond GDP Newsletter – August 2015 Edition Available Now
This edition of the Beyond GDP Newsletter explores the Social Progress Index and discusses approaches to using social indicators in the context of EU economic governance.
economics
ecosystem services
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
GDP
governance
indicators
policy instruments
public goods
public participation
resource use
sustainable development24 Aug 2015 -
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
TEEB09 Oct 2013 -
Estimation of the financing needs to implement Target 2 of the Biodiversity Strategy
IEEP assessed the financing needs to implement Target 2 of the Biodiversity Strategy (target to maintain ecosystem services and restore 15% of degraded ecosystems by 2020) with eftec. The report showed that a large increase in funding will be required if Target 2 is to be attained, but also that there are a range of potential funding sources that could be increasingly used.
agriculture
biodiversity
Biodiversity Action Plan
ecosystem approach
ecosystems
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
financial instruments
forestry
grassland
land degradation
nature conservation
wetland16 Jul 2013 -
European Parliament report on sustainable competitiveness and innovation
The CAP could, and should, be primarily to assist EU agriculture to become more internationally competitive and sustainable and to achieve this by innovation. It already has many instruments to do this, and the reforms could further assist. However the resources deployed could be far better used.
agri-environment
agriculture
CAP
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
green economy
natural resources
resource use
sustainability criteria
sustainable consumption and production05 Jun 2012 -
Consolidated report: Qualitative analysis key results and policy implications
There are still needs and opportunities for using sustainability indicators at different stages of the policy processes across all environmentally relevant policy areas.
biodiversity
cohesion policy
Common Fisheries Policy
Environmental Policy Integration
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
fisheries
GDP
green economy
indicators
sustainable development15 May 2012 -
Opportunities for a better use of indicators in policy-making
There remain a wide range of opportunities for making use of sustainability indicators at different stages of the policy process across all environmentally relevant policy areas.
biodiversity
cohesion policy
Common Fisheries Policy
Environmental Policy Integration
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
fisheries
GDP
green economy
indicators
sustainable development15 May 2012 -
The EU on the road to Rio+20: towards a sustainable outcome?
IEEP and the Institute for European Studies (IES) is pleased to invite you to an Environmental Policy Forum on ‘The EU on the road to Rio+20: towards a sustainable outcome?’ which will be held on 23 June 2011 in Brussels.
EU Sustainable Development Strategy
sustainable development15 Jun 2011 -
On the road to Rio: Preparing the EU’s position for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development
IEEP's Marc Pallemaerts and IEEP Board Member Derek Osborn will be presenting at a meeting on 4 May organised by the European Parliament as part of its preparations for the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012.
EU Sustainable Development Strategy28 Apr 2011 -
IEEP Publication on the External Dimension of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy
Marc Pallemaerts addresses the impact of the EU’s consumption of natural resources on the global environment with case studies of biofuels, the Common Fisheries Policy and the regulation of international trade in illegally harvested timber, in a new publication.
EU Sustainable Development Strategy18 Jan 2011 -
Commission Issues Second Progress Report on Implementation of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy
IEEP Analysis Briefing: Sustainable Development
EU Sustainable Development Strategy31 Jul 2009 -
Policy Forum on the EU Sustainable Development Strategy
To mark the arrival of the ‘renewed' EU Sustainable Development Strategy, scheduled for approval by the European Council of the 15-16 June 2006, the Institute for European Environmental Policy ...
EU Sustainable Development Strategy15 Jun 2006