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
  • Natura 2000 and Jobs – Scoping the Evidence

    The European Natura 2000 network provides job opportunities in sectors ranging from conservation and restoration, agriculture, forestry, fisheries to tourism, recreation, and health.

    agriculture
    biodiversity
    ecological network
    economics
    ecosystem services
    ecosystems
    fisheries
    forestry
    green economy
    marine
    marine protected areas
    Natura 2000
    natural resources
    organic farming
    policy instruments
    urban 
    31 May 2017
  • Innovative instruments for conservation funding

    IEEP and partners evaluated EU biodiversity conservation funding, including the potential of novel financial instruments

    biodiversity
    environmental taxation
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    structural funds 
    18 Apr 2017
  • Plugging the conservation finance gap: a new EU fund?

    IEEP and partners evaluate the EU funding landscape for biodiversity conservation. Could a new, dedicated EU fund for biodiversity address the existing financing gap?

    biodiversity
    environmental taxation
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    structural funds 
    05 Apr 2017
  • Integration approach to EU biodiversity financing

    biodiversity
    Birds Directive
    Environmental Policy Integration
    EU budget
    EU funding
    financial instruments
    Habitats Directive
    Natura 2000
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    structural funds 
    05 Apr 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
  • Towards sustainability: Future policies for European livestock

    The CAP is failing to reward adequately those livestock farmers who produce public goods. Brexit and CAP reform are opportunities to do better.

    agri-environment
    agriculture
    biodiversity
    CAP
    climate change
    cross-compliance
    food
    grassland
    greenhouse gases
    high nature value
    land use
    livestock
    policy instruments
    trade 
    01 Mar 2017
  • 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
  • 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
    wetland 
    14 Dec 2016
  • 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
  • Limits to the circular economy?

    The transition to a circular economy is a priority for Europe and an opportunity for many businesses. There is need for scrutiny amongst policy makers to ensure that ecological and socio-economic objectives are met.

    benefits of legislation
    Circular economy
    clean technologies
    eco-labelling
    economics
    landfill
    marine
    market based instruments
    monitoring
    packaging
    policy instruments
    pollution
    producer responsibility
    recycling
    renewable energy
    resource use
    sustainability criteria
    sustainable consumption and production
    sustainable development
    waste
    Waste Framework Directive 
    25 Nov 2016
  • Tackling marine litter with the circular economy and the EU Plastics Strategy

    IEEP identifies how the EU Plastics Strategy and Circular Economy Action Plan provide a unique opportunity to address marine litter and its impacts.

    Circular economy
    eco-labelling
    economics
    landfill
    marine
    Marine litter
    Maritime Policy
    market based instruments
    packaging
    policy instruments
    pollution
    producer responsibility
    recycling
    sustainable consumption and production
    waste
    water quality 
    24 Oct 2016
  • Plastics, Marine Litter and the Circular Economy

    Briefing and three product fiches explore circular economy solutions for reducing the flow of plastic waste into the oceans.

    Circular economy
    eco-labelling
    economics
    landfill
    marine
    Marine litter
    Marine Strategy Framework Directive
    Maritime Policy
    market based instruments
    packaging
    policy instruments
    pollution
    producer responsibility
    sustainability criteria
    sustainable consumption and production
    sustainable development
    waste
    Waste Framework Directive
    water
    Water Framework Directive
    water quality 
    24 Oct 2016
  • Biofrontiers – sustainability critical to the development of advanced biofuels

    Adherence to effective and workable sustainability criteria is an essential requirement when using public support to incentivise advanced alternative fuels.

    bioeconomy
    Circular economy
    energy
    policy instruments
    renewable energy
    resource use
    waste 
    19 Oct 2016
  • Understanding the consequences of changing biomass demand for energy

    Understanding the consequences of increased biomass demand for energy on the environment is central to the development of future policy on renewable energy in Europe. This study seeks to help answer this need by modelling different levels of biomass demand for energy and the consequences for land use and forest based industries.

    biodiversity
    bioeconomy
    bioenergy
    Circular economy
    climate and energy package
    climate change
    energy
    policy instruments
    renewable energy
    resource use
    waste 
    19 Oct 2016
  • Biodiversity offsets: What did the UK pilot scheme achieve?

    Voluntary biodiversity offsetting was piloted in six English areas by local planning authorities and stakeholder organisations who agreed to take part in the government programme. IEEP and Collingwood Environmental Planning, together with David Tyldesley, assessed the UK government programme from 2012 to 2014.

    biodiversity
    birds
    land use
    nature conservation
    offset
    policy instruments
    sustainable development 
    20 Jul 2016
  • Wildlife crime and the EU

    Wildlife crime threatens global biodiversity. The EU is both a destination and a transit region for illegally-traded products. A new study for the European Parliament summarises the situation in Europe and offers policy recommendations in view of the upcoming EU Action Plan. A set of in-depth case studies outline the situation in five EU countries.

    biodiversity
    birds
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    ecosystems
    enforcement
    fisheries
    marine
    marine protected areas
    natural resources
    nature conservation
    policy instruments
    trade 
    20 Apr 2016
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