Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • What can the UK do to reduce environmental risks from pesticides?

    The UK’s action plan on sustainable use of pesticides aims to reduce the risks and impacts of pesticide use on the environment and encourage alternative approaches and techniques. How is the UK doing?

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    birds
    pesticides
    policy instruments
    water quality 
    10 Feb 2017
  • Will Brexit affect the UK’s actions to reduce the environmental impacts of pesticides?

    The UK’s action plan on sustainable use of pesticides aims to reduce the impacts of pesticide use on the environment and encourage alternative approaches. How is the UK doing and how could Brexit change the government’s approach to pesticides?

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    birds
    pesticides
    policy instruments
    water quality 
    10 Feb 2017
  • Are Ecological Focus Areas delivering for biodiversity?

    Ecological Focus Areas are intended to safeguard and improve biodiversity on arable farms in the EU. What evidence is there that they are actually delivering biodiversity on farmland?

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    birds
    CAP
    cross-compliance
    land use
    pesticides
    policy instruments 
    01 Dec 2016
  • Ecological Focus Areas – what are their impacts on biodiversity?

    Ecological Focus Areas are intended to safeguard and improve biodiversity on arable farms in the EU. This IEEP study for EEB and BirdLife examined the evidence for potential biodiversity impacts on farmland, taking into account how the areas are being managed.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    birds
    CAP
    cross-compliance
    land use
    pesticides
    policy instruments 
    01 Dec 2016
  • The Manual: Chapter 1 - Policy framework

    This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. In this chapter, the reader is introduced to European environmental policy, EU institutions and agencies, and the development of EU treaties.

    environmental action programme
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU 2020 strategy
    EU institutions
    EU treaties
    Lisbon Treaty
    marine
    natural resources
    pesticides
    policy instruments
    pollution
    thematic strategies
    urban 
    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
  • 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
  • Compromise Reached on Pesticides Proposal

    IEEP Analysis Briefing: Environment and Health

    agriculture
    pesticides 
    09 Jan 2009

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