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
  • 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
  • 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 development 
    14 Dec 2016
  • Learning the lessons from CAP greening

    What is the most cost-effective way to encourage basic environmental management across the farmed countryside in the EU-28? Learning from experience to date in greening Pillar 1 of the CAP, this report considers a range of options to increase the environmental added value from greening.

    biodiversity
    CAP
    climate change
    governance
    soil
    water 
    20 Apr 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 development 
    04 Apr 2016
  • The importance of tackling environmental crime

    IEEP supported the final conference of the EU EFFACE project, focusing on the importance of adopting improved measures to tackle environmental crime.

    benefits of legislation
    Common Fisheries Policy
    enforcement
    EU institutions
    fisheries
    governance
    monitoring
    multilateral environmental agreements
    waste
    WEEE 
    03 Mar 2016
  • 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 Assessment 
    27 Jan 2016
  • Protecting the interests of future generations

    Do future generations get a fair deal from the policy decisions we make now? A new IEEP report for the World Future Council launched today suggests not.

    better regulation
    environmental action programme
    governance
    REACH
    Regulatory Impact Assessment 
    28 Sep 2015
  • 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 development 
    24 Aug 2015
  • Nature, Health and Jobs: IEEP at Green Week 2015

    Drawing on recent work by the Institute, IEEP’s Patrick ten Brink will present at Green Week 2015 on Jobs & Growth through Green Infrastructure (3 June 2015 - 16:30-18:00, Session 2.2) and on Health and Social Benefits of Nature and Biodiversity Protection (4 June 2015 - 09:30-11:00, Session 3.3).

    adaptation
    air quality
    ecosystem services
    EU budget
    governance
    green economy
    Health
    Natura 2000
    policy instruments
    protected area
    public goods
    urban 
    02 Jun 2015
  • Paper on the challenges of taking account of long timescales in the management of Europe’s regional seas

    There many physical, biological and social characteristics of marine systems which are slow to change. Understanding these is important if marine managers are to develop effective targets and measures to deliver environmental improvements.

    Common Fisheries Policy
    ecosystem approach
    fisheries
    governance
    marine
    Marine Strategy Framework Directive
    Maritime Policy
    multilateral environmental agreements
    pollution
    water quality 
    18 Dec 2014
  • 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 8 - Chemicals

    This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter on chemicals focuses on the two main strands of EU chemicals policy: REACH – (Registration, evaluation, authorisation of restricted chemicals) and CLP – (classification, labelling and packaging).

    benefits of legislation
    better regulation
    chemicals
    food
    governance
    pesticides
    REACH
    transport 
    27 Nov 2014
  • The Manual: Chapter 9 - Biodiversity

    This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. In this chapter the development of the EU biodiversity policy framework is explored, including the Birds and Habitats Directive and other legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms, for example.

    benefits of legislation
    better regulation
    biodiversity
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    Birds Directive
    environmental action programme
    Environmental Impact Assessment
    genetically modified organism
    governance
    Habitats Directive
    impact assessment
    Marine Strategy Framework Directive
    Strategic Environmental Assessment 
    27 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
    mitigation 
    27 Oct 2014
  • Whither the new Commission?

    IEEP’s David Baldock gives his take on the new Commission in the latest edition of our newsletter. Read about how IEEP is raising ambition for the next EU climate and energy package, plus: priorities and policy options for a circular economy, payments for farmland biodiversity achievements, biodiversity proofing EU spending, and more.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP
    climate and energy package
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU 2020 strategy
    EU budget
    governance
    payment for ecosystem services 
    21 Oct 2014
  • Challenges of achieving good environmental status in the Black Sea

    Achieving Good Environmental Status in the Black Sea is particularly challenging due to governance structure. This paper explores this in relation to eutrophication and fisheries management.

    agri-environment
    candidate countries
    Common Fisheries Policy
    ecosystem approach
    fisheries
    governance
    marine
    Marine Strategy Framework Directive
    Maritime Policy
    multilateral environmental agreements
    pollution
    Water Framework Directive
    water quality 
    14 Oct 2014
  • Priorities and policy options to support the circular economy

    New report by PSI, IEEP, BIO and Ecologic provides an initial scoping assessment of priorities and policy options to support the transition to a circular economy in the EU.

    eco-innovation
    eco-labelling
    governance
    green economy
    producer responsibility
    recycling
    resource use
    sustainable consumption and production
    sustainable development
    waste
    Waste Framework Directive 
    22 Sep 2014
  • Environmental Tax Reform in Europe: Opportunities for the future

    A new study by IEEP assesses the current state of play with environmental taxes in Europe, explores where further greening taxation could be appropriate and how to drive this agenda forward through ‘coalitions of like-minded countries’.

    agriculture
    air
    biodiversity
    climate change
    economics
    energy
    environmental fiscal reform
    environmental taxation
    environmentally harmful subsidies
    fisheries
    governance
    marine
    market based instruments
    natural resources
    pesticides
    policy instruments
    waste
    water 
    05 Jun 2014
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