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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
trade01 Mar 2017 -
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
trade20 Apr 2016 -
New IEEP Programme on the Green Economy
IEEP strengthens its focus on the Green Economy with a new dedicated programme, coming on stream as from May 1st.
bioeconomy
Convention on Biological Diversity
economics
ecosystem services
environmental taxation
environmentally harmful subsidies
GDP
green economy
market based instruments
multilateral environmental agreements
sustainable development
TEEB
trade29 Apr 2015 -
The Manual: Chapter 13 - Sectoral policies
This is a chapter of IEEP’s Manual of European Environmental Policy. This chapter sets out the development of some of the most important links between EU environmental policy and other policy areas, such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, transport, trade, and so on.
agriculture
air quality
biodiversity
biofuels
CAP
carbon
climate change
Common Fisheries Policy
emissions trading
energy
fisheries
forestry
greenhouse gases
land degradation
land use
Maritime Policy
renewable energy
soil
trade
transport27 Nov 2014 -
Environmental legislation and TTIP – looking into the detail
New study from BIO by Deloitte, Ecologic and IEEP examines key differences in EU and US legislation in eight areas of relevance to the TTIP agreement.
bioenergy
energy
fracking
natural resources
shale gas
trade
transport18 Nov 2014 -
EU and US Approaches to Key Climate and Energy Challenges
IEEP and our partner the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have produced a series of papers on EU and US approaches to cap and trade systems; biofuels; and carbon capture and storage. These papers ...
biofuels
CAP
carbon capture and storage
trade11 Nov 2007 -
Report for WWF highlights the environmental impact of EU agricultural and trade policies
This newly available paper identifies the major foreseeable environmental impacts of prospective changes in some key EU policies on the global production and trade of agricultural products, particularly ...
trade12 Sep 2006