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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 -
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
urban24 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 development14 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
water20 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 development04 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
WEEE03 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 Assessment27 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 Assessment28 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 development24 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
urban02 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 quality18 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
water27 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
transport27 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 Assessment27 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 -
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 services21 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 quality14 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 Directive22 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
water05 Jun 2014