Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • The consequences of climate change for EU Agriculture: Follow up to the COP21 UN Climate Change conference

    With its potential to reduce GHG emissions and increase CO2 removals, agriculture has a key role to play in the EU’s climate mitigation efforts, yet Member State action is lacking. As pressure on the sector to act increases, the development of a 2050 low-carbon and resilience roadmap for European agriculture would be one step towards putting the sector on a more ambitious trajectory towards the transformation required to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

    adaptation
    agriculture
    CAP
    climate change
    mitigation 
    31 May 2017
  • Agriculture and its role in meeting the EU’s climate commitments

    Sector far from reaching its climate mitigation potential, with Member States placing more emphasis on climate adaptation

    adaptation
    agriculture
    CAP
    climate change
    mitigation 
    31 May 2017
  • 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
    transport 
    13 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
    transport 
    13 Jul 2015
  • Biodiversity offsets: design of biodiversity metrics and mechanisms for securing long term conservation benefits

    This study by ICF International, IEEP and national experts reviewed international best practice for designing biodiversity offsetting metrics and establishing mechanisms for ensuring long term conservation benefits from offsetting. It explores options for implementation at the European level and possible challenges. The report follows up on the IEEP report on policy options to achieve no net loss of biodiversity.

    biodiversity
    Environmental Impact Assessment
    habitat banking
    land use
    mitigation
    offset
    policy instruments 
    27 May 2015
  • 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
  • Space for energy crops – An assessment on the potential contribution of Europe’s energy future

    The overall energy potential that can be produced from growing dedicated energy crops on ‘spare’ land in the EU is low. This new report explores the potential for the additional production of energy crops in Europe on land not already used for food production, forestry, or providing other important services, and assesses some of the challenges associated with increasing output.

    agriculture
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    energy
    land use
    mitigation
    natural resources
    renewable energy
    resource use
    soil
    transport 
    21 May 2014
  • Policy Options to Achieve No Net Loss of Biodiversity

    A new IEEP led study concludes that mandatory biodiversity offsetting is required to achieve no net loss of biodiversity in the EU, but its introduction could be counter-productive if it is not introduced cautiously and regulated strictly. The first priority should be to better implement existing nature conservation measures.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    Biodiversity Action Plan
    Birds Directive
    ecosystem services
    enforcement
    Environmental Impact Assessment
    environmental liability
    forestry
    habitat banking
    Habitats Directive
    market based instruments
    mitigation
    nature conservation
    offset
    protected area
    Strategic Environmental Assessment 
    08 Apr 2014
  • Interactions between climate change and agriculture; and between biodiversity and agriculture in Europe

    What should be Europe’s role in feeding the world in 2050? This IEEP report for the European Parliament describes options for increasing the productivity of European agriculture whilst adapting to climate change, reducing emissions, and providing biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits from agriculture.

    adaptation
    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    bioenergy
    biofuels
    birds
    climate change
    eco-innovation
    food
    genetically modified organism
    high nature value
    land use
    livestock
    mitigation
    natural resources
    organic farming
    recycling
    resource use
    soil
    sustainable consumption and production
    sustainable development
    waste 
    29 Oct 2013
  • Impacts of climate change and renewable energy on Natura 2000

    This series of reports reviewed evidence of climate change impacts on biodiversity in Europe, including vulnerable species across the Natura 2000 network, and identified policy measures that may facilitate biodiversity adaptation in the EU. The project also assessed the potential impacts of renewable energy technologies on Natura sites and their species.

    adaptation
    biodiversity
    climate change
    grassland
    impact assessment
    mitigation
    renewable energy
    wind turbine 
    16 Feb 2011

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