Institute for European Environmental Policy


  • The impacts of the UK’s low carbon energy policy on biodiversity: evidence and policy tools

    The study reviews evidence of the impacts of UK's low carbon energy policy on biodiversity in the UK and abroad, and incorporates biodiversity effects of low carbon energy scenarios into the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change 2050 pathway calculator tool.

    biodiversity
    biofuels
    birds
    energy
    impact assessment
    renewable energy
    wind turbine 
    20 Jul 2016
  • A New Vision for Responsible Renewable Energy with a Clear European Dimension

    Renewable energy is key to the decarbonisation of Europe’s energy supply, however, the scale of expansion needed will have significant impacts over a considerable area. This new report suggests how a resource efficient energy system might be delivered in a way that minimises and mitigates impacts on biodiversity and the wider environment.

    biodiversity
    bioenergy
    Birds Directive
    carbon
    climate and energy package
    climate change
    emissions trading
    energy
    greenhouse gases
    Habitats Directive
    land use
    renewable energy
    Strategic Environmental Assessment
    wind turbine 
    26 Nov 2015
  • 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
  • Promoting Proactive Planning for Onshore Wind – one step in delivering the UK’s renewable energy targets

    IEEP and RSPB have launched a new report setting out how onshore wind planning in the UK can be improved. This concludes that the rapid roll out of new wind energy capacity, now urgent if the UK is to ...

    renewable energy
    wind turbine 
    23 Mar 2009

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